Read the whole post, good stuff Wacko but I disagree with most of it.

I personally feel that Taylor has been a bit overscrutinized. The performance versus Spinks was deplorable but Spinks ran away. And I usually like Spinks but Spinks came to eak out a possible decision and make Taylor look bad. That's the way I look at it anyways.

His second win over Hopkins was legit and the first was razor thin and half the people on the internet only scored it for Hopkins in hindsight. It was not a robbery by any stretch of the imagination. And NOBODY is going to look good against Hopkins as long as he is in the ring.

The fight versus Wright, it was exciting. I thought he lost by 2 rounds and really don't buy the BS that Taylor lost the fight for himself, I actually see it the other way around. But that's another issue. Winky was the number 2 pound for pound fighter in the world and Jermain Taylor put on a respectable showing. He did twice the number that Hopkins did when Hopkins got a decision. And I have a whole winery of sour grapes for that but that's for another day.

As for Pavlik being overrated. Well he doesn't have the resume but nobody fights P4P guys on their way to the title. You do it when you defend. Before he got his title shot, Taylor had only beaten Cuevas, an old Joppy and an old Raul Marquez. Miranda was a guy they were trumping as the most ducked guy in boxing. His nickname Pantera basically described what people thought he was. Very dangerous guy who could probably come back big if he came back to 160. I mean he did batter Abraham.

As for how the fight turns out, it's pretty much a toss up. Both guys have a certain way they want to go about fighting while still having the capability of fighting the other guy's fight.

Pavlik is a guy who's all offense and his pin point punch placement serves as his defense for the most part. He leans forward a lot, always has his opponents at the end of his punches where they do the most damage and he is a beautiful combination puncher. His punch selection is way beyond his years. And of course his activity level is tremendous.

Taylor has gotten away from it a bit but he has really good footwork when he wants to and that is going to be crucial. He is going to have to control distance and the way to do that is with effective footwork. Then of course is the issue of weathering the Pavlik storm and getting off shots of his own. Taylor has been put into a shell by fighters like Wright and Hopkins, he can't afford to do that here.

Taylor is accurate though and you can catch Pavlik between punches so that is what his big advantage in this one is.

In the end, I think Pavlik is going to come away with a close decision after a very good fight. No doubt there are fireworks, I think it's pretty much a sure bet that this one is going to be explosive. Taylor has been slighted for a lot but not for his willingness to trade.

I just think that Pavlik is going to wear down Taylor to much and pull away at the end.