However, nobody talks about this. These two guys are fighting on Dec 30th and they might be one punch away from a serious injury (especially JT). I hope they both come out healthy on their respective fights.
Taylor has received some vicious knockouts and yet the boxing community hasnt made big deal about it like they did with Margarito's eye which is not a life threatening injury.
JT is the guy that got me into boxin, dno if I could handle watchin him get koed viciously again :| lol
The tragic tale of Jermain Taylor... guy was ahead on Froch, had Pavlik beat for a decent period in their first fight...and somehow just couldn't survive. Imagine if JT just lasted combined 5-6 more rounds, we might be talking about him as an ATG.
Who's Taylor fighting???? Just kept hearing about him coming back didnt know he had a fight set up for Dec 30 tho
Some guy named Jesse Nicklow, granted he is a can but you never know. This is boxing and the other guy has two fists as well
And he did all this despite being very flawed technically. Terrible defense. Way too tight in fights (and that led to his terrible stamina). No lateral movement. And he was still on the verge of doing great things.
JT was actually very talented. He just was a lazy fighter who did just enough to win. I think the Hopkins fights really contributed to his manhood being taken. He was a beast up until then who would crush fighters. After those fights, he seemed to question his abilities if he couldn't take a guy out.