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JC wrote: ↑23 May 2025, 09:36 Never seen a 6' 3" featherweight before https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/1247989

a force wrote: ↑28 May 2025, 07:00 Got this one badly wrong.

I honestly thought Taylor’s issues at 140 were more weight related & that Catterall & Lopez are skillful boxers & that he would be much better suited to facing an aggressive fighter operating at a lower level.

I guess Shane McGuigan was right. He always said that Taylor wouldn’t be able to move up a weight class effectively. For all the stick Taylor gives them the McGuigan’s handled him perfectly. They kept him active & moved him up the levels quickly to maximise his potential at 140 before the weight started to be an issue.

As for Taylor, he’s surely got to retire? He’s not shot & can still be in some brilliant fights like Saturday’s was but he’s clearly regressed I can’t imagine he wants to have wars at domestic level earning a lot less than he did in his world title fights.

Either way good luck to him. I really enjoyed that run of huge fights & undefeated opponents that he took on. I know he’s a bit of a crackpot online but he chased the biggest fights & always put it on the line & that’s what I ask for in a fighter.

golden_labrador wrote: ↑28 May 2025, 10:35

a force wrote: ↑28 May 2025, 07:00 Got this one badly wrong.

I honestly thought Taylor’s issues at 140 were more weight related & that Catterall & Lopez are skillful boxers & that he would be much better suited to facing an aggressive fighter operating at a lower level.

I guess Shane McGuigan was right. He always said that Taylor wouldn’t be able to move up a weight class effectively. For all the stick Taylor gives them the McGuigan’s handled him perfectly. They kept him active & moved him up the levels quickly to maximise his potential at 140 before the weight started to be an issue.

As for Taylor, he’s surely got to retire? He’s not shot & can still be in some brilliant fights like Saturday’s was but he’s clearly regressed I can’t imagine he wants to have wars at domestic level earning a lot less than he did in his world title fights.

Either way good luck to him. I really enjoyed that run of huge fights & undefeated opponents that he took on. I know he’s a bit of a crackpot online but he chased the biggest fights & always put it on the line & that’s what I ask for in a fighter.

Taylor could go always on another Begbie-inspired racist and homophobic rampage in a nightclub, diss Conor Benn at the same time and start a new beef. north vs south nasty guy fight. Billy-Joe Saunders as referee.

CaptainSpacerod wrote: ↑28 May 2025, 20:57

golden_labrador wrote: ↑28 May 2025, 10:35

a force wrote: ↑28 May 2025, 07:00 Got this one badly wrong.

I honestly thought Taylor’s issues at 140 were more weight related & that Catterall & Lopez are skillful boxers & that he would be much better suited to facing an aggressive fighter operating at a lower level.

I guess Shane McGuigan was right. He always said that Taylor wouldn’t be able to move up a weight class effectively. For all the stick Taylor gives them the McGuigan’s handled him perfectly. They kept him active & moved him up the levels quickly to maximise his potential at 140 before the weight started to be an issue.

As for Taylor, he’s surely got to retire? He’s not shot & can still be in some brilliant fights like Saturday’s was but he’s clearly regressed I can’t imagine he wants to have wars at domestic level earning a lot less than he did in his world title fights.

Either way good luck to him. I really enjoyed that run of huge fights & undefeated opponents that he took on. I know he’s a bit of a crackpot online but he chased the biggest fights & always put it on the line & that’s what I ask for in a fighter.

Taylor could go always on another Begbie-inspired racist and homophobic rampage in a nightclub, diss Conor Benn at the same time and start a new beef. north vs south nasty guy fight. Billy-Joe Saunders as referee.

Eubank Jr promoting it. Catterall as Benn’s chief second.