He might have been living a ****ty lifestyle but he’s still much younger than a Kovalev who was living just as bad of a lifestyle or worse when Kovalev started showing signs of deterioration. Even a shot alcoholic Kovalev would knock someone like Essuman out in 5-6 rounds. If Taylor really is physically shot, then that just shows how ****ty his skill set is because even physically shot fighters like Kovalev would still make easy work out of non elite competition because they had the skill set. Taylor was just a weight bully who had a good engine.
Nonsense, there’s a long list of weight bullies who would go on to accomplish nothing. Although big, Taylor consistently showed a well rounded skill set and great offensive iq. It’s also important to keep in mind that Taylor has only really been fighting tough opponents the last few years.
Little bit. He was the best of a mediocre bunch. The Crawford comparisons were always ridicuolus. He’ll be remembered as a decent fighter with a short prime. Nothing more, nothing less.
"Great IQ" and Josh Taylor dont belong in the same sentence. He had a solid skill level, offensively at least, but his defense was always terrible, even in his prime, and no he didn't have a great IQ. I'm basically in agreement here that he was massively overrated.
I don't think overrated is the word. He had the skill, drive and talent when he was on the way up but seem to lose it when he started facing adversity. It's tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5am when you're sleeping in silk pyjamas.
Fans talk about this mythical Josh Taylor as if he was once upon a time some great. On Taylor's VERY BEST NIGHT he barely scraped past Regis. I love Regis, but he's hardly some great himself. I always felt that Regis looked like the better fighter in that one; Josh won it because he wanted it more, and outfought Regis down the stretch. Wins over Prograis and Ramirez aren't enough to annoint a guy as great. Taylor was the product of a pretty average 140 pound division, that's all. Compared to previous junior welter eras, Taylor was average. Khan and Alexander would have beaten Taylor, for instance.
Taylors decision over Caterall didnt do him any favours in the Boxing domain But you dont become a world champion by being **** Theres far more overrated boxers that never become world champions
People were calling him the greatest Scottish fighter of all time. The guy was pretty damn overrated.
Hey idiot Chacal I’ve always said he’s overrated search my post history from back to 2018. Don’t **** with me puto.
If I were to compare Taylor to a past junior welter, I'd say he was AT BEST Sharmba Mitchell level. But if I'm being honest, Sharma Mitchell would have schooled Taylor.
Shut up puto. When Kov almost got knocked out by Yarde I didn’t call him overrated. I use this comparison because they had similar drinking issues. Kov was a combination of being a physical beast with top tier skills. Taylor was a weight bully with an elite motor but not elite skills.
I said a great offensive IQ, which he did have. In his prime he was great at setting up attacks to the head and body while throwing every shot with crisp technique.