You know JT is going to look flashy and great when AA gets in his turtle defense but i just don't see JT being able to finish AA off. And if he can't do that, he'll get weaker as the fight goes on and AA will get stronger and busier. I also think JT has lost that dog mentality he had prior to his loss to Pavlik. Anytime he was attacked, he would always come back with something. But against Froch, he looked defeated in the later rounds. His mind isn't right and when he's being pushed to the edge in the later rounds, i think he will start to doubt himself and lose hope. I just sounded like Atlas. I will be rooting hard for JT but i think AA wins.
I'm not sold on Abraham at all, if that guy Oral have had some power........... My money is on Taylor.
Taylor will go into the 10th round with a decent lead (6-3 ish) and then completely fall apart as a fully cooked up Abraham unloads with uppercuts and those big powerful shots, putting Taylor to sleep in the 10th.
Wasn't your anaysis of the Taylor/Froch match that Froch was 'nothing like' Pavlik? Quite suprised to see so many people expecting Taylor to be able to cruise to a points victory in Germany when we know he takes rounds off and weakens during the part of the fight when we can expect Abraham to come on strong. This time Jermain's going to have to go against the hometown judging.
Taylor by knockout would surprise me more.AA is capable of being more active, especially at the higher weight.Even though he will never be as active as JT, AA may land the cleaner shots and be just busy enough to win rounds that way... But i don´t see a snowballs chance in hell for Taylor to knock AA out.
It's 50:50, but I hope that AA is able to knock him out. If Taylor fights clever enough and don't underestimates AA's power, this isn't going to happen. The If is a big IF, because Taylor has to go 12 long rounds since he won't be able to KO Abraham.