I have never been fully convinced that Taylor is the talent many have made him out to be. His defence is very basic, just hands up blocking, not much head movement, he also stands right in front of opponents a lot of the time which saw Baranchyk have success against him. Prograis strengths are Taylor's weaknesses, he moves better and has better head and upper body movement making him more elusive. But having said that I think Taylor showed he can dig deep and break you down and I don't think Prograis is so elusive that he can keep the rangier Taylor off him all night. I think Taylor stops him late in a competitive fight.
Taylor has potential, but between the two, he needs a bit more seasoning. I liked his boxing ability in spots against Baranchyk. He's also tall, and has some long arms it looks like. He didn't box crisply the whole time though. I think his length and boxing ability will equal out some of Prograis' advantages, but Prograis seems to take a hell of a shot so far, and his defense was fairly superb in the last few rounds of the fight with Relikh. Taylor will need to step his game up if he is going to beat Prograis in a few months.
Quite easily. Someone from Saudi Arabia just offered them (not as an investment but more like a whim) significantly more money than they could have earned in the UK. A ton of money.
Tough to say. I need more time to come to a better decision, but as of now Taylor fades late and is stopped in the 10th.
It will be a barn burner, I am leaning Prograis. I think that Prograis will be able to take Taylor's shots better than Taylor will be able to take his.
This is not a big deal as he was living in Houston. He claims New Orleans as his home because its where he is from.
I remember the Velasco fight, I was there. I was disappointed in how many clean punches he took, but then Rougarou made me forget that quick as he dominated Flanagan. Superb defensive performance! He claims sometimes he goes into a fight wanting to get hit and sometimes he plays more defensive, maybe he is telling the truth.
No lol. I was just referring to that he has not been living in Louisiana, so it wouldn't affect his fan base.
Yeah he got hit a lot by Velasco This content is protected He did display really nice head movement against Flanagan but Turbo Terry was coming off a demoralizing loss against Hooker and it was his first fight outside of the UK and obviously his first in the US and he looked really intimated to me and was reluctant to let his hands go. Don't get me wrong, I really like Rougarou and rate him highly. However, I just find it odd that he's such an overwhelming favourite (as in most people are picking him to win this fight) because JT brings an awful lot to the table too and he's even more skilled IMO. They're both really talented and it's a really tough fight for both of them and I firmly believe JT is just as capable of getting Rougarou out of there as the reverse.