How did you score Hopkins/Taylor 1?

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  1. santiagoraga

    santiagoraga Your Parents Sucked Full Member

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    Saw the earlier thread about Jermain and decided to score this one again. First time around I scored it 116-112 Taylor.

    This time I scored it a little closer, but still thought Taylor clearly won. Hopkins dug himself in a hole with inactivity and it was too much to overcome.


    Hopkins/Taylor
    1.9-10
    2.9-10
    3.9-10
    4.10-9
    5.10-9
    6.9-10
    7.9-10
    8.9-10
    9.9-10
    10.10-9
    11.10-9
    12.10-9

    113/115 Taylor
     
  2. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    I thought Hopkins did next to nothing for 8-9 rounds really, he gave the fight away, or Taylor took it from him, with all due respect to Taylor he was sharp as razors that night....
     
  3. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    114/114

    Cowards way out I guess
     
  4. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    For Taylor. No way he won the rematch though. Nope.
     
  5. santiagoraga

    santiagoraga Your Parents Sucked Full Member

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    Yeah, it's a truly great win for a guy who had a very brief window as an elite fighter.
     
  6. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Taylor has a bit of a heros story though doesn't he, athlete turned to boxing to support his fatherless family and beating one of the greatest of all time for middleweight crown. He's 1 of the good guys but didn't really have enough of an interest in boxing to progress.
     
  7. santiagoraga

    santiagoraga Your Parents Sucked Full Member

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    He really is one of the good men in the sport. I followed him closely during his rise and subsequent downfall, and it breaks my heart to see him continuing to take punishment and watch his faculties fading.
     
  8. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    7-5 taylor, 3 times in a row
     
  9. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    I ain't drinking the "Hops gave it away by doing nothing" kool aid...Taylor's effectiveness was dismal and it's not as though he swept all those rounds.

    God awful fights.
     
  10. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I will never forgive Hopkins for those 24 rounds against Taylor.
     
  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    :lol:
     
  12. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Even though Taylor stood there, 20 years younger and just took lead rights at will? And its his Hops' fault for it?
    :!:
     
  13. Lord Tywin

    Lord Tywin Guest

    I had it a draw but concede that if you had to award a win it goes to Taylor. Hopkins gave that fight away. Had it been a 15 rounder he would have stopped Taylor. The second fight Hopkins deserved.

    Taylor is tough to figure. He was pretty protected on the way up, then manages to beat Hopkins twice, then defends against three junior middleweights and doesnt look very convincing in any of those fights, then loses to Pavlik in his first defense against a full blown middleweight outside of Hopkins. He just never looked that good to me at the highest level of the sport.
     
  14. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Taylor won both fights IMO;
     
  15. santiagoraga

    santiagoraga Your Parents Sucked Full Member

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    I had it scored this way as well.