How did this fight affect your opinion of Taylor?

I always thought he was a good fighter and I still do. I always respected him and I still do. Taylor fights the best of the best. He has ONE bad fight - Spinks!

Taylor proved he has a chin, he proved he has heart, he proved he is a gentleman, he proved he can punch and he should get the respect he wants!

 

Merely confirmed what I already knew-that Taylor was not very good!!

Furthermore, the result doesn't reflect especially well on Hopkins,Wright(at160) or Tarver!!

 

Not much.

Nobody could have survived that solid cracking punch. :yep

But all props to Pav for the fighting heart, solid chin and power in both hands. Any lesser fighter could have also crumbled on that second round. He was stunned and hurt but he recovered unexpectedly fast and continue the pressure. Damn unbelievable.

 

Glad to see it happen, but a little sad at the same time.. Taylor had some bad habits, aspects of his style that I was absolutely furious with.

I think he's got far more raw talent than Pavlik, would like to see him regather himself and actually learn to box. No more of the grabbing garbage. I want to see him move like Tommy Hearns, use that nasty jab and thudding (though sloppy) right hand from the outside and move around like a boxer of his size should.

Oh, and keep his lead up to guard as well so he doesn't get blown away by the next guy with a good one two.

 

My opinion of Taylor improved greatly. He's definitely got power and speed. After seeing that fight I know think that he had gotten lazy training for the Oama and Spinks fights because that was a much improved Taylor last night.

However he did show me some weaknesses.

First he showed stanima problems in the late rounds of the fight. His power and speed won a few rounds in the beginning but I don't think he was able to maintain the pace needed to keep up with Pavlik's relentless attack.

Second, and this is what really killed him in the 7th round, I don't think Taylor has ever faced an opponent who can outjab him.

 

Taylor throws his jab very heavy and is a little off balance, or it seems like it at the end of his punch, he doens't recover it quickly.. All you have to do is catch his jab and look for a cross behind it, or slip it and counter, his recovery is that slow.. Pavlik has one of those chipping jabs that will bludgeon a face and has enough on it to really set up a cross and combos.. Pavliks jab is very suited to his style and punch output.

Taylors Jab is a great one, just needs to be polished, and he needs to learn to mix up the power of his punches so he can conserve energy and also catch guys off guard. He could be a great fighter, just needs polishing and determination.. He has a ton of natural gifts.

 

Taylor is my Guy. Always has been and will always be. He is a damn good fighter that is not scared to fight anyone. After wathcing him loose last night i was sick. It really ****ed up my night and didn't even watch the post fight interview. I got up this morning and felt like like **** then i watched the post fight. He handled it like a man and said that they were going to do it again. The next time i truly belive that he wont get caught by that right hand. Hell to be honest i think this fight was necessary for him to progress as a fighter. This is the fight to show him that all his flaws need to be fixed. That left will not be held low anymore.


This lose does not make hopkins or wright look bad.

 

:happy Taylor was just another HBO created great black hope pulverized by the power of the white fist! Reality hurts!

 

pavlik should be charged with a hate crime for that beat down.

 

I think he is a tremendous talent but he there's something very amateurish about him when he fights. Blast me if u want but this is my opinion. There's almost a puzzlement about him at times.

 

Shut your racist ass up.

 

Awesome fighter....

love him, he just never had a defining night to be remembered by, this fight would have been a defining win.. He just got caught.

Anyone can get caught. all credit to Kelly..

A wonderful fight..

 

This fight didn't change anything at all on how I portray Taylor. I knew he would go down, and he did. Now the rest of the world acknowledges what a few of us did before this match.

Maybe one thing changed a bit for me - when he almost cried in the dressing room, made me think that deep down, he is an okay guy.

 

The guy was under a lot of fire for a while now so getting KO'd last night certainly didn't help matters. The pre-fight pressure alone would have made alot of people crack. Had he cried during the interview I would have understood. He's a human being.

 

Taylor is what I thought he was.
A Paper Champion.
It was just a matter of time.
I am glad that it was Kelly Pavlik's time.