Comments Thread For: Jermain Taylor Appears in Court, Blames Mental Illness

[Bigg Rigg]

He needs to be locked up somewhere that he can get "help" and not hurt anymore people. He's shooting people and beating them up and getting a pass for it at the end of the day. If he pulls the mental card, put him where he belongs then. A mental institution or on house arrest.

[Alpha & Omega]

Wow I guess all the impact on his hands from knocking down and beating the living piss out of Froch for 11 rounds a few years ago must have traveled to his brain haha. Oh yeah Froch, the "top 10 P4P guy", yeah....?

[hyeduk]

I dont think Pavlik lose has something to do with it. After that fight he was alright. If anything to blame for such behavior, it is Abraham KO, thats when he got the brain damage. But I dont think that was the true reason. A lot of boxers get koed and dont behave like this

yes it started with pavlik KO and the others that followed

[New England]

I dont think Pavlik lose has something to do with it. After that fight he was alright. If anything to blame for such behavior, it is Abraham KO, thats when he got the brain damage. But I dont think that was the true reason. A lot of boxers get koed and dont behave like this

a life changing beating like that damages the brain. you don't need to fail an MRI, or have a measurable concussion at any point in your career, to incur significant brain damage. plenty of boxers, other athletes, have had problems down the road after having never been unconscious.


this is called CTE
it used to be called "punch drunkenness."

taylor's brain appears to have been damaged to the point that he's becoming violent. his handlers are literally blaming mentall illness.

[New England]

Wow I guess all the impact on his hands from knocking down and beating the living piss out of Froch for 11 rounds a few years ago must have traveled to his brain haha. Oh yeah Froch, the "top 10 P4P guy", yeah....?

i was at that fight. i had an unbelievable seat. floor level, center ring, unobstructed.


froch started to land hard punches at around the midpoint, and the tide turned late. jermain, my favorite fighter at the time, didn't "beat the living piss out of froch for 11 rounds." that's just not what happened.


and yes, froch is an extremely overrated fighter. still a very good fighter, but an overrated one.

[artfuL_]

I dont think Pavlik lose has something to do with it. After that fight he was alright. If anything to blame for such behavior, it is Abraham KO, thats when he got the brain damage. But I dont think that was the true reason. A lot of boxers get koed and dont behave like this

I agree with you. That is when JT suffered a brain bleed, if that isn't an alarm bell then nothing is.

[hectari]

JT reminds me of Edwin Valero, Valero suffered brain damage from a motorcycle accident and got addicted to drugs and became violent randomly and acted strange in his home country.

They need to get this man locked up in a home and do brain scans on him.

[Tuavale]

Taylor soft as puppy poop. And having a Forrest Gump IQ doesn't help either.