Is Jermain Taylor retiring ?

[Vanilla Gorilla]

I read somewhere that he is retiring sometime in 2008. A fight at 160 then one or 2 more fights at 168 then bye bye boxing. Is this true ?

[Mishra100]

That is the rumor... I don't think anyone has quotes of Taylor himself saying it.

[Deeznuts]

I dont think any fighter looks forward to retirement and predicts it years ahead.

[circleinsidebox]

this from the article: "Jermane Taylor: Oumma is my last fight at middleweight"
Taylor said it's been getting hard to get down to middleweight limit of 160, and his next bout in 2007 will be at the super middleweight of 168. Taylor said that he plans to retire at 30-years-old, and he turns 30 in August of 2008.

[Kball15]

2008 would mean 3-4 more fights prolly, not including the Ouma fight

i think its rediculous to retire at this stage, basically his prime. By age 30, the age he says hes gonna retire, hes still gonna be a GREAT fighter, and probably a more exciting and complete fighter then he is now.

hes just starting to get fan interest... it just doesnt add up.

Some GREAT fights at supermiddle and maybe even light-heavy await him. im looking VERY forward to what the rest of his career turns out to be. This could be a legend in the making, but he needs more then 4 fights to accomplish that...

[Vanilla Gorilla]

It is too soon. He is not yet proven. He will not go down as a great if he does indeed retire this early.

[Mr. Ryan]

this from the article: "Jermane Taylor: Oumma is my last fight at middleweight"
Taylor said it's been getting hard to get down to middleweight limit of 160, and his next bout in 2007 will be at the super middleweight of 168. Taylor said that he plans to retire at 30-years-old, and he turns 30 in August of 2008.

Thirty? That sounds alot like what De La Hoya said and it turned out to be hogwash. That's like me stating "I will quit masturbating in 2008". You know that will not occur.

[CaLLaHaN]

..... wtf is wrong with boxers these days? scared to lose that zero? Him and Floyd will never be an all time great...

[Dorian]

i doubt it.... i mean he beat hopkins and was the only person to do so for like 12 years... he fought winky .. ended as a draw but ately nobody has even put a show against winky(lol tito)
after the beating he will give Ouma he will get more fans .. and i think he will keep on fighting until he gets on a loosing streak

[Bonafide]

He's probably just saying that too gain some more fans or sell more tickets or whatever...

Like Asian Sensation said...it's all a sham. Just a bunch of shoptalk.