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He had stayed with Pat Burns?
Interesting article on his comeback states...
urns had guided Taylor to a 25-0 record, the undisputed title and both wins against Hopkins before he was fired and replaced by Emanuel Steward, who had a disappointing four-fight run with Taylor -- a draw with Winky Wright and decisions against Kassim Ouma and Cory Spinks before the first loss to Pavlik.

Burns was on the verge of re-joining Taylor's corner in late 2007, but ultimately longtime assistant Ozell Nelson, Taylor's father figure, took the reigns instead

Just asking? We know he has always had stamina issues but it seems very sudden (again this is normal however) that he just didnt quite have it. Just wondering if he had stayed with Burns (his new trainer for his comeback btw) would he have faired better!?