My scorecard was 107-100 Taylor into 12th

He wasn't mentally redundant in the fight though. He was physically redundant. He didn't have nothing left to give. Why would he stop punching or even moving? He wouldn't make a concious effort to start losing the fight, when it was plain sailing previously.

The guy has something seriously wrong with his training, maybe from that point of view he is a dumb ****. I still don't know how the hell he was so tired when Froch was throwing single shots that weren't hitting him. Pavlik's non-stop attack I could understand.

 

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105-104 Taylor going into the 12th.

 

106-103 Taylor. Taylor gassed badly but Froch produced an amazing 12th round.

 

I thought Taylors plan worked perfectly apart from getting stopped.

 

I though Taylor was winning clearly, but does it really matter in the end? Boxing is not only decided by slaps and score cards.

 

How would you have scored the 12th? 10-8? Or 10-7 for the draw?

Despite the 2 KDs I think I'd have given a 10-8.

 

A 10-7, I;d have scored it 10-8 even if Taylor hadn't gone down as it was a massive round for Froch WITHOUT the Kd;s.

 

Almost the same scores as respected columnist Dan Rafael

 

Can anybody explain Taylor's stamina?

First thing to look at...was his work-rate particularly high early? I wouldn't say so. As expected in a world class fight.

Did Froch really wear him down before he really got on top? I didn't think so, Froch was throwing single punches and missing or being blocked most times.

If Taylor can't sort that, he's got to be honest with himself and figure out what is going wrong in training. Or is it naturally terrible stamina? He's gotta be honest with himself, because if he can't fix that its time to retire. If he can't handle that pace, he can't handle any at 168.

 

Thats my take on it.

 

I'm thinking so too. He surely does road work?

And he looked sharp early on, as if he'd trained well otherwise and sparred well. The tools were sharp.

:huh Frank Bruno of the middleweights, only he can't blame muscles.

 

Taylor's stamina is terrible, I think it's natural.

I was saying from about the 6th/7th round in the RBR thread that Taylor's workrate was dropping, you could just see the fight was there for the taking for Froch.

 

How the judges had it scored....

judge Nobuaki Uratani 102-106 - Mike Ortega 102-106 - Jack Woodburn 106-102 -