jermaine taylor should have 8 losses

agreed 100 percent.

taylor loss to cory spinks and winky wright plus hopkins in there first fight.

 

As much as he seems like a likable guy, I really think for in the ring his name should be Jermain "Bad Decisions" Taylor.

But that time has passed and he's been sparked several times since. I'm rooting for him in his comeback.

 

I agree. He deserved a loss in all of those fights. His flashy style hypnotizes judges who seem incapable of determining when a solid shot actually lands.

 

Jermain Taylor was manufactured by HBO and some very powerful people in Boxing.

Roy Jones has fallen.
De La Hoya is a part time fighter who's just gone more seriously into promotion.
Shane Mosley is aging.
Bernard Hopkins is considered old.

Floyd Mayweather wasn't yet the huge star he would become.

America needed to create a new face, to keep/put Boxing into relevance in the United States. So they picked a guy who won an Olympic medal, had a good back story (his father walks out, he chooses Boxing over being in a gang etc.) Taylor had a certain charm, he's a nice guy.

They match him VERY carefully, with guys like Joppy, and Edouard before putting him in the ring with the afformentioned aged Hopkins. (Bear in mind almost ALL of JT's fights have been on HBO, so he has started a following and gained mass publicity.)

Regardless of how you scored the fights, he was given BOTH of them. Jim Lampley says something along the lines of 'We have a new star in Boxing.'

Taylor fights Winky Wright, who was considered a smaller guy than JT. Winky was getting recognition after his domination of Tito who it must be noted was an even smaller guy than Wink. It looked like very good matchmaking by DiBella/HBO.
Jermain Taylor does not impress and lost that fight in alot of peoples eyes.

They cut the hype machine back a little and he defends against Spinks and Ouma, 2 fighters who he should of KO'd, thus restoring his aura of dominance, he looks poor in both fights.

Jermain Taylor was a B+ Boxer who achived what he did through politics, IMO.

 

Let's be honest, it was close both times against B-Hop whoever you scored them for.

 

He beat Spinks, and Hokins in the second fight clearly. He lost to Winky by a few rounds.

 

Only fight I could say he might have lost is against Winky, but I thought the draw was actually fair.

 

Yes, but it's scored on a round by round basis. If i outland you and make you miss through out two rounds, but in the third you outland me by such a margin that you actually outland me at the end of the fight, I still win two rounds to one. :deal

It's not about debates, but punch stats aren't the real story teller, they are very capable telling a wrong story.

 

the fights were all very close and his style was more aggressive thus pleasing to more judges. can't call'em robberies either way.

 

My boy Winky tapped that ass. I never liked Taylor. All hype.

 

Agreed! I thought he clearly lost to Wright. I had him losing by one point in the second Hopkins fight. I had him losing 115-113 to Spinks. I actually felt guilty after that fight because I felt like I gave Jermain some "mercy" rounds and I am against doing that. I couldn't believe that Jim Lampley criticized the judge who scored in favor of Spinks. I would've liked to have seen Calzaghe slap him around, just for fun of course.

 

:deal