What is Jermain Taylor doing wrong?

He must not be doing enough cardio.

 

Raelise he's a boxer not a fighter.

 

its his stamina. it just plain sucks

Fights that Taylor gassed in:

Hopkins vs Taylor I
Taylor vs Ouma
Taylor vs Pavlik I
Taylor vs Pavlik II
Taylor vs Lacy
Taylor vs Froch

And I'm sure i'm missing a few.

 

It is either a lack of endurance training/conditioning or just a failure to adequately pace himself in a fight. Maybe a bit of both, but I tend to think that it is the prior considering that he doesn't exactly have an overwhelming work rate.

 

He needs to better condition himself.

 

He's just not that great, and doesn't have what it takes to be great

He's a good fighter, not a great one

He has good, not great, handspeed

He has good, not great, power

He has a mediocre defense

He has mediocre fundamentals as far as footwork and punching technique

He has a mediocre chin

And he doesn't have any of the intangibles that are required. His ring IQ is very low, he doesn't know how to adjust on the fly, he fades under pressure

 

i think it's mental!

 

he shou stop fighting dangerous fighter at their peak....needs to study Calzaghe.

stick to old bhop or a jones

 

He just doesn't have the ability to adjust to his opponents adjustments. he's talented but ultimately one dimensional.

 

he needs to learn to pace himself, from what manny steward has said he trains extremely hard, so its got to be a mental thing.

 

Frankly, he needs to relax more in the first half of fights. He expends too much energy and is wound too tightly early, which usually leads to him dominating, winning rounds big, and looking flashy early but inevitably fading down the stretch. He needs to learn how to do just enough to win rounds so he's not running on empty and relying on "round counting" to get through the latter stages of fights. A good puncher/finisher with superior pacing will continue to make him pay if he can't fix that.

I don't think it's necessarily a cardio issue, so much as it is an energy management one. The unnecessary movements and tenseness he has with that amount of superficial muscle on his frame burn alot more energy, and he can't seem to compensate for that.

He's still a quality fighter, just a bit of a frontrunner.

 

also he puts full force behind each combination.

 

Almost all of this is true. Main problem is his stamina, but all these are valid criticism of him as a fighter.

 

Thats pretty much how i see it.Taylor looks in good shape prior to all his fights.He may well have had issues making 160,but at 168 he has no excuse's.Energy conservation should be at the forefront of his boxing strategy,he's technically sound,and has speed and power,he just seems to struggle against fighters who will go into the trenches.