Taylor will dominate Abraham come October

That's always the thing with Taylor though. A fighter of his level should be able to relax in the ring to accomplish his gameplan, but the dude's so tightly wound he wastes energy unnecessarily. That's in contrast with Abraham, who at times seems like he could be too relaxed.

Personally, I think Taylor's going to short circuit at some point in the fight after Abraham counters him, but it's going to be a very interesting fight. If Jermain fights the right fight, he can win.

 

Taylor will start off strong, as always, get winded in the later part of the fight and be KTFO, and brutally so, ala Miranda.

 

In several ways Taylor represents everything that troubles Abraham; height, reach, speed, a quick-stiff jab, a quick-hard right hand, et. Abraham on the other hand fights in spurts, and prefers to slow dance most of the time, so stamina should not be an issue for JT. Taylor has been 12 rounds 9 times.

There is no doubt in my mind that if Jermain has anything left, he will make Abraham look foolish for most of the fight. However, given the recent history, I'm gonna be on the edge of the sofa the whole time chanting Don't get knocked out, dont get knocked out, don't get knocked out . . . . . . ad infinitum!

 

I hear you. You're right about his limitations, but for some reason I kind of like the guy. I heard all the Brits talk him up like the second coming, and read all of his loudmouth quotes and figured I'd hate the guy. Then I caught up on his youtube clips and the Pascal fight, and he started to grow on me.

I posted a few writeups in response to the "Taylor -130, easiest money ever" threads explaining why Taylor might have some problems with that fight. Froch does alot of things ugly, but his chin and his power can definitely bail him out. Actually, I think his jab is a little underrated.

 

I don't often comment on current fights. I'd like to see Taylor win, although both seem like great guys, but I see Abraham beating him on based on having the KO power late in the fight and whats needed to get there.

 

his jab is O.K but why he continues to protect his knee cap more than his face is beyond me. The guy is supposed to have good stamina so he can at least keep a guard or something . Anyway for Abraham Taylor I think that Taylor is going to be brutally KTFO once again but this time by a single punch

 

Because you're a good poster and will have based that opinion around sound judgement I won't argue with you. I think Froch brings some good things to the division though and will be involved in some fun fights.

 

he's gonna get Lacy'd??

 

Chin and power might bail him out in situations like Taylor running out of gas but other situations he will be in serious trouble. The guy has been talking way too much trash after that win like he was winning every single round when in reality it was the complete opposite. If Taylor was able to drop him in a round as early as the third then I hate to see what Abraham or Kessler might do to him.

 

Thank you for the kind words, highly appreciate it.

Call me biased if you wish but in terms of ability the guy is clearly a loss waiting to happen. Can't deny that I like his mentality and will to fight everyone out there, his call out message to Kessler proves that he's here to bring the best fights available so I'll give him credit for that and look forward to those fights.

 

In terms of ability he's nowhere near Calzaghe, obviously, but I admire him for going to the states to defend his belt. Something Joe wasn't keen to do. Of course he has some glaring flaws but I like the way he's made it clear he wants the WBA and IBF belts and is prepared to do anything to get them. Obviously you'd have to favour Kessler and Bute over him but because of that chin and 'never say die' attitude you could never count him out.

 

I wouldn't favor Bute. Kessler is a much tougher fight. I'll have my money on Froch tho.....again

 

It's nice of Carl to keep financing my holidays, exciting and lucrative a winning combination!

 

Taylor has serious ring ADD. He had the tools to beat Pavlik but couldn't. He could have put Froch away in the third but didn't. He looked far from impressive in his title defenses against opponents he could have beaten clearly, simply becaue he couldn't stick with a gameplan. Against Abraham, that could be fatal. Abraham doesn't need to do that much to win fights, once his explosions affect an opponent, he has the upper hand.

 

Taylor getting KO