Taylor surprised the life out of me .

[ross]

His crap defence hasn't stopped him winning.

Taylor is "half decent", no?

He lasted 12 rounds with Hopkins (twice), Pavlik, Winky, Spinks, Ouma, Lacy, Joppy and beat everyone else in under 12 rounds.

If Froch is garbage, yet was able to KO Taylor fair-and-square in his backyard, what does that make Taylor and all the fighters he has beaten?

HOW MANY MORE TIMES FOR FUUCKS SAKES!!

He has got away with being poor by not meeting any top supermiddles yet!

Taylor is a faded middle, he tried his luck at a heavier weight, he weighed in 2lbs under the limit, hes not a supermiddle.

Little fighters like Spinks did better with Taylor

All Froch had over Taylor here is a strength advantage, I said it before the fight that Taylor is not strong enough at this weight, he might last in to the 12th and drop, hurt and outpoint Froch but put him in with a decent supermiddle and see what happens

[JonnyFolds]

For some ungodly reason I have watched most of Taylor's fights. I am not a fan of his style or anything, but I do think he is a decent man.

When Taylor tries to open up and punch big he loses. He is a strict reflex type boxer. JT tried to decapitate Ouma and tired out really early in that fight. If any opponent watched that tape, they'd know 2 things; Weather what he brings early and find an answer for his jab. JT gets really caught up trying to be a crowd pleaser and loses focus.

And JT complained all the time about making weight. He was a HUGE MW! I think he would have moved up around the same time regardless of his loses to Pavlik.

Having said all of this.. I look forward to JTs next fight. Hell, he brings it. What more can you ask for? He's athletic as they come, but chooses to give up a lot of his physical advantages.

[zhubin]

Any fighter that beat Bernard Hopkins...TWICE...deserves great credit. He has all the physical tools to be a tremendous fighter...but i just feel like he lost his way after the Hopkins fights. He has great jab...but he abandoned it for a while. One can question his stamina as well....but that was never an issue when he fought Hopkins. I think after those fights he changed his style to his detriment. He tried to bang more instead of using his great skills to box more. I also give him props from coming back from that first Pavlik knockout and fighting so well (even though he lost) in the rematch. This last loss will sting...simply because he let it get away. But he has the tools...just needs to sharpen his mind.

[Fenster]

His crap defence hasn't stopped him winning.

Taylor is "half decent", no?

He lasted 12 rounds with Hopkins (twice), Pavlik, Winky, Spinks, Ouma, Lacy, Joppy and beat everyone else in under 12 rounds.

If Froch is garbage, yet was able to KO Taylor fair-and-square in his backyard, what does that make Taylor and all the fighters he has beaten?

HOW MANY MORE TIMES FOR FUUCKS SAKES!!

He has got away with being poor by not meeting any top supermiddles yet!

Taylor is a faded middle, he tried his luck at a heavier weight, he weighed in 2lbs under the limit, hes not a supermiddle.

Little fighters like Spinks did better with Taylor

All Froch had over Taylor here is a strength advantage, I said it before the fight that Taylor is not strong enough at this weight, he might last in to the 12th and drop, hurt and outpoint Froch but put him in with a decent supermiddle and see what happens

err what? Losing to a guy is better than knocking him out?

Froch's defence hasn't stopped him from winning. That's a fact.

Taylor went the distance with Hopkins (twice), Pavlik, Winky, Spinks, Ouma, Lacy and Joppy. That's a fact.

Froch knocked Taylor out. That's a fact.

It doesn't matter how shit Froch is, it doesn't matter that he was being outboxed - he WON!!! He bettered a whole host of world-class fighters.

And that's another fact.

[BIG H]

FACT

[Fenster]

It's all about the facts. (This time real ones. )

[Gandalf]

There's a lot of factual stuff going on around here!

Taylor is a decent fighter, and Froch knocked him out. I don't see what the argument is here. Froch did what he needed to do.

I think his style will see him falter sooner rather than later, but that argument is neither here nor there.

[Rantcatrat]

It is the same argument I was making about Arreola, his weight hasn't made him lose thus far. And he knocks people out routinely. But, at the end of the day, Arreola's weight issues, Froch's defense issues, probably catch up to them.

Speaking of Froch, Boxing: Froch: I want Kessler in Denmark | Setanta.