Taylor's last fight at MW

[littlebif]

Taylor will be fighting Pavlik on september 29th and this will be his last fight at MW he is moving up to SW. Will he go straight after the winner of Calzaghe-Kessler fight or have a few easy fights to settle in to the weight?

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[gudnite vienna]

well it cud be looking good for Calzaghe cementing his legacy. If he beats kessler, with Taylor moving up the fight should be a lot easier to make. He has also go the winner of Bhop-Winky to fight as they are both fighting arounf about his weight now, and with a chance for him to step up to fight for a tittle at LH weight (dawson should be the main man by then) he could still go down as an all time great.

Opinion guys??

[littlebif]

I wonder if Taylor gets beat against Pavlik will he make an excuse like "i couldnt make the weight anymore" thats why i lost.

[Dark Lord Al]

I wonder if Taylor gets beat against Pavlik will he make an excuse like "i couldnt make the weight anymore" thats why i lost.

Taylor will loose to Pavlik , and yes he will blame the weight thing.
He has not been worthy of being middle weight champ , hes one paced , limitem stamina , over rated power , this is of course my opinion , but i think Pavlik it to busy for him and Jermaine hasnty fought many punchers, which Kell y is

[fluffyninja]

He could lose to Pavlik but still get the decision

[Master]

Although I wanted Taylor to loose to Bhop i respected that he fought him and then fight Winky but his last two fights against light middles is a disgrace. He did look awful and he does seem the most naturally gifted of boxers just mechanical, like a good athlete doing boxing. It is more than just a weight issue and he would loose to Galzaghe if his hands hold up.

[Dorfmeister]

well it cud be looking good for Calzaghe cementing his legacy. If he beats kessler, with Taylor moving up the fight should be a lot easier to make. He has also go the winner of Bhop-Winky to fight as they are both fighting arounf about his weight now, and with a chance for him to step up to fight for a tittle at LH weight (dawson should be the main man by then) he could still go down as an all time great.

Opinion guys??

First littlebif, Taylor always was too big to remain at 160 lbs for long, we r talkin about a 6'1'' -6'1 1/2'' tall muscular, solid, broad shoulders, powerhouse "middle" - that physicallity along with the young man's fast reflexes was definitely the key to do what so many other middleweights couldn't do and that is to keep Bernard at bay, pretty much gun-shy and picking his punches to come back with too little, too late when Jermain took his title - on the flipside, all that muscular apparatus and size didn't enable him to be technical sound and slick against both illusive, technically developed junior middles Winky and Cory. It's quite obvious he couldn't keep working on strategy to keep beating guys he was not able to catch clean, he was makin a fool out of himself and started being descredited by the public, the experts ( media, press) and by his own staff...
Now, gudnite vienna and still littlebif, Calzaghe is bigger no doubt but he both carries an unorthodox puncher-boxer style ( plus he's still a lefty) and he has much faster slapper-like handspeed which basically presents the same problem to Jermain at 168 lbs - he may still look bad at that weight, remember Left hook Lacy - so I dare to believe that he's going right in pursuit of bigger paydays and more physical contests at LHW against the likes of the winner of Jones-Hanshaw, a rematch with either Winky or Bernard at 175 lbs where he would have an advantage and an excellent match-up against young gun ( but less powerful) Chad Dawson.

[jangeorg]

I can`t see how Taylor can beat Calzaghe,Kessler or Bute in 168,i will not mention Carl Froch,he`s just all mouth

[Hughesd]

Hopefully Taylor will move up if he beats Pavlik and fight the winner of Calzaghe-Kessler and this divison can hot up. Kessler-Taylor anyone ?

[jangeorg]

Kessler-Taylor anyone ?

Kessler by a brutality KO