Quote Originally Posted by Danny_G
Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Taylor's going to shut everybody up when he stops Pavlik
Taylor has not even been able to stop Emanuel Steward from talking cr@p to Taylor. LOL

I want Kelly to win. He will be good for the sport.

Great white hope don't fail us now!

I just hope we have Steward and Taylor on opposite sides of the planet.
I hope it gets so bad in Jermain's corner that it turns into something like this:
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Jose Cotto (Miguel Cottos brother) did not want to go back to his corner (9th round?) because his uncle was yelling at him in between rounds He was not listening to his corner. Another thing that made Jose angry was that his uncle was throwing water at Jose's face with a sponge. According to Jose, his uncle was throwing it very hard and with bad intentions
Maybe next time they will add a little water softer to the bucket
I don't think Evangelista is trianing Jose anymore.

I hope Jermain spaps and goes off on Steward.
That was funny. How did Jose do in that fight?

As for Taylor I do think he gets too much flak. At least he's stayed active and been fighting top tier opponents with difficult styles that tend to be unflattering for opponents. Hopkins, Wright and Spinks are all three master technicians and Taylor did well enough to get the decisions, even if not everyone agrees that he should have. I don't think Taylor can be accused of ducking tough fights and personally I think thats enough to earn some respect.

The only concern I have is that having that string of fights against slippery, unorthodox, defensive fighters may have gotten into his head a little and made him less aggressive/ more reluctant to commit to his shots. I think thats what people were seeing a bit of in the Spinks fight and I think the Pavlik fight should answer some questions about whether he can shake that tentativeness.