I don't know if I beleive he loses confidence when his power fails. I didn't think so in the Wright fight. The thing is, it was a young fighter in there with a very crafty veteran and the older fighter was able to be the ring general (the big reason I think he won the fight), but Taylor stayed hungry throughout the entire fight, just didn't have the tools to do it. But he's fighting with the best and you can't do anything but learn.

As for top opposition, his first title challenge was against a top P4P guy in Nard, and then his second defense was against a top P4P guy in Wright. He's about to face a top 3 P4P guy for the second time in Winky. That's 4 in a row. Not Pac, Floyd, De La Hoya, Mosley or anyone can say that.