Taylor has nothing to be ashamed of

[donnydarkoIRL]

Good post Mad Dog.
I've said I felt Taylor had the perfect plan, he boxed well and negated Kelly's aggression. He din't however, capitalise with aggression of his own and aggression is needed to a certain extent. I was gutted at the decision, not that I thought it was wrong, but just Jermaine put a lot into that fight and I felt very sorry for him.

I felt that he hesitatedbecause he was still aware of Pavlik's power, but in boxing the way he did he made Kelly lunge and kept him off balance.

Good fight that I liked a lot.

[Mad_Dog]

I agree, as I was watching the fight I found myself constantly saying that these two men were landing some major punching in there. Their jabs were the strongest I have seen within the last two years. It appeared that Taylor kept his power throughout the fight but either Kelly's constant pressure tired him or he was, as you said intimidated. I wonder though if Kelly can adjust his attack if someone poses a diverse attack? What will he do if he is the one being pressured? What will he do if he is the one being chased? Jabbed?


I did feel bad for Jermaine, coming into the fight I told my bro, that these two were good guys and I would feel bad for whoever loses.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Well I felt that when Pavlik was posed with a new proposition (a defensively sound Taylor) he really failed to adjust, he merely turned up the tempo and continued with his plan. This resulted in him being off balance on a number of occassions because he was lunging with his punches as I've already stated.

This begs the question, what would kelly do with a real slick fighter?

I also think you're dead right on the power issue. Both guys chins seemed very good and both guys looked very strong even for Super middle.

[Kel]

When did he say he was ashamed of his performance?

He did everything right apart from throw more, he had lots of chances to counter but was probably just not willing to risk another KO. Can't blame him.

[Pugilistic]

taylor did great to come back after the first defeat and put on a good showing. good luck to him at 168.