Quote Originally Posted by LeftHookToTheBody
I have no idea how anyone can say Taylor does not have a very good shot at winning the rematch. He very nearly put Pavlik away in the second round. And it wasn't just the judges who had Taylor ahead going into the seventh; several ringside observers had him leading as well. I had it 3-3 with Taylor up a point due to the knockdown. The key for Taylor will be not to load up on his punches so much...that is why he runs out of stamina. When he boxed Kelly he was winning the fight. If he commits to that this go round, he could absolutely win. Anyone counting him out is just plain wrong.
That and he's the most nervous fighter in boxing probably, and I don't see how that's gonna change. He's always gonna have stamina problems and just as important versus a guy like Pavlik, he's got serious defensive problems, Pavlik really didn't have much of a problem at all landing his jab which really surprised me and the right hands just kept on adding up.

And even if some people and the judges had Taylor up its pretty clear, at least IMO that Pavlik was coming on and starting to take over the fight. I'm not saying Taylor has no chance, he can hurt Kelly, some of that was Kelly's own fault but not all of it. But I do have a hard time seeing him winning a decision cause of his defense and stamina going along with Pavlik's workrate.

Wait a second, did I just Taylor probably couldn't win a decision. Taylor could probably pull a Morrade Hakkar and he'd still get the decision.