Is josh taylor washed up at 30?

I had to laugh at Taylors assertion before the fight that Lopez was mentally weak compared to him. Josh can be a hell of a fighter but mentally he is as weak as they come - I genuinely fear for him when retirement comes.

His decline is purely self inflicted, his lifestyle after the Ramirez fight has damaged him and he has lost 5% of himself.

 

Taylor's balance and power were off last night, usually a sign of weight issues.

 

Issue is his physical fighting style won’t bode well at 147. Won’t be losing on points either, would get sparked

 

Taylor’s attritional rough n ready style doesn’t fit well for longevity going up in weight and mixing with the best might be too much now.

 

Lopez is weaker mentally than Taylor but he has much more natural talent and athleticism.

 

Not at all. He simply not talented enough to be elite.

Lopez is the opposite, elite talent but **** for brains.

 

Talent =/= RL Intelligence. Taylor is well adjusted and fairly intelligent for a boxer.

 

He hits then holds.

 

Did you expect all boxers to be like Big Femi with PR lines? In a sport full of woman beaters and felons, Taylor is without a doubt very clean.

 

Lopez is immature and a bit combustible but they are character flaws not mental weakness.

 

Taylor changed trainers for no reason when he was at the very top and they've trained the top fighter right out of him, hard to see where he goes now.

Does nothing at a great level anymore other than being willing to dig in

 

Taylor had reached his top level of achievement already but his boxing abilities don't attain his trash talking desires. Good, Brit level boxer but no more. He'd better not go up to 147 because there are numerous beat downs waiting for him up there. Buy some sheep, find an ugly wife and settle down on some windswept rainy isle off Scotland's coast.

 

sounds like the scotish version of the american dream.

 

If we substitute the ugly wife for a hot one, it doesnt look like very bad to me, tbh.

 

not for me. i like trees, wildlife, sunshine and warm weather. but i know we all have different tastes and i aint knocking anyone for liking different, or even the opposite.