Jermain Taylor

Name: Jermain Taylor
Alias: Bad Intentions
Hometown: Maumelle, Arkansas, USA
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 180cm
Reach: 189cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainers: Ozell Nelson (-2006) and Pat Burns (2001-2006), Emanuel Steward (2006-2007), Ozell Nelson (2007-present)
• Manager: Mark Vaz (former), Al Haymon (present)
• Promoter: DiBella Entertainment
• Jermain Taylor Gallery

Amateur Highlights

• 1998 United States Amateur light middleweight champion. His results included:
  • Defeated Yamar Resto on points
  • Defeated Philip Thrasher on points
  • Defeated Chris Lords on points
  • Defeated Anthony Hanshaw on points
• 1998 Goodwill Games Bronze medalist at light middleweight in New York, USA. His results were:
  • Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan) 9-8
  • Lost to Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Russia) 9-13
• 1999 United States Amateur Championships at light middleweight. His results were:
  • Defeated Santiago Rodriguez WDQ 3
  • Defeated Peter Manfredo Jr. TKO 2
  • Lost to Anthony Hanshaw on points
• 1999 National Golden Gloves Champion at light middleweight. His results were:
  • Defeated Jason Aaker by split decision
  • Defeated Peter Manfredo Jr. on points
  • Defeated David Leal on points
  • Defeated Dorian Beaupierre on points
  • Defeated Anthony Hanshaw on points
• Qualified at light middleweight for 2000 Olympic Games at the Olympic Trials in Tampa, Florida. His results were:
  • Defeated Fritz Roberts (Virgin Islands) TKO 2
  • Defeated Luis Sierra (Puerto Rico) TKO 3
  • Defeated Scott MacIntosh (Canada) on points
  • Defeated Hely Yanes (Venezuela) on points
• Light Middleweight Bronze Medalist representing the United States at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. His results were:
  • Defeated Dmitri Usagin (Bulgaria) RSC 1
  • Defeated Scott MacIntosh (Canada) 23-9
  • Defeated Adnan Catic (Germany) 19-14
  • Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) RSC 4

Professional Highlights

Jermain Taylor won the World Middleweight Title on July 16, 2005, with a split decision victory over Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas, NV. In the rematch, he earned a unanimous decision victory. In his next fight, he battled to a draw with Ronald (Winky) Wright, then made two defenses against Kassim Ouma and Cory Spinks. On September 29, 2007, Taylor suffered his first defeat to Kelly Pavlik and lost his WBC and WBO middleweight titles.

Professional Record

• Has a record of 5-2-1 (0 KO) in world title fights.
• Has a record of 9-4-1 (1 KO) against former or current world titlists:
  • Won against Raul Marquez, William Joppy, Bernard Hopkins (twice), Kassim Ouma, Cory Spinks, Jeff Lacy,Sam Soliman & Caleb Truax.
  • Lost against Kelly Pavlik (twice), Carl Froch, Arthur Abraham.
  • Drew with Ronald Wright.
• Has a record of 0-1 (0 KO) in fights outside his native United States.

Regional & Minor Titles

• WBC Continental Americas Middleweight Title (August 2003; 3 defenses)

World Titles

• WBA Middleweight Super Title (2005-2006; 1 defense)
• WBC Middleweight Title (2005-2007; 4 defenses)
• (2) IBF Middleweight Title (2005; 0 defenses, 2014-2015; 0 defenses)
• WBO Middleweight Title (2005-2007; 4 defenses)

The Ring Magazine Titles

• World Middleweight Title (2005-2007)

Lineal Titles

• World Middleweight Title (2005-2007)

Preceded by: Bernard Hopkins Super Champion	WBA Middleweight Champion 2005 Jul 16 – 2006 Dec 14 Super Champion Stripped	Succeeded by: Felix Sturm Super Champion
Preceded by: Bernard Hopkins	WBC Middleweight Champion 2005 Jul 16 – 2007 Sep 29	Succeeded by: Kelly Pavlik
Preceded by: Bernard Hopkins	IBF Middleweight Champion 2005 Jul 16 – 2005 Oct 11 Vacated	Succeeded by: Arthur Abraham
Preceded by: Bernard Hopkins	WBO Middleweight Champion 2005 Jul 16 – 2007 Sep 29	Succeeded by: Kelly Pavlik
Preceded by: Sam Soliman	IBF Middleweight Champion 2014 Oct 8 – 2015 Feb 6 Stripped	Succeeded by: David Lemieux