Thread: Whats Jermain Taylors Chance Saturday Night?

I was looking at the vitals:

He enjoys a 6 in reach and 3in height advantage over Abraham and IMO will probably come in alot fuller after rehydration.

I find it hard to believe that Taylor just lost it, though some say he never had it. I believe he is somewere in the middle, I think he put on a clinic against Froch and just faded, taking nothing away from Froch, it was a courageous victory. Taylor is still a pretty good puncher with alot of athleticism he's had Pavlik and Froch down and in serious trouble before

I am a huge fan of AA but he is a bit of a wildcard because he is seasoned and posesses quite of a repoitre, but hasnt fought an elite fighter yet. I have a feeling Taylor goes to the jab more, relies on experience and exploits AA propensity to layback and fight in spurts, I think AA is a good 1st opponent for Taylor seeing his lack of stamina snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory against Froch and almost cost him against Hop and Winky. AA wont force the action or outwork Jermain but will cover up, counter punch and on occassion explode out of his shell in flurries. The only thing that worries me is given the history of BS calls in Germany Taylor will have to KO Abraham to get the win... Tall order

I want Jermain to win because of his hard luck of late, he's a nice guy and I'd like to see him do well, but I wouldnt be suprised if AA sparked him out either

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"Taylor has been training in Texas with former Heavyweight champ George Foreman and has been working specifically on not gassing out Taylor is confident that he will come out the victor next saturday in the opener of The Super Six Tournament against a big puncher Arthur Abraham"

Also didnt know he is working with George Foreman either. Dont know what it does for him

Really difficult one, Taylor holds all the physical advantages. But his mental problems and add to that he is fighting in Germany, I see Abraham stopping him late.

I want Taylor to win this one, but I think AA will win a verdict

I think Taylor has a decent shot, but he MUST learn to try and get through the final rounds here. He is great at building it up over the first several rounds, but he seems to implode on himself. He must clinch and buy time when in trouble which he might well find himself in on occasion...easier said than done though.

I think he can build up a points lead and get through it. But I am often wrong!

Originally Posted by skel1983

Really difficult one, Taylor holds all the physical advantages. But his mental problems and add to that he is fighting in Germany, I see Abraham stopping him late.

Thats the thing, you can train your asss off and get your body in shape and tuned.. Just hard to correct problems between your ears if you know what I mean.. Jermain is going to either use his KO losses as a good lesson, or they will forever haunt him and fracture him when the going gets tough..

Taylor has all the skill and physical gifts to run the table in this tournament, but sadly is mental game might derail his chances

Taylor starts fights at a high pace usually winning the first half more or less easily and then he slows down...and that is perfect for AA who likes to let his opponent punch out willingly giving the first rnds away and then starting to take his opponent apart rnd by rnd...but you all know that...

I think if Taylor keeps his pace and cool he maybe can win this...but like you said this is a Sauerland event and winning this on points against the local favorite is nearly impossible(keep in mind its not whole Germany its just and always has been SAUERLAND)...but on the other hand I think AA will stop Taylor late in the fight anyway...

Originally Posted by JohnnyKickAss

Taylor starts fights at a high pace usually winning the first half more or less easily and then he slows down...and that is perfect for AA who likes to let his opponent punch out willingly giving the first rnds away and then starting to take his opponent apart rnd by rnd...but you all know that...

I think if Taylor keeps his pace and cool he maybe can win this...but like you said this is a Sauerland event and winning this on points against the local favorite is nearly impossible(keep in mind its not whole Germany its just and always has been SAUERLAND)...but on the other hand I think AA will stop Taylor late in the fight anyway...

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Quite glad you found this thread Mr. Kickass, nice to hear some insight from Abraham's backyard.. There will be a few exchanges since Taylor likes to respond when clipped, just not sure who will benefit more. I know AA was struggling to make 160 and Taylor could easily fight at 175.. The size difference is definetly apparent

Abraham doesn't fight at a strong pace so Taylor shouldn't really have the excuse of gassing.

Clearly though Taylor is a weak finisher, coming off a bad KO loss, outside his comfort zone for the first time and facing an unbeaten fighter who is a strong finisher.

Abraham KO.

