I was one of those people that had the fight scored a draw but thought Jermain looked better. I watched fight again and felt closer towards a draw. The one thing I can take from watching this fight again is that Jermain Taylor has the same or even more focus problems than Zab Judah. In the fourth round, JT was doing very well and pressing Winky with power shots. He came out in the middle rounds and laid on the ropes for no reason at all, he was getting blasted by Winky with like 5 hits combos in the corner and he stayed there. Later on, during the HBO interview, he didn't even have an explanation as to why he kept staying in the corner and getting hit. In the 11th and 12th round, he looked like he had abandoned training and his balance was absolutely horrible. And for some reason, he let Winky who is the much smaller man, bully him around the ring. I don't mean that he's like Zab Judah, meaning a stupid thug, who lacks class and morals. I mean he's like Judah meaning he's got all the tools to be a world champ, speed, power, chin, a great jab, everything, but for some reason, he loses focus and gets away from the gameplan for no apparent reason.
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