Taylor vs Nicklow ShoBox Results: Jermain Taylor Wins Easy, But Stoppage Premature
by Scott Christ on Dec 31, 2011 1:02 AM EST
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Former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor only had problems with an early right hand injury tonight, but his TKO-8 stoppage win over Jessie Nicklow definitely came on an early hook from referee Rey Corona.
Taylor (29-4-1, 18 KO) was competing for the first time in over two years, and for the first time as a middleweight in over four years, and had little trouble with the undersized and overmatched Nicklow (22-3-3, 8 KO). He largely dominated the fight with his jab, never getting Nicklow close to stopped before Corona stepped in after a right hand in the eighth round, drawing the fury of Nicklow, who was greatly upset that he was stopped there, and a "bullshit" chant from the crowd in California.
It's impossible to tell how far back Taylor really is until he fights someone better, but this was a key step that had to be done. Nicklow did the job he was signed up to do -- he made it a fight, he gave Taylor rounds, and he was never in any danger of winning the fight.
One notable point of the fight came after the sixth round, when Taylor blatantly fouled Nicklow with a very late shot as the referee stepped between them after the bell. After the fight, Taylor apologized for the late blow.
It's also worth noting that after the fight, via Twitter, Taylor's promoter Lou DiBella said, "That was not a good stoppage. Jermain would have stopped him shortly. Too bad they didn’t give Nicklow the opportunity for a clean result."
Other Results: Andre Dirrell TKO-2 Darryl Cunningham / Luis Garcia UD-8 Alexander Johnson
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Terrible card all around. First fight, awful. Second fight, waste of time, guy probably was indeed ill, still a bad fight. Third fight, mismatch because it had to be, worse mismatch than it had to be, awful stoppage.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
Tried to watch the Taylor fight realized I’m just not that hardcore of a fan to sit through this. Turned it off during the first round.
by tacklerford on Dec 31, 2011 3:09 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
After their layoffs, I didn’t (and probably neither did SHO) expect any major comp for Dirrell or Taylor…….so expectations were met.
Just a chance to watch the last 2011 U.S. boxing show.
Oh good expectations were met because it was SUPPOSED to be really bad. I’ll file that alongside “well that’s boxing” as a good reason to excuse the crappy stoppage, too.
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by Scott Christ on Dec 31, 2011 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
I was planning on going to sleep after about two rounds of JT looking pretty tentative and generally awful. However, I thought he actually looked better when he stopped using/injured his right hand since he rarely throws it straight anyways… He put on a clinic with his left hand, jabbing, hooking off the jab, doubling up with the left hook to the body…Granted, Nicklow had nothing to respond with, but I thought Taylor looked plenty quick and accurate moving to his left and working that left hand…JT looked a guy who was taking out 2 plus years of frustration and happy to be in the ring again (even uncharasterically hitting after the bell). He definitely came to fight. We’ll see how he does against better competition at 160…
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