Quote Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
No your totally wrong no one goes off that he didn't ko fighters like Hopkins and Wright its nothing to do with that its based on Taylor and his gift decisions against natural Welterweight Spinks Winky, Hopkins,
Gift decisions? OK, against Wright and Hopkins, all three of those bouts were debatable, but none were out right robberies. They were all very close fights by any standard. Personally, I had him 1-2 in those three fights, losing Hopkins I and against Wright and winning Hopkins II. But all three fights were razor close. He more or less fought them to a stand still. If you fight two of the top five p4p fighters in the world to a stand still in three bouts, you are a damned good fighter, period.

Now, on to Spinks. To say that was a "gift decision" is just about the most absurd thing I have ever heard of. Spinks was in survival mode from the opening bell and did nothing, NOTHING, to come close to earning a decision to lift the middleweight championship. It was a lackluster, dull performance from Taylor, sure, but Spinks did even less. The judge who scored it 117-111 Spinks should never be allowed to judge another fight, as Lamphley rightly noted. I am stunned that anyone would call that a "gift decision." That is just crazy.