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Pavlik by KO between rounds 5-9.

Taylor simply does not react well when someone is pressuring him effectively and throwing some heavy leather his way. As long as Kelly keeps his hands up and comes in behind that long jab of his and follows it up with rights and doesn`t forget to throw those short left hooks on the inside he should wear his man down and stop him by the middle rounds.

Also, I doubt that Taylor has corrected his habit of backing himself into corners or against the ropes whenever he is forced backwards, and if he still keeps that left hand low he is in for another knockout loss. His best bet would be to come out kamikaze style and try to catch Pavlik cold, as he has shown to be vulnerable in the early rounds.

But if Jermaine can`t do it and lets Pavlik get into the fight he is toast. Taylor needs to use a LOT of lateral movement in this fight and keep that jab in Kelly`s face every round, and whenever they get in close quarters he should use that uppercut of his which has seemingly disapeared from his arsenal.

Either way, I doubt that Taylor has adapted his style at all for this fight, and I believe it will only be a matter of time until Pavlik finds him with the right hand and takes him out. Pavlik to me is the smarter fighter of the two as demonstrated by each fighter`s reaction when hurt (Pavlik clinched while Taylor backed himself into a corner, covered up and allowed himself to be teed off on at will), and as such I think he will walka way the winner tonight

 

I truly thought he would outword Valuev. D'oh. What a useless *****.

 

I thought the same.

 

:readthre:

 

Decebal, in regards to the Mijares fight, I had Mijares wide UD, however one of the judges ****ed up and awarded Navarro 120-108. Maybe have to look into it as a mistake by the judge, this should nto affect it not being a wide decision.

 

valuev was disappointing too. he had several opportunities to close the show and didnt do it. sergie was ripe for the pickens. valuev is a solid hw but nothing more

 

A shutout on all cards is dissapointing?!

 

I would imagine for our purposes that will be regarded as a wide UD. I trust Decebal to be fair. :good

 

The judge had to have been confused as to which corner was which. It is inconceivable for that to have been accurate scoring. You could argue that 120-108 is a little too wide for Mijares (by at the most, three rounds), but nobody watching that fight could have had Navarro winning.

 

Although I picked Mijares by Wide UD, I am certainly against it. It wil make things become too subjective if every time a close/bad decision takes place we go with our own result. Thats part of the risk in analyzing fights... Deal with it. The judges decision should be final.

 

no it was a good performance. imo, liak is shot even more so than i thought. liak just had nothing. he was a punching bag. looked almost drugged. valuev could have easily finished him and didnt. that's what got me a little disappointed. hws are supposed to close the show. solid win

 

I think you're missing the issue at hand here. What is being discussed is whether that was in fact the judge's intended scoring. I am waiting for Lampley to announce that it was a mistake or for boxrec to update the scores.

This was not a close fight. If it was Doug Tucker's intended score, "bad" is not the word for it. That score, as subjective as this all is, is virtually impossible.

 

Well, I knew that Castillo would end up trading with the more explosive Montiel... Its in his nature. And I doubted his chin to some degree... BUt i don't think anyone was expecting it to happen that early. Valuev v White WOlf didn't suprise at all, Valuev isn't a good finisher, but stylistically was always going to be hard for the white wolf to over come at this point. Now for the important match up...