There is definitely something wrong with a guy who says after a bout that he'll fight whoever offers the most money! I mean how dumb is that. Manny Steward looked fed up with JT. Telling Taylor that he should have fought Miranda instead during the fight was an unbelievable thing to hear, I mean that somes up how Taylor has been fighting.

When Taylor beat Hopkins the first time, I was delighted as we finally got a new "Man" at Middleweight, but now he's just cheating the fans.

The root of his problem is he's not passionate about the business. Boxing to him is his job, period! To Spinks, boxing is his life. Spinks shows passion every time he's in the ring and he got his tactics spot-on last night.

Now I've read a load of comments on hear about how Taylor just had a bad night..... bla bla bla. Yes fighters have off nights, but he's looked poor his last 4 bouts. Taylor did absolutely nothing last night.
The gameplan should have been simple. Facing a blown up welterweight, he had to chase him down, cut him off, keep moving forward. Spinks can't hurt many fighters at welter never mind middle so Taylor could afford to get hit and walk through Cory and grind him down. But JT looked threatened by Cory's speed and backed off the whole fight. Now for a guy that was so pissed off with Miranda's comments in mid-week and who had vowed to silence his critics, you would have thought he would have been motivated, and prepared to put himself on the line, but he came across spineless, uninterested, unmotivated and looked to just sneak a win. Even the reactions from both fighters at the end of the fight showed how they felt the decision would go ...... Spinks way. Now I'm not saying Cory was outstanding, and really deserved the decision, but he didn't deserve to lose that fight as much as Taylor didn't merit a victory.

The final point is JT seems to look horrendous against southpaws, his style never gels with them and he struggles to pin his opponent down. He really needs to address this or he can never possibly be considered a possible "great" if he can't convincingly dispose of a southpaw (especially a blown-up welterweight).

Taylor looks no where near the finished article, and if he does decide to fight Calzaghe (who will probably offer the most lucrative next bout for Taylor) he looks to have absolutely no chance. Calzaghe has the ability to make him look amatuer!