I did a lot of things I don't normally do in that fight and it bothers me. There were a bunch of nerves when I first walked out there, it being for a championship and all. I won't give him so much space. I won't waste so many punches or chase him around.
"Jermain Taylor" is an Americans/American professional Boxing/boxer, former Undisputed Champion/Undisputed Middleweight and former IBF Middleweight Champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy. On July 16, 2005, Taylor defeated Bernard Hopkins to win the Undisputed Middleweight Championship, claiming The Ring (magazine)/The Ring Middleweight Championship and all the middleweight titles from the four major boxing organizations.
Taylor, who began boxing officially at age 13, earned numerous accolades throughout his amateur career, starting with his achievement of the 1996 Under-19 Championship. He went on to win a pair of Police Athletic League (PAL) Championships and National Golden Gloves titles and he finished second and third at the 1997 and 1998 United States Championships, respectively. In 1998, Taylor won a bronze medal at the Goodwill Games. Then, in 2000, he earned a spot on the 2000 Summer Olympics/Olympic Boxing Team, becoming the first boxer from Arkansas ever to compete in the Olympic Games. Competing at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Taylor ended up winning the bronze medal.
More Jermain Taylor on Wikipedia.I feel like I have all the love and respect for him, I know he's just a scared man, he's nothing else. And now he doesn't have the belts anymore.
It's just going to be easier.
[When FightNews asked what's after Hopkins, Taylor replied,] Anyone who steps up, it don't make a difference to me. ... As long as I can.
He's scared of me. That's why he runs in the early rounds. But now I know him and I have his belt. I know I can knock him out.
I'm so sick of it, I'm crying.
That fight was way too close for comfort.
I don't know if it's his age, ... I think it's his skills, period. He has nothing left.
Did I rob him (in the July 16 bout)? I got nothing to do with the judges.
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