Jermain Taylor vs Sam Soliman?

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  1. Scar

    Scar VIP Member

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    I'm picking Soliman in this one. The last time Taylor fought at Middleweight was in 2007.
     
  2. lencoreastside

    lencoreastside Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    The Banana Republic of Ireland. :-(
     
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    lencoreastside Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Wow you must be some kind of boxing genius to have figured out Taylor loses this! :lol:

    So while you're on a roll, where do you think the sun will rise tomorrow. I'm going with EAST for the sun and Soliman in the fight! :p
     
  4. BUDW

    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Taylor should not be allowed to fight after his brain injury
     
  5. HoldMyBeer

    HoldMyBeer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    why so anti-US?
     
  6. HoldMyBeer

    HoldMyBeer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    one hundred percent :good
     
  7. lencoreastside

    lencoreastside Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    I find that US posters continually harken back to the days when USA ruled the boxing world.
    Most of them completely fail to give credit to foreign boxers, who today dominate. nor will they accept that the sun has largely set on US boxing.
    The rest of the world has caught up and passed America out.

    I don't judge based on nationality at all. (For example my opinion on the state of affairs in my own country would be unprintable!). I treat as I find.

    By the way I admire your posts. You are an excellent poster.
     
  8. lencoreastside

    lencoreastside Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Who? As in what "sporting authority" is permitting him to fight? Someone is responsible here, he must have "passed"some kind of test, hold some kind of licence etc.
    The buck stops somewhere.
     
  9. HoldMyBeer

    HoldMyBeer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I appreciate the props, thankyou :good
    I imagine I get more critics

    to a point I agree with you, and I definitely don't think boxing needs the US to be relevant
    but I do think it's relevant on many levels (but HW is not one of them)
     
  10. STB

    STB #noexcuses Full Member

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    If Taylor has 60-70% of what he had in his prime, then he can beat Soliman
     
  11. TheVrominator

    TheVrominator Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ^This. All of Taylor's losses come when he gets completely severed from his senses and either crumples or crashes to the deck. Taylor's insistence on continuing his boxing career is courting disaster.
     
  12. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    He doesn't. :-(
     
  13. STB

    STB #noexcuses Full Member

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    The fights where he crumpled were all against huge punchers.

    Soliman is probably the most feather fisted MW champ of all time.
     
  14. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yes, being knocked out brutally by multiple huge punchers does damage to you... It doesn't prevent you from being knocked out by lesser punchers in the future, the opposite actually :roll:
     
  15. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    I don't think much of Soliman the PED Cheat, but I would actually be surprised if Taylor somehow manages to defeat him.