Why does Taylor get so much Sh*t?

A few boring fights and close decisions. Me I like the guy hes fought everyone he probablly shouldnt considering some of the styles. He goes out of his way to take on tough matchups. Bernard Hopkins always says oh lets see if Taylor can do what I did with 20 title defenses and sure Taylor didnt but ill give him this his title defenses came agianst Winky,Ouma,Spinks,BHop and Pavlik those 5 fighters where better then all but a couple of Hopkins 20.

 

Taylor is an admirable fighter that we can all root for. I am a fan of his until the end.

 

He get's **** because he's so closly affiliated with HBO, so anyone dislikes Lampley & Co. hate on Taylor too.

 

:nono

Nothing but love for Lampley. Although he does (or did) overrate Taylor horrifically.

JT just shouldn't be a fighter. He isn't mentally structured for it. He doesn't have the "dog" in him that he claims, or at least, isn't willing to let it out every single time, which is enough for me to say "just leave it in the kennel". :conf

 

Great post m8. I've always realy liked JT. Like you said he never ducked anyone. Took on some tough fights and was always competetive. He is a very talented boxer, just in the last few years he started to get a little bit lacklustre such as keeping his left down and getting into exchanges he didn't need to whilest not listening to his corner too well. Having said that Emmanuel Stuart was in his corner so I don't realy blame him.

Also taking the Pvlik fight took balls and then making the rematch straight after that brutal knockout took even bigger balls in my oppinion. I believe he will be champ again one day. And deservedly so. I think he just needs to find that spark again, because after beeing on top for a while, the love for the fight seems to deminish in a lot of fighters.

Great fighter. Great bloke. Can't understand the hate either m8.

 

HBO prodigy that should have 5 losses on his record atleast. Hbo paved the way for him and helped him get decisions that he should have not gotten.

 

Maybe so but you can't say Taylor didn't get unnecessary flak from being so closly affiliated with Lampley & Co.

 

Such bull**** man. Oscar De la Hoya is HBOs love child anything he wants hes got from them and did save him from getting screwed vs Tito and losing to Mosley ? There was exactly 2 so called contreversal decisions Jermain Taylor won and they where both B-Hop fights and let me tell you something when you got a guy (Hopkins) who throws 10 punches a round and lands nothing signifcant agianst a guy in JT who throws 50 a round whos going to win those rounds ? JT that was the pattern the 1st 6 rounds of both fights. Noboddy ****ed Bernard Hopkins but himself.

 

Bingo. With all the gift decisions against ATGs who SHOULD have gotten the nod, it should be no wonder why fans give this guy ****. Fans don't like it when great fighters get hosed to pave the way for HBOs latest hype job.

 

he'll get his respect back after he gets wbo supermidleweight belt, then unifies with kessler belt.

 

Literally impossible.

Kessler-Taylor? I would (and will, if applicable) make a lifetime ban bet in a heartbeat.

 

Taylor gets **** because he has all the ability to be the best but has never fully realized it yet. he is a good fighter but his style makes it so that he never works enough to prove that he has won. His fight against Spinks and his second B-Hop fight should have been losses and not because he didn't win but because he did not work enough to earn those victories