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jarhead
05-18-2007, 06:16 PM
Will it impress you? :dunno:
His_Royness
05-18-2007, 06:17 PM
Will it impress you? :dunno:


Judah KOed him at 147... if Taylor doesn't i'll be impressed with his inability... :kick:
jarhead
05-18-2007, 06:21 PM
Judah KOed him at 147... if Taylor doesn't i'll be impressed with his inability... :kick:

See thats exactly how I'm thinking. This fight makes no sense to me from Taylor's perspective. He gains nothing for the win(except cash:rolleyes: ) and loses big if he doesn't. IMO he loses if he doesn't win by KO.
Tam Tam
05-18-2007, 06:25 PM
Maybe it won't impress you or I, but Taylor needs this KO to re-ignite a bit of the hype and hopefully start paying back HBO for their big investment in him.

He hasn't stopped anyone for over two years now, so just that he finishes off Spinks should be enough.
slystaff
05-18-2007, 06:27 PM
Judah KOed him at 147... if Taylor doesn't i'll be impressed with his inability... :kick:

word.

Taylor could KO spinks in one round and it wouldn't impress me. I don't know WHY Taylor took this fight. It's a no win situation....
Matchup_Analyzer
05-18-2007, 06:31 PM
Spinks has made every right hand fighter look like crap, the only one to KHTFO was Judah who is a Southpaw, and it took 2 fights and 20 1/2 rounds to do so.

I will be impressed if Taylor stops him, but I will be more impressed when Taylor takes on the winner of Miranda-Pavlik
CleanYourClock
05-18-2007, 06:36 PM
Judah KOed him at 147... if Taylor doesn't i'll be impressed with his inability... :kick:

:lol: :bears:
Hex-One
05-18-2007, 07:22 PM
Will it impress you? :dunno:HELL NO! THAT COWARD!
Orthodox Crusader
05-18-2007, 08:36 PM
word.I don't know WHY Taylor took this fight.


DiBella.
lb 4 lb
05-19-2007, 09:19 AM
HELL NO! THAT COWARD!
Cosign. I'll tell you what Taylor can do to impress me. Fight a top ten middleweight, I don't care if he takes number 10 on the list (long as the list is respectable) just fight a real live middleweight. From now on JT's got a new nickname, "The Bully" because he always picks on little guys.
TysonFan4Ever
05-19-2007, 10:30 AM
The only way I will be impressed tonight is if Spinks Ko's Taylor.
Baron
05-19-2007, 01:08 PM
I'd be impressed if he dominates him for rounds and then knocks him out. Spinks is pretty crafty even though he's one of the most boring fighter out there, I think he'll give Taylor problems. At first I thought it was a foregone conclusion, now I think Taylor is really in a no-win situation while Spinks can't pretty much lose from that fight. Very bad management move for Taylor.
Mitchell Kane
05-19-2007, 01:15 PM
word.

Taylor could KO spinks in one round and it wouldn't impress me. I don't know WHY Taylor took this fight. It's a no win situation....

If he's likely to win, then how can it be a "no win situation"?

It'd be less of a "win" situation than if he were fighting someone that gave him a better chance to lose.
Baron
05-19-2007, 01:20 PM
If he's likely to win, then how can it be a "no win situation"?

It'd be less of a "win" situation than if he were fighting someone that gave him a better chance to lose.

Don't be a smartass dude.:lol: I said the same thing, IMO unless he's totally dominant Taylor's CAREER can't really win from that fight. It is widely perceived as a tune-up against a smaller fighter but I think people underrate Spinks abilities, that's why I think it was a bad management move.
Mitchell Kane
05-19-2007, 01:26 PM
Don't be a smartass dude.:lol: I said the same thing, IMO unless he's totally dominant Taylor's CAREER can't really win from that fight. It is widely perceived as a tune-up against a smaller fighter but I think people underrate Spinks abilities, that's why I think it was a bad management move.

But the thing I never get with the phrase "no win situation" is it's primarily used when someone is a heavy favorite....because they're usually heavy favorites for a reason.

So if a win is by far the most likely outcome, then what is really at risk for Taylor tonight?

That he doesn't look good? He didn't look good against Ouma, either.

Despite the problems Spinks' style presents, and I agree there are some, Taylor will still look better with his hand raised at the end of the night.
Baron
05-19-2007, 01:33 PM
But the thing I never get with the phrase "no win situation" is it's primarily used when someone is a heavy favorite....because they're usually heavy favorites for a reason.

So if a win is by far the most likely outcome, then what is really at risk for Taylor tonight?

That he doesn't look good? He didn't look good against Ouma, either.

Despite the problems Spinks' style presents, and I agree there are some, Taylor will still look better with his hand raised at the end of the night.I don't think it will ameliorate his marketability and public's perception of him. That's why I think he has nothing to gain from this, especially after the Ouma fight. Spinks was a bad choice given his style and the fact that he isn't perceived as a threat.
Mitchell Kane
05-19-2007, 01:37 PM
I don't think it will ameliorate his marketability and public's perception of him. That's why I think he has nothing to gain from this, especially after the Ouma fight. Spinks was a bad choice given his style and the fact that he isn't perceived as a threat.

That's the thing, I don't think this fight will have that much of an impact on his marketability or public perception - as long as he wins - and he's got enough of the right people around him (with the right connections) that it probably wouldn't matter if it did hurt (his marketability or public perception).
Baron
05-19-2007, 01:54 PM
That's the thing, I don't think this fight will have that much of an impact on his marketability or public perception - as long as he wins - and he's got enough of the right people around him (with the right connections) that it probably wouldn't matter if it did hurt (his marketability or public perception).Fair enough. You're probably right, I might confuse public perception with my perception of him.