Not by boxing judges...but by boxing fans. The man wanted to continue on like a man, and had a chance - however slim - at a world title in his scheduled tournament match with Andre Ward. Under mountains of pressure from those surrounding him, exacerbated by legion armchair clinicians who think they know Dick about Jane, whining about how a supremely capable boxer should be saved from himself after suffering three knockouts in four losses against huge punchers despite having been not only competitive in all but one of those bouts but winning a majority of the rounds (until Abraham). Now he has to live with having withdrawn from the Super Six after all the build-up, and having known going in what the risks were. Now his career is on hold, instead of potentially on the precipice of a miracle all-time comeback. This is your fault, boxing fans. Congratulations. You got your wish. Shame on you. Shame on you all.
Taylor was never any good to begin with. An HBO hype job who's rep was built on gift decision over ATGs Hopkins and Wright. As soon as he started facing top level fighters in their prime at his own weight, he started getting knocked out. Which is exactly what would have happened had he continued in this tournament.
would you rather him die in the ring or be beaten till he gets parkison??and his family be robbed of him??
Yeah definatly, spot on Gentleman he is, but he just doesn't have it anymore, or one could argue him ever having "it" to begin with
he is a ****ing man preassure or no he made his decision.............I respect it! If he had decided to go on,I would have supported him as well.
I don't know whether that's the case, but you make a good point about the 3 knockout losses and one that I've found it important to stress also. Froch, Pavlik, Abraham - the latter is a genuine one-punch knockout artist, Pavlik hits very hard aswell and Froch's punches can be damaging on accumlation. Not to mention he was exhausted in that fight. People asking for him to pull out of the Super Six are acting like he's getting embarassed everytime he gets in the ring. He hurt Pavlik big time in that fight and nearly had him out of there, and managed to last the distance in the rematch. He was up against Froch before he gassed, and competitive with Abraham before getting taken out by a huge punch by a huge puncher. He can still be competitive, hell I think he might of even had a shot at beating Ward.
Taylor's done man. It's better for him to pull out. He can still make some mney comibng back fighting a lower level opposition.
Coming off the back of that KO i think he needed to think about his options. What are his chances in the super 6 realistically? What other fights do you seem him winning? and if he were to lose them all where would that have left him.. I think his best option (if he is going to return) would be to take time off.. then come back and choose his own route back into it. The fact that he would be fighting for a world title is the only reason i thought he would stay in the super 6.
How the F**k did taylor get any sort of gift decision against Hopkins.. Bhop was awful in those fights and didn't fight for like 6 rounds of the first bout...
Ward is not a puncher. Taylor had a shot. If he got picked apart and beaten down in a UD loss to Ward and was facing a puncher in Kessler in his path next (especially if Kessler returns to form by knocking Froch out), then yes absolutely - save him from himself at that point. We weren't there yet. This was a "premature stoppage". He could have beaten Ward. I wouldn't favor him, but he could've gotten it done. He deserved the one last opportunity. It was a TITLE SHOT. Will he get another toiling away in the lower tiers of the division, off the big stage? He wanted this one last shot - he hungered for it - that it took him this long to cave to demands that he withdraw is proof of that. He wanted one more shot. He deserved it. He deserved not to be bombarded with "you can't".