Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
Quote Originally Posted by Pantera
It has in the past been hard to get a decison against Taylor. But I have a feeling HBO is getting sick of him too. If they fight and Taylor wins, well they will be happy since his stock will go back up. BUT if Pantera pulls out a victory (especially by a brutal KO) HBO IMO may be thrilled to replace JT with Miranda as their middleweight champ! All this is meaningless as long as Dibella protects his little boy though.
You have to look at it this way...HBO has been wanting a replacement for the Golden Bwoy for quite sometime...& Taylor looked like the perfect package all wrapped & bowed. The problem is...looks can be decieving. Taylor appears to be one of the bigger busts of their recent history.

They paired him up with "superstar trainer" Manny Steward & marketed him as the good ole Arkansasian & he just seems to have turned into...I don't know...a cream puff.

I wouldn't be surprised if they jumped on the Miranda bandwagon too.

You see...you have to look at their track record...they were gung-ho with Floyd's sack in their mouths until he wouldn't play ball. Back a few years ago Floyd screamed loud & proud that he wasn't working for HBO's slave wages & they black balled him for the love of MAB. They ran with Barrera like he was a god...then he fell to Pacquiao & they jumped on that ship...after that...he lost to Morrales & then they jumped back to Floyd...they just jump ship to much for me on their fighters. They did the same with Wlad...then he won big & they were back on that bandwagon.

Soon as Taylor loses...they'll be shed of him.

Wouldn't shock me in the least if they picked up Miranda.
HBO’s gotta keep adding new talent. It is understandable HBO would jump ship when someone starts on a losing trend or starts to appear uninterested in the fight game , got to remember HBO is in business to showcase the best fighters possible in marquee match ups, and in order to do that , they need to keep adding and subtracting the fighter roster , they need to put that yearly boxing allowance to its best use. Hell Taylor is already talking about retiring. fast way to get dropped, by telling everyone you thinking about retirement.. all that should be left in silence.