Originally posted by Zenkai
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He had well rounded skills and was a good athlete but never should be a regarded as a beast especially when he was champion.
As a champion, he was actually a serious let down.
Another close boring fight with Hopkins, a draw with Winky Wright ( good fight though) and two bad performances against light middleweights ( Ouma and Spinks) who were brought in to actually make him look good yet he still looked terrible.
Then obviously Pavlik came along and exposed him for his bad stamina, stopping him in 7.
Taylor actually looked better after moving up to 168 when you think of his performances against Pavlik (2nd fight), Lacy, Froch and Abraham.
He was stopped in two of those fights but he was 30 seconds away from beating Froch and he was also competitive with Abraham for the most part.
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