The wildcard of the 6

Taylor is still a very good fighter and what with his heighth, reach and inevitable weight advantage on the night i genuinely see him stopping AA late on.

He cant take a decision, not in germany against their golden boy he`d have to win at least 8 rounds for a draw.

What he should and i expect he will do early doors is not allow abraham to dictate with his slow aggressive rythym instead getting his shots in before AA and forcing him to change his gameplan. By 5-6 AA will enjoy a close contested fight and will hurt jermain eventually if JT allows himself to be drawn into an all out war.

But eventually i see one of jermains sharp left/rights catching AA around 11 and stopping him before the fight ends!

Originally Posted by JT Rock

Originally Posted by JohnnyKickAss

Taylor starts fights at a high pace usually winning the first half more or less easily and then he slows down...and that is perfect for AA who likes to let his opponent punch out willingly giving the first rnds away and then starting to take his opponent apart rnd by rnd...but you all know that...

I think if Taylor keeps his pace and cool he maybe can win this...but like you said this is a Sauerland event and winning this on points against the local favorite is nearly impossible(keep in mind its not whole Germany its just and always has been SAUERLAND)...but on the other hand I think AA will stop Taylor late in the fight anyway...

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Quite glad you found this thread Mr. Kickass, nice to hear some insight from Abraham's backyard.. There will be a few exchanges since Taylor likes to respond when clipped, just not sure who will benefit more. I know AA was struggling to make 160 and Taylor could easily fight at 175.. The size difference is definetly apparent

Taylor maybe taller,but I think AA will be bulkier...and like you said AA had problems with 160 often fighting drained I hope we will see a more explosive AA now that he doesn't need to drain himself that much anymore...I think this will could be a very exciting fight and who knows...Taylor was able to floor Froch(I think the first fighter to do this)he may well do this to AA and who knows how AA will deal with that...

Originally Posted by JohnnyKickAss

Originally Posted by JT Rock

Originally Posted by JohnnyKickAss

Taylor starts fights at a high pace usually winning the first half more or less easily and then he slows down...and that is perfect for AA who likes to let his opponent punch out willingly giving the first rnds away and then starting to take his opponent apart rnd by rnd...but you all know that...

I think if Taylor keeps his pace and cool he maybe can win this...but like you said this is a Sauerland event and winning this on points against the local favorite is nearly impossible(keep in mind its not whole Germany its just and always has been SAUERLAND)...but on the other hand I think AA will stop Taylor late in the fight anyway...

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Quite glad you found this thread Mr. Kickass, nice to hear some insight from Abraham's backyard.. There will be a few exchanges since Taylor likes to respond when clipped, just not sure who will benefit more. I know AA was struggling to make 160 and Taylor could easily fight at 175.. The size difference is definetly apparent

Taylor maybe taller,but I think AA will be bulkier...and like you said AA had problems with 160 often fighting drained I hope we will see a more explosive AA now that he doesn't need to drain himself that much anymore...I think this will could be a very exciting fight and who knows...Taylor was able to floor Froch(I think the first fighter to do this)he may well do this to AA and who knows how AA will deal with that...

So true, AA can work more on attribute training and less on weight loss. Definetly will make for a sharper more polished King Arthur, thinking back at the 2nd Miranda fight which I believe was at 166 he looked like a beast with the extra 6 lbs.. Again I am a huge fan of AA and this could very well be his big arrival on the scene(At least in America) if he beats Taylor. Just find it hard to go against Taylor with all his talent and after his last dissapointment

I think JT has a great chance because AA fights a bit like Hopkins in that he will give away a couple rounds before he gets going. Taylor will need to win rounds 1-4, stay close 5-9, and then win 1 round of 10-12 and he'll be the winner, EXACT same format as the Hopkins fights.

Taylor has an excellent chance of winning the whole thing. Coming in as the underdog where not much is expected of him will actually help him

Taylor had more chance of beating Pav and Froch than he has of beating Abraham.

Arthur will be even better at 12st. This will be the fight of the night

Originally Posted by GAME

Taylor had more chance of beating Pav and Froch than he has of beating Abraham.

Arthur will be even better at 12st. This will be the fight of the night

....everyone thought extra weight would help Pavlik too and he looked about as good at 168 as Ricky Hatton did at 147