Jermain Taylor
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Birth Name | Jermain Taylor |
Fight name | Bad intentions |
Weight class | medium weight |
nationality | US-american |
birthday | August 11, 1978 |
place of birth | Little rock |
style | Left delivery |
size | 1.85 m |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 38 |
Victories | 33 |
Knockout victories | 20th |
Defeats | 4th |
draw | 1 |
Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978 in Little Rock , Arkansas ) is a retired American boxer and former WBA , WBC , IBF and WBO middleweight champion. He was only the second boxer after Bernard Hopkins to combine the four recognized world titles in a weight class.
Amateur career
Taylor won the prestigious Golden Gloves tournament in 1998 and 1999 , he finished the Goodwill Games in 1998 on a third place, he lost in the semifinals against Gaidarbek Gaidarbekow .
In 2000 he qualified for the Olympic Games in Sydney and achieved a bronze medal there in the light middleweight division. He beat Felix Sturm , Germany (19:14), who was still boxing under his maiden name Adnan Ćatić, and lost in the semifinals against Jermachan Ibraimow , Kazakhstan (RSC 4th).
- 1996: 1st place in the light middleweight division at the US Junior Championships in Gulfport
- 1997: 2nd place in the light middleweight division at the National Golden Gloves in Denver
- 1998: 1st place in the light middleweight division at the American Boxing Classic in Milwaukee
- 1998: 2nd place in the light middleweight division at the US Challenge in Colorado Springs
- 1998: 3rd place in the light middleweight division at the US Championships in Colorado Springs
- 1998: 3rd place in the light middleweight division at the Goodwill Games in New York City
- 1998: 1st place in the light middleweight division at the National Golden Gloves in Biloxi
- 1999: 1st place in the light middleweight division at the National Golden Gloves in Syracuse
- 1999: 1st place in the light middleweight division at the José Cheo Aponte Tournament in Caguas
- 2000: 1st place in the light middleweight division at the US Olympic Trials in Tampa
- 2000: 1st place in the light middleweight division at the American Olympic elimination in Tampa
- 2000: 3rd place in the light middleweight division at the Summer Olympics in Sydney
Professional career
As a professional, he boxed in the middleweight division. His debut took place under Lou DiBella on January 27, 2001. In 2003 he won the continental title of the WBC and defended it three times, including against the former light middleweight title holder Raúl Márquez and the former WBA middleweight title holder William Joppy .
On July 16, 2005 he won against middleweight world champion Bernard Hopkins narrowly and controversially on points and thus secured the belts of the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO. In October 2005, however, he was stripped of the IBF title because he did not take on the association's mandatory challenger, but instead gave Hopkins the chance for a rematch on December 3, 2005. Taylor won it again very close on points.
On June 17, 2006 he fought against southpaw and official challenger Ronald "Winky" Wright , (who was previously considered the strongest light middleweight and had twice beaten Shane Mosley and Félix Trinidad ), a tie. For this fight, Taylor received his highest purse to date of around 5 million dollars.
In December 2006 he defeated Kassim Ouma from Uganda , another southpaw from the light middleweight division. Since these two fights were only sanctioned by the WBC and the WBO, but not by the WBA, the WBA then recognized his title from him. On May 19, 2007 he was able to defend the two remaining titles against Cory Spinks , the third southpaw in a row. As in the fights against Kassim Ouma and Wright, Taylor couldn't really convince and won just about points.
Jermain Taylor played his second compulsory defense on September 29, 2007 against his undefeated compatriot Kelly Pavlik . To everyone's surprise, Taylor acted very offensively and knocked Pavlik down with a combination in the second round. At this point, the challenger seemed about to be knocked out. However, in the seventh round, Pavlik managed to push Taylor into a corner of the ring with a series of hits and hit several direct hits, in which the defending champion fell to the ground. The referee jumped in at that moment and ended the fight with a TKO victory for Pavlik.
Jermain Taylor then made a contractually agreed rematch clause to be able to box directly against Pavlik again. However, since Taylor had announced in the run-up to the fight that he wanted to continue his super middleweight career in any case, they agreed on a weight limit above middleweight for this encounter, so that Pavlik would not win the WBC and WBO titles even in the event of a defeat would have lost. The duel on February 16 in Las Vegas was won again by Pavlik, who was able to prevail over the distance of twelve rounds on points and thus inflicted his second defeat as a professional boxer on Taylor.
