Quote Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales
simply put, great fight between the divisions best, and one outworked the other in the end, imo Pavlik earned his win, but the stoppage was a little early, again i don't see why the ref couldn't have issued a standing 8 count?, seriously Taylor didn't look all that hurt after the fight, i'm not saying Pavlik wouldn't have stopped him but you never know if Taylor could have come back and won it also, in a rematch i'd say again it's a 50/50 scenario because they already both proved that they're both vulnerable to each others power, Taylor didn't get his KO basically the same way that Castillo didn't get his KO over Corrales, he got too anxious and let his chance slip, Castillo was careless and got caught, Taylor was too eager and used too much energy and let the moment go, both can beat each other, so both deserve equal respect
Taylor never got the KO because he never had the Power and Pavlik did.