Quote Originally Posted by liquid View Post
Miranda at any weight has no chance against a fighter like Taylor. There's too great a disparity in the pedigrees. The only thing Miranda has is power. He can't box, he can't defend, he has no ring generalship to speak of. Taylor would have made Miranda look just as sloppy as Pavlik did. Remember, Taylor knocked Pavlik down with shots that SHOULD have kayoed him. Does Miranda have that kind of chin? NO! Edison Miranda is a poor man's Mayorga.
A poor man's Mayorga I like that. Have some rep.

On a regular basis I do not think Miranda could beat Taylor. I just think the Taylor we seen that night was not a 100% Taylor. He looked discouraged from the start in my opinion. He had looked bored of boxing for his last 2 fights. I blame his management team on that for not keeping him with class A challenges. outside of the Winky Wright fight I think the 2 bouts with Spinks and Ouma did something to his psyche.

He went from fighting his way to the #1 spot. Facing and beating twice arguably one of the 3 best Middleweights of all time to fighting 2 soft punching 154lb fighters and a one a defensive nightmare 154lb. Hard to keep the momentum mentally when things like that happen.

I think it all worked out for the best in the end if you ask me. Taylor will rejuvenate himself in a brand new practically wide open division, we have Pavlik with a firm lock on the MW title and Miranda and Abraham get to repeat their first war with Miranda getting a chance to redeem at least 1 of his losses.

If you think about it it could not have worked out better.