Maybe Jermain Taylor ought to think of honourable ways to retire.

This is the stupidest thread I have read on these boards in some times, even worse than some that the Pac nut huggers post. Taylor was a very good champion he beat the man and then took on the most avoided fighter in boxing (at the time) and then beat 2 154 lb champs, before taking on the number 1 contender. What more do you want?

 

Will you be saying that Kessler should retire if the fight with Calzaghe was close but he got tko'd late.

 

I don't know about that. If he gets dominated by Calzaghe, his time at the top is likely over.

 

Jermain is in a bind, I do not think he will ever beat Pavlik, I see the top guys at SWM beating him, and him also lossing at LHW. It doesn't look good for him, but he is rich, so it ain't that bad, he had his time.

 

Let's give JT another chance before we retire him. He deserves it.

 

One loss and he has to retire?, how ridiclous is this ****? atsch
Jermain is still young and he NEEDED that loss to wake up and start improving instead of fighting careless as he usually does, this loss could be a good thing, if it turns out to be a bad thing then I do agree that he's better off retired but it's just too early to judge, wait for him to fight again then we'll see. Please remember that this fight was HARDLY one-sided like the Calzaghe/Lacy fight for "RETIRE" shouts to rise, just incase you disagree watch the second round again.

 

I am not gonna say that JT should bow out after only one tough loss. I wanna see if he can rebound from this and come back better.

 

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Taylor didn't just knock Pavlik down he could've FINISHED him since Pavlik was OUT of it in that round, too bad Jermain isn't a good finisher or it would've been over that soon. I would agree with Amsterdam if it was one-sided from start to finish, like Calzaghe/Lacy but this wasn't even close to being one-sided. Taylor got caught, that simple, happens to everyone in boxing and there is no shame in it whatsoever. Oh, and if Taylor had a glass jaw he was also taking some powerful shots early, why wasn't he stopped earlier?. He didn't see the punch coming and it finished him off, hardly new in boxing and CAN be improved.