How did this fight affect your opinion of Taylor?

My opinion is unchanged. I still think Taylor is an outstanding boxer.

 

Still a fan, not quite the result i was hoping for
(Pavlik winning but with JT getting the respect he is owed)

 

Same opinion. Big strong (now super middle) with overrated boxing skills. Just because he had Manny in his corner I think people fashioned him as some superior boxer that he never was.

He has alot of heart which is what got him through the Hopkins fights, but in the end he's gonna lose to the bigger guys who can dent his chin. Even at 168 I see most of the top guys at comparable speed and skill, but more power in general.

 

I second that and would add that with Pat Burns, he did more to get away from the danger zone. Built some kinda blindfolded elitism after the Hopkins wins and the Kronck Gym label.

 

He confirmed my opinion that he is massively overrated and is not yet at a true championship level of boxing.

 

I don't think his p4p status is overrated personally. I think he won those fights with Hopkins on heart, and that holds merit.

What I mean by overrated is that alot of the people who figured Taylor would win figured he was the superior boxer with superior handspeed and defense. That clearly was overrated to me. Alot of people wrote off the fact that Hopkins hit him at will and said "hey thats Hopkins!" rather than really seeing the truth that Taylor was easy to hit.

 

The 2nd one.

 

I still think he has problems in his game, but he was looking solid until that round 7!

 

He is not overrated, actually he was systematically underrated by the Ring Mag... Ambition_Def's comment is clear sighted and mentioned overrated skills and Manny Steward - Kronck Gym quality label... When you suggest in interrogative mode that he is perceived as ATG, you are overrating him as much as others underrated him, JT was a Top 10 P4P and that is in the past tense, this loss cannot be ignored...

 

Only an idiot would say JT is overrated. He still has improvement to make, but a lot of fighters have that to make too. Pavlik showed heart and power, but he's going to have to make some improvements as well if he wants to hold on to them belts. JT has fought top fighter 5 times in a row, give him a break. Losing might be what he needed to get to that next level. Only time will tell.

 

JT's had a few too many breaks already. :bart