Smoger was watching Taylor and as soon as Taylor went limp, but was being held up by the ropes, he stopped the fight. When Pavlik was hurt, he was not being held up by the ropes, that is when serious damage can occur. Smoger knows what to look for and stopped the fight when he had to. He could not allow Taylor to take a punch after he went limp.
Good stoppage. A few seconds after the KO, they flashed back to Taylor who was still slumped over in the corner and you could hear Taylor say, "Am I knocked out?". He was still on "***** street. You stop it so he doesn't get killed, ala Du Ku Kim.
I didn't see the fight but I felt Pavlik was going to win by KO. On the topic of the stoppage I will say that refs see things first hand and up close, they sense things we don't sense on tv.
I don't see how anyone could say Taylor quit or didn't have heart. The guy go KNOCKED OUT. That first big right hand hurt him, then the uppercut hurt him, but the left hook is what completely knocked him out. I'm not a big Taylor fan, but really don't have problem with him. I do really like Pavlik, who is always in an exciting fight. As for those whom are talking about a Pavlik-Hopkins fight, why in the hell would anyone want to see that fight. We would get to see Hopkins clinch for 12 rounds and stink out the place as usual.
You have to watch Griffith Parret and you will change your mind. It really doesnt take much, 2-3 more power shots to the head when the guy is out and he might never recover.
To be honest, Taylor had taken a lot of big punches that round but and that right hand took every last bit of fight out of him. I actually felt a bit sorry for him as he stood briefly in the corner knowing full well what was coming his way. If anybody thinks the ref made a mistake, it could be argued he let it go on too long, as it was he got it spot on. Taylor won't be ready to face Pavlik again within 10 months, let alone 10 seconds.
I'm just glad the fight ended decisively--esp after hearing the bull**** scoring (two judges had JT up by 3 pts, and the other one had him up by 4--WTF??!), up to the point of stoppage. I would REALLY have given up on boxing (PBF/DLH, Spinks/JT, Hatton/JLC all left a bad taste in my mouth, as well as being shitty fights), had this fight gone the distance and JT received an undeserved decision.
yea taylor was out .... just like when Corrales had castillo out on his feet and meeks jumped in to stop it even though castillo hadn't gone down.... had he let corrales nail castillo with another punch corrales could have killed him hell even with meeks jumping in castillo was still never the same after that night
He fell asleep after the last shot that Pavlik gave him. He was done. Pavlik was still wide awake when he went down and got back up.
Yap.. Castillo was out on his feet with his arms hanging. Another shot could've ended, not only his career, but his life. That was a good stoppage as well.
Actually Smoger was on top of Pavlik looking at him after the KD....now it was up to Jermain to not let Pavlik grab as he did....Smoger call the break and Pavlik was back to the grab...so...Jermain needed to shaken him up ...he didn;lt ..he lost