If Jermain Taylor wasn't such a nice guy...

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Arcane, Apr 21, 2012.


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  1. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    Well put, obviously your post comes across as being more diplomatic compared to me saying 'he was a hbo hypejob' but essentially we're both correct in our assertions that Jermain Taylor was pushed through fights and got some very questionable decisions because of the grooming HBO were doing for his (and their) future.
     
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  2. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    Hopkins cleary won the first fight no question. Second could've gone either way and Wright fight was Winky's. Should have been 1-3. Only criticism I have of Taylor is facing JMW's after "beating" Hopkins. He couldn't help the hype he got that's not his fault as he wasn't encouraging it. Everyone could see once he ran into a big puncher he would get sparked and that's what happened on multiple occassions. Guy seems class as a person and I wish him well.
     
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  3. Arcane

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    I've been saying this about Taylor for a while as you can see by my posts in the other Taylor threads that have been made recently, my opinion on JT has always been that he should have taken what he was given and retired with his health in good shape. Pardon me for not being on the 'Waaar Taylor' bandwagon only to later climb off it and say 'damn Jermain sounded ******ed in the post fight interview...he needs to retire' :lol::lol::patsch
     
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  4. BeastsideBoxing

    BeastsideBoxing "The Thrill" Gavril Full Member

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    The half-shot hype-job almost beat Carl Froch, not to far ago ranked #2 at SMW.
     
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  5. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    Maybe in your own imagination where the 'people' consist of just you.
     
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  6. Arcane

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    Almost, fighting out of his backyard he ALMOST beat Froch but he didn't but what he did do was get KTFO.
     
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  7. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    I think there's a difference between a hype job and someone who didn't quite live up to expectations. I had Hopkins edging him twice on my cards, but to compete like that with Hopkins straight boxing, you have to be good. He was very talented IMO, despite being carefully groomed to be the US's new superstar.
     
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  8. Arcane

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    Wasn't funny just sad, the guy is almost on the James Toney level of deluded and needs to retire as soon as possible for the sake of his health and family. And supposedly i'm the one who's 'agenda driven' when you got half these idiots cheering him on in his quest to develope permanent brain damage.
     
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  9. pipe wrenched

    pipe wrenched ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    Quit cryin' in here Arcane











    :tong:p
     
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  10. Arcane

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    Don't worry this thread won't diminish Kelly Pavlik's best wins :deal
     
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  11. kopejh

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    well listen this isn't any groundbreaking stuff you've discovered here. people have been calling him an HBO hypejob for years.
     
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  12. pipe wrenched

    pipe wrenched ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    Joe Calzaghe is ugly and his parents used to dress him funny. :yep
     
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  13. PRPapi2dabone

    PRPapi2dabone I SEE YOU Full Member

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    Nah chico, he was just acting. Seems like everyone around him was just leading him on to promote his next fight. Taylor never seemed like the guy to talk trash like that.
     
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  14. Arcane

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    I'm not claiming it's groundbreaking i'm just saying a lot of people arn't willing to say it simply because of what a nice guy Taylor appears to be.

    Not really a Calzaghe fan :think
     
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  15. pipe wrenched

    pipe wrenched ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    No ****?

    Crazy. It's usually the Calzombies that were always obsessing over Taylor OR (and especially) Pavlik.


    So, it really is the Hopkins angle then?
     
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