Originally posted by K-DOGG
It's easy to SHOW IT when you fight losers and guys coming off major losses to other fighters. When Mayweather fought Castillo, most thought he lost the first and won the second. But he was far from impressive in either fight.
Taylor could go out and fight some of Hopkins left-overs (Eastman, Hakkar, whoever) and dominate them in a way that would make your head spin, but he's not about showcase fighting, he's a champion and wants to fight the best, and sometimes in order to beat defensive, slow-pace counterpunchers, you can't look that impressive. Hopkins is one of the toughest guys to beat in the sport. Taylor did it twice. I don't think he should be penalized in a P4P list because he wants to fight the best and does what it takes to beat the best.
Taylor is a credit to boxing, and the sport would be light-years ahead of where it is now if every fighter had his desire to fight the best, before and after winning championships. There is no fighter in the sport I respect more than Taylor right now, whether he can beat Winky or not, that's a fight that most champions in his position simply would not take.
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