Here's a question for you, David Fanning: Do you think Jermain Taylor has more power than a guy who's 16-13-2 with only 6 KO's? Do you know who I'm talking about, or why it might be relevant here?
We know, your a flag member of the suck Pavlik's balls club, and you bad mouth any fighter that isnt Pavlik. Taylor has almost no shot of beatting Ward. I know that you along with alot of European fans would love nothing more then for Taylor to beat Ward, so you can claim his win over Kessler was a fluke, and so that Ward doesnt pull ahead in this thing. But its not going to happen. Taylor will do fine in the early rounds like he does in every fight but during some period mid fight he will start to fall apart and most likely get knocked out.
You're nuts -- I was happy when B-Hop beat Pavlik. That was fantastic. I like Pavlik, but he's not my favorite fighter. Sounds like there is a nuthugger though: You on Ward's headbutting sack. Ward did well against Kessler, but Taylor's a different fighter. And Ward definitely doesn't have Pavlik's or Abraham's power.
so what? who gives a ****? you dont need to have power to beat jermain taylor. ward is more than capable of boxing JT's ears off for 12 rounds straight. does pavlik have the speed, athleticism and elusiveness of ward?? power isn't everything, and i think B-hop showed us all that when he schooled pavlik.
And you don't have to have a lot of power to shake-up Ward, as Darnell Boone showed. Taylor should be able to land on Ward more than did Kessler. That could be a problem for Ward.
In his sixth fight moron. How many fighters has got shook by a bum early in there careers??? He didnt seem to have much problem with Miranda and Kessler, that is more resent, but you would have everyone ignore that and go back to one shot that happened many years ago in a fight were Ward showed that he could cmoe back and still win.
did ward not beat the supposed best SMW in the world?? are you gonna keep dwelling in the past as an indicator for wards future? if thats the case, you must feel like a complete fool after the clinic he put on miranda and kessler. noth who hit much harder than boone. FAIL Taylor has been derailed many times as of lately, by opponents that dont possess half the boxing skills or elusiveness of ward. JT is in for a long night when he's about to face opponent that can move his head and uilize all around better defense.
Sorry, if a guy like Boone can drop Ward and a guy like Kost can hurt him, I think Taylor is capable of hurting him as well. I think Ward wins the fight. But Ward is far from an unbeatable fighter, as the above guys could tell you.
we know that ward can get hurt, but to bring up something that happened a long time as an indicator that he'll lose to taylor (who has been beaten up lately) is stupid. your completely avoiding the fact that he's improved greatly since then and has beaten FAR better opposition. its extremely stupid and flawed logic
Ward did not look all that great last Saturday. He has really fast hands and feet, but other than that, it was more a matter of Kessler looking shot than Ward looking great. Fortunately for Ward his next fight is also with a shot fighter.
Wrong. A chin is a chin. The chin doesn't tend to improve. Boone has little power yet he dropped Ward. That isn't something that just goes away. Pac got KO'd with body shots when he was young and light. He's heavier now, he's older. That could improve, with less weight-drain and more physical maturity. The chin doesn't tend to improve in the same way. So it's relevant still. Again, I think Ward wins the fight, and he may win very easily. You and 1lehudson are freaking out because Ward's your new nuthugee. It's just a thread and a poll, it's not the bout. It's not a big deal.
:deal Good stuff, booradley! Kessler looked like a headbutted-and-cut, shot fighter. Ward had a lot to do with that, but Kessler looked pathetic. Taylor is on the downside. Can he get one more great performance? Probably not. That's good for Ward.
I think this fight is close to 50/50. Taylor has the style advantag but we don't know what he has left. Would love to sww him prevail and then a Kessler-Taylor showdown for both belts and the promoting to the half final. :good