Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
There's a lot of squabbling over whether or not JT is worthy or not.

Let me just say this...the kid's worthy...no doubt about it...but he's fighting the best in the world...he's gonna look bad. One of my fellow posters made a comment about Hopkins making anyone look bad...that's true...but you have to step back & look at how good Taylor actually looked against Hopkins.

He looked better than anyone else has in over 10 years & he went toe to toe with the Executioner. He's knocked out the majority of men that he's faced & he had Joppy running from him. Things like that have to be taken into consideration.

When Taylor first came on to the scene & I saw him all those years ago on ESPN...I thought that the kid was something else. I warmed to him almost immediately because of his ability to stick & move & his personality. After the ESPN shot came his HBO gigs & the rest is history.

Taylor is being groomed. Make no mistake about it. The problem is...he's also being rushed...pushed...just like Vargas. He's being thrown in with the best in the world & now there is no turning back for him.

He'll have to face & destroy the Sturm's, Abraham's, Sylvester's, Miranda's, & Gevor's of the world or else he'll be discarded...just like Jeff Lacy was.

Hell...right now...he's in the same boat as Lacy. He either performs 110% against Wright...or he's in the can...& that's a shame.
some very good points wacko. I think we all tend to forget that he is still a young 28 and he is still learning boxing at the elite level.