Michael Watson vs Jermaine Taylor

Well since everyone beats Jermaine Taylor in a MM these days, is this the one fight that's winnable for him?

 

Could really go either way. If Taylor can back Watson up he wins rather easily. If Watson makes Taylor try to fight backing up Watson wins by ud.

 

This is one MM Taylor might be able to win.

 

:: You're the person I had in mind when I made the statement.

 

bump

 

Watson wins, either by late stoppage or close decision.

MTF

 

Yeah, Watson was a better fighter than Taylor.

 

:bears:

MTF

 

It's a bad style match up for Watson actually. But he's allot better so he'd squeeze it out like the long jobby Taylor is.

 

If Taylor could fight for twelve rounds, I'd favour him to win actually. As you say, a bad style match-up for Watson, who liked to counter rather that lead. But he can't, so it's a moot point.

MTF

 

I wish we still had 15 rounders. There're be so many shitty fighters we wouldn't have to talk about

 

Taylor would have beaten Watson.

 

Watson would have the capability of throwing more than 3 punches a round. This makes him favourite.

 

:l1:

 

I take back what I said in 07.

Watson would beat Taylor up, for either a UD or stoppage.

 

You are as fickle as a 10 dollar ho!

The Taylor that was destroyed by Abraham and Froch was a diminished fighter (Physically and mentally) and not the same as the undefeated version that fought Hopkins and Joppy.

In MMs we consider fighters at their best.

 

The same Taylor who lost to the smaller Winky Wright and had all he could handle against Spinks & Ouma you mean? Then got KOd by Pav.

Yeah, Watson beats that guy

 

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Suddenly Watson was this killa!

Last I checked the only meaningful win of Watson's career was against Nigel Benn, and that was more about Benn punching himself out hitting Watson's gloves (after spending the entire day of the fight getting his hair braided) than anything Watson did. Watson was KO'd by Eubank, McCallum.

Taylor beating Hopkins twice >>>>>>>>>>>anything Watson's ever done in the ring.

And I'm a bigger fan of Watson than I am of Taylor. Watson had a very aesthetically pleasing textbook style, was British, very humble and likable. Taylor was a hick!

 

Watson beat Eubank first time out and was whipping him something fierce before walking into a freak shot and hitting the back of his head off the ropes in the rematch.

Watson was pretty good. Better than Taylor for sure.

 

Watson was legit, he would have beaten Taylor.

 

Absolutely

MTF

 

Taylor was a skittish, awkward afflete boxer with a fair jab and an awful, wild overhand right

He was not very good as champions go

 

Yeah proves how overrated Hopkins is/was.

Watson UD

 

Yeah proves how overrated Hopkins is/was.

Watson UD

 

.....attrition SD over a 43 y/o version = Calzaghe's best win :shit:

 

Kessler win was probably his best.I am not defending Calzaghe's reign either. I am simply saying it was better than Slopkins'. He also bested Slopkins in a one sided fashion, making him try to quit. BTW, Jermain Taylor beat Slopkins 2 times::::Would you point to a similar black mark on Calzaghe's reign.

 

I don't remember Calzaghe fighting in his 40s.

 

Not his fault Hopkins only stepped it up when he was that age.

 

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I just don't buy into the whole saying he sucked or was overrated because of loses in his 40s.

 

he's a maniac, maniac on the floor... and he's jazzercising like he's never done before