On November 15, 2008 the important fight against Jeff Lacy took place. Both boxers have known each other since the 2000 Olympics and are good friends. In a well-run fight, Taylor was ultimately able to prevail unanimously on points. With that Taylor managed to report back for the two defeats against Kelly Pavlik.
On April 25, 2009 he challenged WBA world champion Carl Froch and initially took a clear lead on points. In the third round he knocked out Froch and dominated the fight in the first half. On the last lap he went down himself and was able to get up just before the count. Shortly before the end of the last round, the fight was broken off after further heavy hits in favor of Froch.
Despite the defeat, Taylor was invited to the prestigious " Super Six World Boxing Classic " and boxed in the opening fight of this tournament on October 17, 2009 in the Berlin O 2 World Arena against Arthur Abraham, who had risen from the middleweight division . After another good start, Taylor got more and more problems in the further course of the fight, so that he was knocked out with difficulty a few seconds before the end of the fight in the twelfth round. In January 2010, Taylor announced that he would withdraw from the tournament.
After a two-year hiatus, Taylor returned to the ring in 2011 with an eight-round TKO win over Jessie Nicklow. In 2012 he won another fight against the previously undefeated Caleb Truax on points, but went down in the ninth round.
List of professional fights
30 wins (18 knockout wins), 4 losses (3 knockout losses), 1 draw | |||||
year | Day | place | opponent | Result for Taylor | |
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2001 | January 27th | Madison Square Garden , New York, New York, United States |
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Victory / TKO 4th round | |
7th of April | MGM Grand , Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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Victory / TKO 2nd round | ||
8th of May | IC Light Amphitheater, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds | ||
23rd June | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds | ||
August 11th | Alltel Arena, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
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Victory / TKO 5th round | ||
November 2 | Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States |
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Victory / TKO 2nd round | ||
November 23 | Roseland Ballroom, New York, New York, United States |
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Victory / TKO 4th round | ||
2002 | March, 15 | Creek Nation Tulsa Bingo, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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Victory / TKO 3rd round | |
April 27 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States |
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Victory / TKO 6th round | ||
15th June | Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort, Miami, Florida, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds | ||
17th August | Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
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Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
November 9th | Mountaineer Race Track, Chester, West Virginia, United States |
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Victory / TKO 4th round | ||
20th of December | Creek Nation Gaming Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
2003 | January 30th | American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida, United States |
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Victory / TKO 2nd round | |
March 31 | Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
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Victory / TKO 5th round | ||
17th of May | Petersen Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Victory / TKO 4th round | ||
8th August | Alltel Arena, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
November 8th | Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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Victory / TKO 7th round | ||
2004 | January 9th | Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, United States |
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Victory / TKO 1st round | |
27th of March | Alltell Arena, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
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Victory / TKO 7th round | ||
June 19th | Home Depot Center, Carson, California, United States |
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Victory / TKO 9th round | ||
December 4th | Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
2005 | 19th of February | Staples Center , Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Victory / TKO 3rd round | |
16th of July | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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Points win (split decision) / 12 rounds | ||
3rd of December | Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
2006 | 17th of June | FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee, New York, United States |
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draw | |
9th of December | Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
2007 | May 19th | FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee, United States |
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Points win (split decision) / 12 rounds | |
September 29th | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
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Loss / TKO 7th round | ||
2008 | February 16 | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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Loss of points (unanimously) / 12 rounds | |
15th of November | Vanderbilt University Memorial High School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
2009 | April 25 | Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States |
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Loss / TKO 12th round | |
October 17th | O 2 World , Berlin, Germany |
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Loss / KO 12th round | ||
2011 | 30th of December | Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California, United States |
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Victory / TKO 8th round | |
2012 | 20th of April | Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, United States |
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Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | |
(Source: BoxRec database ) |
Web links
- Jermain Taylor in the BoxRec database
- Jermain Taylor's website
- Jermain Taylor in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
See also
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bernard Hopkins | World Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBA ) July 16, 2005 - December 14, 2006 |
Vacant Next title holder : Javier Castillejo |
Bernard Hopkins | World Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) July 16, 2005 - September 29, 2007 |
Kelly Pavlik |
Bernard Hopkins | World Middleweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) July 16, 2005 - October 11, 2005 |
Vacant Next title holder : Arthur Abraham |
Bernard Hopkins | World Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) July 16, 2005 - September 29, 2007 |
Kelly Pavlik |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Taylor, Jermain |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Little Rock , Arkansas |