Is taylor pretty much done?

[Diane]

This just in from Dan Rafael.



Dan Rafael
(11:02 PM)

Hey guys, I'm back. That was Lou DiBella on the phone from Germany.

Lou said Jermain had a severe concussion and is in the hospital for precautionary reasons. He has had short term memory loss. Lou said he'll stay in the hospital for several days as a precaution. No decision has been made about his future in the tournament.

It would be hard to fault him for dropping out of tourney, I'm sure a replacement could be found, of course they would only have two fights to make points, since Taylor had 0 it wouldn't effect the scoring.

If Taylor leaves, it would be Allan Green, he is the first alternate.

[killersheep]

This just in from Dan Rafael.



Dan Rafael
(11:02 PM)

Hey guys, I'm back. That was Lou DiBella on the phone from Germany.

Lou said Jermain had a severe concussion and is in the hospital for precautionary reasons. He has had short term memory loss. Lou said he'll stay in the hospital for several days as a precaution. No decision has been made about his future in the tournament.

It would be hard to fault him for dropping out of tourney, I'm sure a replacement could be found, of course they would only have two fights to make points, since Taylor had 0 it wouldn't effect the scoring.

If Taylor leaves, it would be Allan Green, he is the first alternate.

Fair enough, I don't see him beating any of the other 5, but he has enough skill to merit being in there.

[Diane]

It would be hard to fault him for dropping out of tourney, I'm sure a replacement could be found, of course they would only have two fights to make points, since Taylor had 0 it wouldn't effect the scoring.

If Taylor leaves, it would be Allan Green, he is the first alternate.

Fair enough, I don't see him beating any of the other 5, but he has enough skill to merit being in there.

I agree, I see the point total staying at 0 for him.

[Spicoli]

He should hang them up,and I mean for good.Head up

[sumkalambay]

concussion and short term memory loss? shit he's gotta retire. best of luck to him in the future.

[Gandalf]

Taylor might well be done. He needs a good holiday really. Kessler will probably stomp down on the other Ward, so it is Taylors best shot at a win IMO in the next round.

But that knockout was Hattonesque and we know that Hatton is in no hurry to come back. Taylor is on a bad, bad run, and getting sparked everytime now. He really deserved to go the distance against Abraham having got as far as he did and his confidence might have been somewhat okay. But I can see him being quite broken up that he worked so hard just to find himself crushed right at the end again.

It's a wait and see thing with Taylor, but it's apparent he will never solve his stamina issues nor ever fully clean out the ghosts again.

[Onix]

Jermains best shot would be to start going for early ko's, other than that retire.

Too bad they cant bring in Paul Williams.

[Nameless]

Taylor might well be done. He needs a good holiday really. Kessler will probably stomp down on the other Ward, so it is Taylors best shot at a win IMO in the next round.

But that knockout was Hattonesque and we know that Hatton is in no hurry to come back. Taylor is on a bad, bad run, and getting sparked everytime now. He really deserved to go the distance against Abraham having got as far as he did and his confidence might have been somewhat okay. But I can see him being quite broken up that he worked so hard just to find himself crushed right at the end again.

It's a wait and see thing with Taylor, but it's apparent he will never solve his stamina issues nor ever fully clean out the ghosts again.

Yeah, still Stamina problem but I noticed it was much better this time though, he was very active in round 10 and 11 though Abraham had the better and that it wasn't as bad as it used to be before.
PErsonally, I think Taylor has a lot of good boxing remaining inside, he might never be a champion again but he would be on the top part of the pile still and I would believe in his chances to beat Dirrell Ward and even Froch would a rematch happens. How is he morally after such defeat? That I don't know, guess it must be painful to get knocked out at the very end of the 12th round like that, especially because win or lose, he wasn't looking VERY bad into that fight.
The problem though is the concusion... we cannot mess with cerebral shit like that and only if it is a very minor injury should he continue otherwise it's way too dangerous for him.