Moving up to super middleweight
(168 lbs) after two losses to Kelly Pavlik at middleweight
(160 lbs), Jermaine Taylor returned to form schooling
former titlest Jeff Lacy Saturday in Nashville, TN. Aside
from a peculiar fifth round knockdown that was ruled a
slip, the fight entirely belonged to Taylor.
With circling movement, a pin point
jab, and exceptionally fast hands unloading a variety
of power punches Taylor dominated the game Lacy. For his
part, Lacy fought hard but with a leaky defense and plodding
style he was no match for the exceedingly quick and determined
Taylor.
Taylor moves to
28-2-1 (17 KO)
Lacy falls to 24-2
(17 KO)
Here is the official
scoring of the fight:
119-109, 119-109,
118-110 (All Three Judges for Taylor)
My Scoring of the
Fight:
| Round |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
| Taylor |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
119 |
| Lacy |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
109 |
Quote of the Night:
"Opponents of Kevin Kelly
should have just gone to dinner with him. This is turning
violent." - Jim Lampley in regard to the trajectory
boxing matches take when friends face off in the ring.
Taylor and Lacy were former Olympic teammates and roommates.
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