Taylor beat himself.

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He had Pavlik beaten, he screwed up badly. I don't think these are mistakes he can ever correct, but in my mind if he hadn't tired himself out he is too fast for Pavlik to have won, and Pavlik doesn't have good enough defense, I think his chin is fine because Taylor punches hard despite what some people are saying.

Taylor done as well as he could of against Pavlik instead of people keep saying Taylor screwed up in round 2 how about giving Pavlik the credit for clinching and having the survival instinct to clinch and clearing his head and managing to survive i mean Taylor landed 44 power shots in round 2 how the hell is that a mistake ??

It wasn't only round two look at all the other rounds where he was all tense and throwing very energy expending haymakers that didn't land.

I disagree that he had Pavlik beaten or that he beat himself. he had him hurt but not beaten, but you are right, it isn't just energy expending haymakers. He's too tense in the ring and he always has been. He gets too hyper and amped up, then drops his right, then things go poorly for him. He was finally in witha guy that made him pay for that flaw in his game. That's just him. Some fighters are like that. He's the anti-James Toney. You could say he beat himself if he changed or fought differently than the way he came to be champion, but he did the same crap against Wright and Hopkins. They just didn't have have the raw power end the fight with two perfect 1-2's.