Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
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Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
I think his Taylor losses hurt his legacy slightly,at least.. No-one else seems to see it that way but you ask someone how good was JT and the answer you're most likely to get,is that he was good at one time,then went downhill.Spinks,Winky moving up and eventually Pavlik all gave Taylor tougher fights than B Hop did. He had 2 close fights,the first one he may MAY have won(it was close and that's giving him the benefit of the doubt in nearly all the rounds) and the second,few deny he lost.

I find it strange that people diss JT alot(hey,I do at times too) but he beat B Hop twice and no-one mentions that.It's weird,imo.I also agree,I don't think anyone wants to see a third fight,the main reason being,Hopkins had his chance in the second fight.He was talking about how he would KTFO JT,he was coming out agressive and he is even more gun shy than the first fight. No need for a third,would be more of the same imo.
I don't think Spinks gave Taylor a tougher fight than Hopkins did, and i disagree about the 2nd fight as well. Hopkins was slightly more aggressive in the rematch and he made the early rounds much closer than he did in the 1st fight by being more slightly aggressive in the early going, in fact i think Hopkins lost the 1st fight because i only had him winning 1 round through the first 9 rounds then obviously i had Hopkins winning the last 4 making it 7-5 to Taylor. But i had Hopkins edging the rematch i don't understand why the 1st fight was so controversial and the rematch wasn't. Because i think the rematch was just as controversial as the 1st fight was.
It's simple. The majority of people that saw the fight thought B Hop did better in the first than he did in the second.That's why there is more fuss about the first fight,because the majority(a large majority) thought B Hop won the first fight or lost narrowly and lost the second fight comfortably.
Yes i know that El Gamo but my question to those people is why ?? because Taylor pretty much was cruising against Hopkins in the first 9 rounds. And the only rounds Hopkins for 100 percent won were the last 4 rounds. In the 2nd fight i think Hopkins made those early rounds a lot closer by being slightly more active, Never quite understood why so many people consider the 1st fight so controversial and the 2nd one isn't.