Classic fights revisit edition 3: Bernard Hopkins vs Jermaine Taylor 1

Bernard Hopkins v Jermain Taylor I (middleweight title)

Round 1: 10-9 Taylor
Round 2: 10-9 Taylor
Round 3: 10-9 Taylor
Round 4: 10-10 Even
Round 5: 10-9 Hopkins
Round 6: 10-9 Taylor
Round 7: 10-9 Taylor
Round 8: 10-9 Taylor
Round 9: 10-9 Hopkins
Round 10: 10-9 Hopkins
Round 11: 10-9 Hopkins
Round 12: 10-9 Hopkins

Total: 115-114 Taylor (actual scorecards: 116-112 for Hopkins and 2 scores of 115-113 both for Taylor by a split decision)

Like most here surmised, Hopkins waited too long to really get into the fight. Moreover, he never gelled with a very active energetic fighter. Hopkins liked to slow a fight down to a crawl, but when a fighter made him work he was taken out of his wheelhouse.

 

Never watched that one but I'm down always love watching Toney fights as for suggestions:
Ken Norton vs Muhammad Ali 2 want to see how others scored it I've always thought Norton won but want to see how the people who gave it to Ali scored it
Toney vs Griffin 1 or 2 another close fight and pretty good series of close fights
Speaking of Toney Toney vs McCallum 1 or 2 great tactical fights that were both close curious how others scored it
Gonzalez vs Estrada 2 classic fight one of the best fights I ever saw
Usyk vs Bredis great cruiserweight fight
Holmes vs Norton or vs Williams another close fight curious how others scored it
I'm sure there are way more but those are the ones that spring to my mind you can pick whichever ones you want to watch

 

I knew I'd seen your score at some point. You had it for Hopkins by the same margin as rough and had the second fight wider for Hopkins.

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/hopkins-or-ggg.627820/page-7#post-19793705

 

Bernard Hopkins v Jermain Taylor I (middleweight title)

Round 1: 10-9 Taylor - Slow start by both Taylor busier.
Round 2: 10-9 Taylor - Hopkins still not busy enough, close round tho with not much going on.
Round 3: 10-9 Hopkins - Hopkins wakes up and controls the round with a good right hand and excellent ring generalship.
Round 4: 10-10 Hopkins - Hopkins making Taylor miss badly at times and gets a touch more done in close.
Round 5: 10-9 Hopkins - Hopkins clear with some good right hands.
Round 6: 10-9 Taylor - Taylor clear, far busier as Hopkins does very little.
Round 7: 10-9 Taylor - Taylor's activity and jabbing offsets Hopkins booming right hand.
Round 8: 10-9 Taylor - Taylor in a close one.
Round 9: 10-9 Hopkins - Hopkins lands the better punches and oozes a bit more pressure on. Taylor's corner knows it s close.
Round 10: 10-9 Hopkins - Big round for Hopkins who throws caution to the wind and belts him with some big right hands.
Round 11: 10-9 Hopkins - Hopkins coming on like a champ. He's dominating at this point and Taylor has no answer.
Round 12: 10-9 Hopkins - Hopkins has clearly won the last 4 rounds of the fight after a slow start.

115-113 Hopkins.

 

Top thread dmt, thanks for posting it mate. I look forward to Toney - Tiberi.

 

Looking now my card matches rough's. I was a fraction off calling 3 or 4, 4 i think an even round. It's a close fight.