Do you think Quillin is a better fighter than a prime Jermaine Taylor?

[Silkeyjoe]

What do you think?

No. JT was a beast, before he started to force himself to make weight. I sincerely believe he should have left MW a long, LONG time ago. He should have made it to LH by now. His forcing to make weight made him extra chinny!

I can't say whether or not QUillin is a better fighter yet but I do agree that Jermaine was a beast! despite the controversy, he did stop Hopkins' winning streak and beat him again in a rematch. Anybody who fights neck and neck with an 06 Hopkins is pretty dam special in my eyes.

The Pavlik fight was fuckin wild and Jermaine could have easily been the one to score the KO.. Pavlik was about to go at one point and I dont think anybody hurt him as badly as Jermaine did..

I think we can agree that he was schooling Froch until his stamina gave in.. Froch sucks

Peter Quillin is more sound fundamentally but I dont know if he has that dog in him like Jermaine..

Oh btw, these Brit guys give me a chuckle when they say Macklin, MUrray, and Geale would give Jermaine a good fight. lol Those guys are B level fighters and a prime Jermaine wouldnt have had too much trouble with them.

Jermaine knocks Geale's sorry ass out easily.. Easy fight.

Macklin has B level written all over him and he doesn't have a single arsenal in his game that would trouble Jermaine..

Murray is pretty tough but he's nothing that Jermaine has never seen before..

I don't even pay Brit-fans the type of attention they are seeking... JT was killing Froch. If only he had run that 12th round- it would have been an easy win. At least take a knee and then get another point for tossing Froch, or hitting him in the nuts- something!

Anyways... it's all history now.

And, special note: Barker beating Geale is NO huge achievement. All of this talk reminds me of the Arturo Gatti hype when he fought DLH and even moreso when he fought Mayweather- only when he was totally disgraced and relegated to the B-Class fighter he truly was, then we recognized that pumping up cannon fodder still makes them cannon fodder!!!

I dont know what your grype is here. Noone has talked up Barker except Greenbeanz. All we have said is that he wont be scared to fight Quillin because A) Barker is a lot better then N'dam and B) N'dam was out boxing Quilling for large parts of that fight. I personally dont rate Barker but he certainl isnt a coward and he does have some skills. Quillin should stop Barker but if Barker fights to his best it will not be easy for Quillin. The fact is Barker, Macklin, Murray are among the best Middleweights at the moment. Outside Martinez (possibly cant include him anymore because of his age) and GGG, and possibly Quillin (yet to prove himself yet) there is not much in that division and there is noone that the 3 Brits would not give a good fight. The 3 Brits put up a far better fights against Martinez then Chavez did. Chavez had one good round, the last and that was it. So get your fucking head out of your ass and stop commenting on regions and just comment on fighters.