Quincy Taylor
Quincy Taylor, was a professional boxer in the Middleweight division. Taylor, a southpaw, turned pro in 1986. In 1987, he nearly KO´d Sugar Ray Leonard whilst sparring in preperation for Leonard's match against World Middleweight Champion 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler. In 1994 landed a shot at WBC Middleweight Title holder Julian Jackson. Taylor scored a shocking upset TKO victory over Jackson, but lost the title in his next fight to Keith Holmes.
Either way he is probably someone that most die-hard boxing fans haven't thought of in years or maybe have outright forgotten. Truth be told I had forgotten about him until I was reading an article about the other forgotten champion from Dallas, Curtis Cokes. It had mentioned that like Cokes, Taylor was largely forgotten not only by most followers of the sport but even in their home town.
While Quincy wasn't an all time great of legendary status he had some legit boxing schools, and was a damned good professional fighter, and deserves to be remembered as such.
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It didn’t travel very far. But Quincy Taylor’s left hand connected with the force of a small explosive, caroming violently — and shockingly — off Sugar Ray Leonard’s chin. The blow was accompanied by the dense thump of cowhide colliding with bone and flesh.
Leonard — the retired former welterweight great who, in days, would be challenging the ferocious Marvelous Marvin Hagler in a longshot bid for the middleweight championship of the world — went limp.
“He hit me so hard, I was out cold,” Leonard said of the blow from Taylor, a powerful southpaw and future world champion who was brought in as Sugar Ray’s prep for Hagler. “I played it off so no one would know. But I was out. The thing about it was I was going to slug with Hagler. I knew my hands were faster, and he had a lot of scar tissue. I was really dominating all of my sparring partners. But (that punch) woke me up. Thank God for Quincy Taylor.”
Leonard — the retired former welterweight great who, in days, would be challenging the ferocious Marvelous Marvin Hagler in a longshot bid for the middleweight championship of the world — went limp.
“He hit me so hard, I was out cold,” Leonard said of the blow from Taylor, a powerful southpaw and future world champion who was brought in as Sugar Ray’s prep for Hagler. “I played it off so no one would know. But I was out. The thing about it was I was going to slug with Hagler. I knew my hands were faster, and he had a lot of scar tissue. I was really dominating all of my sparring partners. But (that punch) woke me up. Thank God for Quincy Taylor.”
Julian Jackson was almost always in exciting fights that ended in knockout one way or the other throughout his career. Five months earlier, Jackson was in another all-out brawl against Agostino Cardamone. After being badly hurt in the first and cut in the first, Jackson came back in the second to score a one punch knockout to win his third world title belt. In his first defense, Jackson faced ring veteran Quincy Taylor who entered the fight on an eleven fight win streak.
Julian Jackson-Quincy Taylor took place on the Tyson-McNeeley card. However, unlike most PPV’s this fight took place after the main event. By the time the fight started, many people had already left the arena and certainly many more had already turned off the PPV telecast. It was unfortunate as many missed a great action fight.
Julian Jackson-Quincy Taylor took place on the Tyson-McNeeley card. However, unlike most PPV’s this fight took place after the main event. By the time the fight started, many people had already left the arena and certainly many more had already turned off the PPV telecast. It was unfortunate as many missed a great action fight.
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