Frank Tate vs Jermain Taylor

Xplosive · May 30, 2011

Sister Sledge said: ↑

Tate was good at a lot of things, but not an expert at anything. I was a fan, but, man, Nunn just owned him.

Taylor at his best was just a better, more effective fighter than Tate.

Sometimes, fighters just don't have long primes. Taylor had a stretch difficult fights that I think burned him out early. The Hopkins fights were grueling, as well as the Wright fight. I think these fights took a lot out of Taylor. The Ouma fight was also a tough one for Taylor. He took quite a bit of punishment, and some fighters are just not made to take lots of punushment before they deteriorate.

Tate was good, but not special, while Jermain on his best day would own him.
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Stop making excuses for Taylor! The Hopkins fights were NOT the type of fights that take anything outta a fighter.

Taylor just wasnt very good. He "beat" Hopkins(I thought B-Hop won both fights)..... on youth, and energy alone.

He was a very flawed fighter, with a very low boxing IQ.

I'm not saying its far fetched that he would beat Tate, but he certainly wouldnt "own" him. Taylor never "owned" any good fighter.

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