Yeah because of the fight being so close ... he couldve bitched and complained about not getting the decision ... and totally discredited Pavlik ... but like he did when he beat Hopkins ... he gave respect and contributed anything positive on his end to his training.
Agreed. Always thought JT is quite classy and deserves respect. Suprisingly he always got in trouble for the judges mistakes, even though he tried to sort out the judges mistakes by rematching the opponent. Whether it the decisions were controversial is also questionable but he still got hate for it. A real shame cos we need guys like him in the sport.
"He's underrated on here as a fighter." He gets two albeit disputed wins over Hopkins while ESB fav Calzaghe gets one win over Hopkins but Calzaghe who looked far less talented with the punching power & technique of a female is supposed to be several classes above Taylor?:-( "He is one of the most trashed fighters on eastside boxing." Which is solely due to the fact that there is an abundance of blind nut-hugging Euro fans on ESB ... ---------------------------- straightened out that last sentence ....
Taylor won me over in the first Pavlik fight. In the second fight I was more impressed with JT than with Pavlik. I had Pavlik winning 116-112, but I do not ever recall a fighter showing as much improvement in one fight as JT did. I'm looking forward to his comback, and I think he will do quite well at 168.
Ive always liked JT and i really hope he can get back on track and this is kirk damnit im just at mundos house and he is auto logged on...
Couldn't agree more. Taylors wins over Hopkins were more impressive than Calslappys yet Calslappy is viewed as a God yet Jermain is somehow a bum :huh Taylor has fought the best fighters out there, OK he's lost a couple but he's never shirked a challenge and has class in abundance. I can't understand why he's so hated on, personally. I still think he'd beat Calzaghe pretty comfortably.