Rating Jermain Taylor in the top 20 P4P still is...

Who is your Top 20?

 

Well wherever he is he's above Hopkins after all he bettered the man....TWICE! :deal

Poor Hopkins just couldn't handle an equally sized dynamic fighter :rofl

 

I am almost certain that Taylor will beat Pavlik impressively in the rematch. I think a loss was exactly what Taylor needed to reignite his career. Like him or not, he is very a talented fighter, and has the tools to outpoint Pavlik, somewhat easily. He was winning the fight on points and I am pretty sure he will rebound with a great performance.

 

i have him 19th

i could say the same about oscar de la hoya!

i dont belive he is in the top 10

 

He was winning the fight on the scorecards that protected him before. Both fighters were landing good, clean punches but Pavlik was clearly bringing the fight to Taylor through all rounds, the exemplified effective aggression. Manny Steward acknowledged that the fight was going in Pavlik's direction because Pavlik was forcing his gameplan and Taylor was reacting most of the time. Pavlik can be beaten, but nobody is going to do that easily as you suggest, not against a 6'2, long armed power puncher who can execute a gameplan to perfection.

 

He's just outside my top 20

 

I should note that while he is just outside my top 20 he will drop back farther after he gets ktfo on the 16th....I just don't have the heart to dock him to the 25-30 range yet

 

J.T. is a good fighter who doesnt like fighting. Thus he always seems to look less than he is. If Nigel Benn controlled his mind, then he would be a extremly different prospect.

 

To have DLH in his Top20 would be even dumber...

 

I would have to agree with that

 

There's always one question I ask of myself regarding Taylor -- where'd he have been without HBO?

 

Friday night fights....which is where he will be after the 16th

 

benn achieved as much as he could.

he also bombs fraud taylor out in the first, no question. 160 benn was a ****ing animal who'd eat jermaine for breakfast.

 

Nope - Hopkins had his victories STOLEN from him by HBO, determined to get their latest hype job a title. Same thing happened to Winky Wright.

Taylor is a FRAUD, always has been. And, unfortunately for HBO, he ran into somebody who took him out BEFORE he could collect his usual gift decision. I can't wait til Pavlik destroys this overrated hype job again.:yep