Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Taylor's from Arkansas, but it was technically a hometown fight, since the main reason it was held in Memphis was to draw Taylor fans from Arkansas, the Arkansas border being right across the river from Memphis.

For example, Gatti's not from A.C., but he lives and trains in Jersey, so for all intents and purposes A.C. is his fighting hometown.

Taylor was the "house" fighter, that might be the best way of putting it. Anyway, I had the fight a draw, so I don't think the judges were unfairly swayed in any direction. If Winky didn't like the decision, then he shouldn't have fought the 12th round like he did.
Yeah, I know the distance. I'm a fart away from Memphis. The idea that was stated was that Taylor couldn't get a decision in his hometown. Little Rock is about 150 miles from Memphis, not to mention that the judges are from all over the place.

I bet anything that Winky had as many fans at that fight as Taylor did. Plenty of people are still bitter that Jermaine took the W's over B-Hop. Hell, he caught plenty of sh*t talk in his hometown.