- Jermain Taylor vs. Librado Andrade -

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104632

 

I dont rate Andrade too highly I think he is very limited overral but he is a big strong super middle and we would really get too see how strong Taylor is at the weight if they were to fight.

I think its be quite close on the cards, as I see JT dropping rounds late on but he does have the better boxing ability and if he keeps Andrade at arms length using the jab then he wins on pts.

 

Taylor would easily outbox Andrade but he does not have what it takes to keep him at jab's end indefinitely. Unless you have a jab and 1-2 of Kessler's quality and power, you're going to take punishment on the inside eventually. Taylor doesn't. Taylor is not as big, strong and tough as Andrade, and his chin doesn't compare either, so Andrade would win the inside fight. He would grind Taylor down and stop him sometime in the last quarter, in my view.

 

JT would win a UD, maybe even a shutout. I think all JT has to do is increase his stamina and he could easily dominate the SMW division and move on to LHW.

 

Why not jump straight up to Heavyweight? All he would have to do is put some muscle on. Then he could shutout the Klitschkos.

 

I'd say Andrade late KO,Taylor losses focus,doesn't stick to the plan and gets hit to much,plus it's not his normal weight.

 

Wow, I think he'll find it a bit more difficult than that, 168 is strong and only looks to get stronger in nthe next coupe of years, JT is gona have a hharder time with these 168lbers than he did with the 154lbers he was facing a 160...

Personally I see Kessler beating him comprehensively, nd him having trouble with the likes of Bute and Froch. Not saying he wont be a world champ at the weight but I dont see him dominating, I also feel 175lbs will be too much for him.

 

Andrade is a touch s.o.b., and strong. Taylor would outbox and outclass him for ten rounds, but then Taylor would tire, or slip up, or both, and Andrade would catch him. Andrade by tko.

 

I say Andrade KO's him, I'm confident in that.

Taylor was hurt by Lacy, and Lacy can hardly get his punches off, and they are not even sharp anymore. I don't see him lasting 12 rounds with a heavy handed supermiddle that is relentless and will expose his stamina.

 

First off, what a great fight it would be.

I think it all depends on Andrade. We all know there is a difference in class and JT is going to get in a bunch of flush, hard shots. But how much will those shots affect Andrade? Kessler landed everything on Andrade and he didn't get KOed or even KD. That saids a lot. If Andrade keeps coming, he might eventually wear down Taylor.

50/50 IMO. Either JT UD or Andrade KO.

 

JT very very easily, Andrade is ****ing bum

 

My thoughts exactly.

 

:rofl :rofl :rofl

 

Taylor ud.