Manny steward predicts knockout
E. STEW ACTUALLY PREDICTS A KNOCKOUT. "I WILL SAY THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BOXER IN THIS GYM THAT HAS SHOWN MORE NATURAL TALENT THAN JERMAIN TAYLOR." IVE NEVER HAD SOMEONE WITH SUCH A COMBINATION OF SPEED AND POWER. AND IVE NEVER HAD SUCH A PINPOINT PUNCHER. THIS IS HOW ARROGANT IVE GOTTEN AFTER SEEING HIM: I WENT FROM THINKING WINKY'S A 3 TO 1 FAVORITE TO PREDICTING A [TAYLOR] KNOCKOUT."
TAYLOR HAS BEEN SPARRING WITH SOUTHPAW COREY JOHNSON. JOHNSON WHOSE PROFESSIONAL RECORD IS 33-3-2 ONCE HAD A SHOT AT THE WORLD TITLE IN ALOSS TO KOSTYA TSZYU, WAS NEARLY FLOORED IN THE SECOND ROUND OF SPARRING WITH FULL HEADGEAR AND 16 OUNCE GLOVES SAID" HES READY TO FIGHT WINKY TOMORROW. TRUST ME." I DONT THINK HE'S GOING TO HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH WINKY." HES ON HIS WAY TO GREATNESS."
taylor does have a chance but I don't think by knockout
"Very few people really understand what it means to be a fighter. I hate it when I hear someone say, 'That fighter doesn't have guts. I hate that, I don't care if you're a world champion six times over or a four-round fighter, to step inside that ring, you have to have guts" Oscar De La Hoya
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