how many gifts will taylor get

[Super_Lightweight]

so far he is up to 3 gifts from the heavens, how long will his streak continue? will he break the record, does he have a chance to be the US version of sven ottke?

Obviously, until he fights Felix Sturm. Then he'll have his 1st easy title defense.

[bdevils]

how anyone can say hopkins won the first fight is ridiculous. you can't give away the first 7-8 rds. and think you can still win the fight with out any kd's or a ko

[bdevils]

Obviously, until he fights Felix Sturm. Then he'll have his 1st easy title defense.

i think sturm would give winky all he could handle

[mECHsLAVE]

lol where have u been

OK, I was trying to be polite. Calling any of those fights "gifts" is outright ******ity. They were all close fights, and I had Taylor winning all 3 7-5, just like many others did.

Calling the 2nd Hopkins fight a "gift" is probably the ******est statement of the year. I did a live round-by-round and scored it 7-5, just like Lederman, Merchant and all 3 official judges and most of the sane boxing world. The score was close, but the rounds weren't- they were easy to score.

The Wright fight was a draw, fine. I had Taylor winning, but to many general observers it may have seemed like he was losing the fight because he was backing up. Many fans judge a fight just like that- the fighter going forward wins- period. They don't even realize they are doing it. I thought Taylor won the fight in the middle of the ring and most of the time gave as good as he got against the ropes, even. But he did allow Wright to force him out of his comfort zone and dictate the pace and where it was fought too much to really argue a draw. But as for power punching, it was all Taylor. Wright was arm-punching peekaboo, almost amateur fighting. He has no complaint either, really. Both fighters should learn from this draw.

Wright should probably not rematch Taylor, honestly. Because he truly believes he won the fight, which he didn't. Just like Hopkins was hard-headed and thought he won the first fight and made no adjustments to win the rematch, because of that, allowing Taylor to win the 2nd as well. I think Taylor would do the same thing to a stubborn Wright in a rematch.

And everyone needs to cut Taylor some slack. He could pull a PBF and fight showcases and tip-toe around the toughest fights, but he isn't. He's fighting the toughest fights and his last 3 fights have been against the two most defensive, cautious fighters in the game, who have historically been the toughest fighters, who fight consistent top competition, to beat in the sport in recent years.

[realheavyhands]

no gift playa...he has to fight just like his opp. hell if they would have knocked him out then there wouldnt be all this gift crap people are speaking..The dude is winning....bottom line...

naw dawg if he didnt fight for hbo he would of maybe got 1 draw in the second hopkins fight

[realheavyhands]

how anyone can say hopkins won the first fight is ridiculous. you can't give away the first 7-8 rds. and think you can still win the fight with out any kd's or a ko

naw hopkins was landing just as many punches and barley throwing faceit taylor sucks his just big and fast hopkins landed the cleaner shots all night taylor never hit hopkins once clean , he had one ok hook thats it

[IwatchBoxing]

I dont know how anybody can call Hopkins/Taylor close, unless they are fanboys.

[dino]

ive said it before and ill say it again..anybody who thinks hopkins won the 1st fight is ignorant and should be banned from posting on any boxing site..i didnt see the 2nd hopkins fight..hopkins didnt do anything the first 9 rounds of the taylor fight but duck a few punches and raise his hand like he did something..and wright vs taylor was a draw

[AintGottaClue]

ive said it before and ill say it again..anybody who thinks hopkins won the 1st fight is ignorant and should be banned from posting on any boxing site..i didnt see the 2nd hopkins fight..hopkins didnt do anything the first 9 rounds of the taylor fight but duck a few punches and raise his hand like he did something..and wright vs taylor was a draw

only taylor sackriders think taylor won 8 rounds in a row vs hopkins, yet a judge HAD to give round 12 to taylor just to have him win, its a proven fact taylor was given the belts in the first fight yet u taylor fans cant admit it

[bdevils]

ive said it before and ill say it again..anybody who thinks hopkins won the 1st fight is ignorant and should be banned from posting on any boxing site..i didnt see the 2nd hopkins fight..hopkins didnt do anything the first 9 rounds of the taylor fight but duck a few punches and raise his hand like he did something..and wright vs taylor was a draw

exactly, enough said.