Jermain Taylor the most overrated overhyped fighter of the decade?

#I assume the same goes for Froch?

 

Chad Dawson is far more on a level with Abraham than with Roy Jones, Hopkins etc.

 

Hopkins
Hopkins
Wright
Ouma
Spinks
Pavlik
Pavlik
Froch
Abraham

Total of 115 rounds

**** off you imbecile.

 

Solid post, and I believe it's entirely fair to believe that it was taking it out of Hopkins to still make the weight.

What has me questioning things is simply the different treatment of similar circumstances- and I think Dawson-Adamek is as close as a comparison that can be made and it illustrates the point. Adamek was a formidable light heavyweight, but the weight drain was taking a toll on him; he immediately jumped up 20 pounds to greater success than he enjoyed at 175. It mirrors the end of Hopkins' middleweight campaign, although Hopkins was obviously far more accomplished at his original weight than Adamek was. As such, Taylor's fights with Hopkins were closer than Chad's win over Admek. Hops then jumped up a good amount of weight, like Adamek, and rejuvenated his career with his accomplishments there. Both men would go on to win the Ring title in their new weight class.

So, the fallout of this is that people are saying Adamek's post-LHW success is a credit to Dawson. Perfectly reasonable opinion. Yet, as time goes on, Jermain somehow seems to be getting less credit for beating Hopkins despite Hopkins proving his class once he moved up and in all likelihood, being the tougher matchup at the time of the fight.

My final question is- Why the disconnect? Am I off base, or does that not look like the definition of a double standard?

 

I feel both Pavlik and Abraham have done more impressive things in their careers than Froch, who alos just got a gift decision. I am biased, perhaps Froch proves me wrong but I don't see a great future for him. I can envision Pavlik dominating at 160 for some years and Abraham winning the super six.

 

You said 'Until someone actually beats Abraham, people can point out his supposed flaws all they want, it is possible that he is a great fighter in the making.'

Well everyones slagging of Froch. But he ain't lost yet!

Again I believe the Dirrell fight was close. But I wouldn't call it a gift decision and certainly not a robbery as a lot of people have.

 

I'd say that's linking age to quality, which would be accurate in most cases- but not this one. I've also noticed that argument comes up as regularly as clockwork when it comes to giving credit to whoever beats Hopkins, but that's another post for another day.

My point here is Adamek was one of the best Light Heavyweights out there. Hopkins was the best Middleweight out there and had the hardware to prove it. It should have been a tougher fight for Jermain than Adamek was for Dawson.

 

So Taylor wasn't the Second Coming and the Savior of the sport? Seriously...so what?

He fought high quality opposition from the time he faced Hopkins to the present, and by and large acquitted himself quite well against any opponent that he faced, even if he didn't defeat them. I'm more inclined to regard a fighter like that pretty highly than a so-called champion who feasts upon little-known alphabet mandatories throughout the course of a similar reign.

 

Taylor is a decent fighter with excellent skills but without self-confidence and often without the right game plan. Just have a look at his opposition. There's nobody in SMW who has fought such a tough opposition.

 

That would go to Haye or Kahn.

 

you people already know what im going to say,so I wont even bother

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funny how you say Calzaghe is elite and berate and underrate every single one of Taylors accomplishments