I was well should say am a fan of Jermain Taylor. I like most considered him the heir apparent to Hopkins. When he did beat Hopkins for the belt and won the rematch I was happy for him even though I am a huge B-Hop fan. Both Hopkins fights were dull. So was Wright but hey it is hard to look good against Wright and just to beat Hopkins was a great feat let alone twice. Last night Taylor should have dominated Ouma. He won yes but did not win in the fasion he should have against the smaller light hitting ouma. Taylor is also getting a little to full of himself.
This guy has the skill and potential to be not just good but great he IMO is not taking things as serious as he should. Taylor brtter go all out everytime. Instead he seems happy just squeeking by. I don't think he knows how fortunate he was to get past Wright. Last night at times Ouma showed flaws in Taylor. He came out tense and swinging wild. He settled down yes but it showed he has much to improve on. Will he take things seriously enough to realize this?
IMO he has the goods and the I think he is smart enough to he can be improved on. If he doesn't start taking it more serious a performance like last night could end up bad for him..........IMO Though he did win against Hopkins and Wright two great fighters someone who went in and went for the kill would right now at this point beat Taylor easy. EG. Trinadad would beat him IMO fairly easy.;
Just my opp