Former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, idle for nearly two years after suffering a severe concussion in a brutal 12th-round knockout to Arthur Abraham in Berlin in the opening bout of the Super Six tournament in October 2009. It was such a bad knockout that Taylor was briefly hospitalized because of the concussion, short-term memory loss and a small amount of bleeding on his brain.
“I’m training him. We’re working out all the logistics right now about exactly when and where the fight will take place. (Taylor adviser) Al Haymon is working on all of that now,” Taylors trainer, Pat Burns, told ESPN.com Monday. “I will be with Jermain in the next couple of days. We need to get going on the next phase of training, and that’s sparring.”
Burns said Taylor (28-4-1, 17 KOs) will return to the 160-pound middleweight division instead of continuing to fight in the 168-pound super middleweight class, where he fought with little success in the four fights before his layoff.
Aug. 13. It is likely to take place in Taylor’s hometown of Little Rock, Ark., according to sources. No opponent has been selected.
Taylor accomplished a lot in his career he should just hang them up. He’s been an entertaining fighter and has been a undisputed champion he should just let it go I’d hate to see him hurt even worse.
Boxers are unfortunately generally the last to know when they should hang up the gloves. Did Jermain’s loved ones see his last few defeats ? For the sake of his health those closest to him need to insist that Jermain never fights again.
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