How could Flaherty have it 117-111 for Spinks?

[The Boxer]

anybody have the fight so i can watch it again.

[artest2000]

before the fight i thought if it went to the cards spinks would win but get robbed. and thats what happened. but i thought it would not have lasted and was shocked at how frustrated taylor was by the 7th.

i feel if taylor put out more jabs and pressed the fight he would have stopped corey. but then again its very hard when u fight some one like spinks who does not let you get set to throw. he was looking for openings.

[Purist]

before the fight i thought if it went to the cards spinks would win but get robbed. and thats what happened. but i thought it would not have lasted and was shocked at how frustrated taylor was by the 7th.

i feel if taylor put out more jabs and pressed the fight he would have stopped corey. but then again its very hard when u fight some one like spinks who does not let you get set to throw. he was looking for openings.

it was even funnier to see how frustrated Manny was

He was like "How is this man backing you up!? He has no power come on man!!"

And you know, if Manny felt Taylor was winning he wouldn't have told him "You need this round! You need to knock him out!" or something like that.


You know just thinking about it, even though the last round was even or for Spinks(or close for Taylor if you look at it that way) if that 12th round had gone to Spinks the fight would have been a draw(by the JUDGES scorecards) but I bet Taylor won the 12 on all three..

ONCE AGAIN it comes down to the 12th for Taylor.

[The Boxer]

i though it was funny when he said thats why you should have fought miranda.

[Purist]

i though it was funny when he said thats why you should have fought miranda.

Yeah, he knew what was up. And HBO expects us to actually believe Taylor landed 101 punches He landed maybe about 70 IF EVEN THAT!

But I think what discouraged Taylor the most is that Spinks, whom people thought had something of a glass jaw. Taylor landed ONE hard right uppercut that Spinks bent into, and Spinks shot back up and smiled at him and Taylor threw again and missed wildly.

Once he realised he wasn't gonna knockout Spinks with one shot, or at all for that matter. I think he got discouraged.

[artest2000]

guys i dont care what the judges say watch the fight again and see for your self spinks won.

i don't dislike taylor or like him. but he has be given wins when he has lost. this is the 4th time.

it will kill the sport of boxing if this stuff keeps happening.

[The Boxer]

taylor should have jump on spinks like Judah did. judah boxed but stay in spinks face at the same time.

[Purist]

taylor should have jump on spinks like Judah did. judah boxed but stay in spinks face at the same time.

I think one of the main reasons Judah could do that was because he was a southpaw and also had great foot speed and hand speed. Taylor doesn't have the footwork Judah does which is why he looked so off balance and missed.

Judah is balanced to go into those spurts in areas Taylor doesnt.

Lennox pointed this out against Wright.

[The Boxer]

thats a good point. Taylor footwork isn't the greatest.

[Purist]

thats a good point. Taylor footwork isn't the greatest.

and thats why he can't rush in like Judah did against Spinks. You noticed when he tried he got countered with a right jab. And the one time he got countered with a Spinks right hook it knocked him halfway across the right because of his balance.

[artest2000]

what you got to remember is judah has far faster foot movement then taylor. and slightly better and faster then spinks. thats y he was able to land those shots.

judah is also faster then taylor and thats the reasoning behind his win over spinks

[artest2000]

sorry i didn't see your posts

[Purist]

sorry i didn't see your posts

its ok

[The Boxer]

but he seem to be able to catch spinks with his righthand almost whenever he wanted. it seem like he could catch spinks but was afraid to good after him.

[Purist]

but he seem to be able to catch spinks with his righthand almost whenever he wanted. it seem like he could catch spinks but was afraid to good after him.

That's because he looked for that opening and threw it one at a time. Anytime he just went after Spinks he missed. He waited and waited for a one opening to hit Spinks with his right hand. And like I said when he finally got it, Spinks could take it. I think that discouraged Taylor. He didn't want to risk going in and landing one shot and risking getting hit with the combinations he was if that one shot he threw wasn't gpnna knockout Spinks