Taylor vs. Hopkins

Hopkins won that fight but I felt that Taylor won the second.

 

Your point is not lost, it's jsut strongly disagreed with. In any fight, championship, eliminator, 4 round pro debut, completly insugnificant free fight in a high school auditorium, the scoring criteria should be the same

In order to answer this question simply remove the word championship. Whatever answer you come up with should be the same answer when you insert the word championship. My answer is if a round is inconclusive, I score it a draw 10-10.

If you think that Taylor lost the fight, that's an opinion that I disagree with but can respect as long as hopkins being the champion is not even mentioned in your argument

 

I had it 7-5 Hopkins. Though I can see how some could see it as a draw.

 

taylor won both i thought.

definitely the first fight.

7-5 taylor.

hops cried over serious spilt milk over that. :yep

 

:yep

hops threw away both fights.

the rematch was shocking from hopkins.

especially after all that crap he spouted at the press conferences. atsch

 

why?

why cant the champ have to defend it convincingly

bhop is my fave fighter but he either lost or drew this fight

he didnt win 6 rounds and we can only score a fight round by round just because he finished strong and was the champ doesnt mean we can look for reasons to give him a close round

i had taylor 116-112 up live and 115-113 winning when i watched it again

 

he threw and landed miore than hopkins in the first 7

how can you score a round to hopkins for not throwing or landing

 

not really he beat him 2wice

 

he didnt even nearly whoop taylors ass

 

Would you all like to know something hilarious?

If B-hop got the decision, there wouldn't be ANYONE debating that Taylor deserved it, save for a few of the regular clowns. But since the 'official' score went to Taylor, the majority of blind boxing fans bought into it more than they should have.

It's not only the fact that Bernard has 2 black spots on his record due to this incompetent scoring, it's also that we've had to sit through two more years of Jermain Taylor, against light hitting fighters no less, but that's all ending very soon.

 

taylor was rocked once by a straight right, listen hopkins didnt win a round until round 7 or maybe 8 the first half of the fight was **** but taylor deserved most of them

bhop wasnt countering with anything

 

taylor was sharper and picking up the points wasn't he. :good

hops was guilty of not letting go.

 

i agree taylor's form has been shite.

but that isn't the debate here. :nono

taylor is getting the paydays out of it to set him up for life.

maybe the joke is on us instead. :yep

 

Pavlik will bring the best out in Taylor. He's not a southpaw, like all three of Taylor's last opponents, and he's willing to stand and trade. Pavlik has a very European style, straight up down. Taylor will box aggressively behind the jab, and be positive.

Taylor beat Hopkins. During those close rounds, Taylor was scoring better at long range, although not dominatating the action. Lovely double jabs. Hopkins was simply not throwing enough punches to impress the judges, never mind landing any punches. Credit to Hopkins for closing the show, but you don't win fights by finishing stronger.

 

You do realize that even through the first 6 rounds...Hopkins outlanded Taylor (power shots)....right? I mean, you WERE aware of that fact?

Listen I believe Hopkins won the first (close but CLEAR) and drew the second (and I could see it going Hops way...but not Taylor's)....but they WERE both close fights, as evidence that we are STILL arguing it.

I still to this day cant understand the hatred toward Taylor. The guy has done nothing but act like a champion in AND out of the ring since winning the titles (regardless of if he deserved it or not). I cant help but respect him....weird how others dont?

:huh