Taylor surprised the life out of me .

[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.