Jermain Taylor postfight interview

**UBeeg9cats** Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:45 am

Did anyone else catch this? He sounded crazy.

hardcorebee24 Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:49 am

He got his bell rung again. He's going to die out there.

**GrantZilla** Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:11 am

Every doctor that signs off on Taylor being fit to fight need to lose their medical licences for malpractice

**UBeeg9cats** Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:20 am

Until that KD, the fight was going as I expected. JT was displaying the physical gifts he had while also showing some technical and mental flaws. The opponent was a step up but was overwhelmed by the moment or JT's jab for much of the fight. He doesn't sound brain damaged in the thick tongue way but he doesn't sound all there either. I will be interested to see where they go from there.

Guest Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:25 am

Dan Rafael
Did anyone understand that Jermain Taylor interview? Too much coffee? #boxing

Guest Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:33 am

**captainanddew** Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:26 am

watched the 9th round. DVR'd the fights last night and I'll watch in full today. Just from watching the 9th round:
1-Taylor is going to get KO'd badly against a top level fighter. When hit clean with a right hand he just can't take it.
2-Taylor still hold his left hand low. He doesn't hold his left hand high enough to partially deflect a right hand.

I hope JT retires. I think he could compete with top level fighters at 160. He might even be ahead going into the late rounds. But eventually a right hand is going to land and he is going to get KO'd violently.

I hope my opinion changes after watching the full fight and interview, but I doubt it.

hardcorebee24 Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:37 am

Where does Taylor rank historically? He beat the greatest middleweight of all time twice so Ring Mag must have him like right around 3, huh?

EnragedSlayer Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:27 pm

Taylor should retire before he gets seriously injured. The man had a pretty good career and did all we can ask of a fighter. He fought just about everyone that was around at that weight class at the time. B-Hop x2, Winky, Kassim Ouma, Cory Spinks, Pavlik x2, Lacy, Froch, and Abraham all in a row. That's not a bad run even though he didn't win all those fights. If more fighters would do what Taylor did boxing would be a lot more exciting. He has nothing left to prove and should hang em up.

**UBeeg9cats** Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:08 pm

I give JT a lot of credit because he is one of the few guys that would seemingly fight anyone. Hopefully they don't bring him back against a top guy yet if at all.

**captainanddew** Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:14 pm

I'm watching the fight now.

Taylor landed a 3 punch combo in round 5 and Truax landed a left hook in return.
Truax landed a good right hand in round 6. Taylor stepped in and tied up.

He wasn't hurt either time (and I know he is going to get hurt in a few rounds as I already watched that on youtube), but top 5 guys are all bigger, stronger, and punch much harder than Truax. He is going to risk his health. He just doesn't have the ability to take shots over a long fight (and he hasn't knocked anyone out early in many, many, many, years).

**captainanddew** Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:16 pm

captainanddew wrote:I'm watching the fight now.

Taylor landed a 3 punch combo in round 5 and Truax landed a left hook in return.
Truax landed a good right hand in round 6. Taylor stepped in and tied up.

He wasn't hurt either time (and I know he is going to get hurt in a few rounds as I already watched that on youtube), but top 5 guys are all bigger, stronger, and punch much harder than Truax. He is going to risk his health. He just doesn't have the ability to take shots over a long fight (and he hasn't knocked anyone out early in many, many, many, years).

Truax right hand landed in round 7. Taylor holds. Not hurt.

Taylor relies on reflexes for defense. He doesn't hold his left hand high enough.

He tires as a fight goes on (because he may be too tense in the ring), and later in fights when he is tiring, his reflexes aren't as sharp, and guys are going to land the right hand over that low left hand.

powerpuncher Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:28 pm

hardcorebee24 wrote:Where does Taylor rank historically? He beat the greatest middleweight of all time twice so Ring Mag must have him like right around 3, huh?

and had a draw with winky who must be at least a top 3 jr middle of all time Very Happy

**captainanddew** Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:46 pm

damn that interview was awesome. He seemed like speedy gonzalez on crystal meth. Insane.

He is much harder to understand when he is talking than when he was younger. Some permanent damage may have already been done.

Gumby Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:55 am

Guest Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:53 am

Gumby wrote:

**captainanddew** Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:30 am

Hagler's Bald Head wrote:
Gumby wrote:

sounds like Speedy Gonzalez hit the crystal meth and adopted a Little Rock accent.

hardcorebee24 Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:09 am

He lost his fucking mind if he's satisfied with that performance. Unless we missed something, he's only been knocked out three times, Jermain said four.

Diego408 Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:44 pm

And Ali said this JT is the guy that's suppose to dethrone Sergio Martinez lol. JT should have stayed retired, it looks like Pavlik, Froch, Lacy and his last opponent knock some sense out of him when they dropped him. There's nothing special about JT. He's maybe a great athlete, but his chin isn't that good, no killer instinct and is boring as fuck.

Guest Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:07 am

Diego408 wrote:And Ali said this JT is the guy that's suppose to dethrone Sergio Martinez lol. JT should have stayed retired, it looks like Pavlik, Froch, Lacy and his last opponent knock some sense out of him when they dropped him. There's nothing special about JT. He's maybe a great athlete, but his chin isn't that good, no killer instinct and is boring as fuck.

Jermain Taylor is going to crush Martinez and retire as the Middleweight king !

**Frank** Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:13 am

Hagler's Bald Head wrote:
Diego408 wrote:And Ali said this JT is the guy that's suppose to dethrone Sergio Martinez lol. JT should have stayed retired, it looks like Pavlik, Froch, Lacy and his last opponent knock some sense out of him when they dropped him. There's nothing special about JT. He's maybe a great athlete, but his chin isn't that good, no killer instinct and is boring as fuck.

Jermain Taylor is going to crush Martinez and retire as the Middleweight king !

?

Guest Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:17 am

Frank wrote:
Hagler's Bald Head wrote:
Diego408 wrote:And Ali said this JT is the guy that's suppose to dethrone Sergio Martinez lol. JT should have stayed retired, it looks like Pavlik, Froch, Lacy and his last opponent knock some sense out of him when they dropped him. There's nothing special about JT. He's maybe a great athlete, but his chin isn't that good, no killer instinct and is boring as fuck.

Jermain Taylor is going to crush Martinez and retire as the Middleweight king !
?

Yes I am serious........and don't call me Shirley.

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