Taylor needs some serious therapy to deal with his nervous issues. I think he could have beaten Hopkins more decisively had he not been so nervous. You can see it in how tight his body is; energy is just pouring out of him that he should be using to beat his opponent. He'll have the same problem with Pavlik and I see him being able to do no better than the last time. Maybe he'll get a knockdown because Pavlik isn't tight enough defensively, but his head is hard and he'll get up and return the favor. I predict Taylor will go into a semi-retirement after this like Lamon Brewster and Chris Byrd; not really retired, but retired.
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