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To: LPS5 who wrote (10133)	7/15/2005 10:11:41 PM
From: Bwe	Respond to of 10489

Good points, e, but put the shoe on the other foot. Who has Taylor fought to indicate he can handle a rough, tough, big middleweight like Hopkins who has a 180 boxing IQ? There isn't anyone like Eastman, Holmes or Robert Allen on Taylor's ledger. Say what you will about De la Hoya (never KO'd in a fight until facing Hopkins) and Trinidad (undefeated going into the Hopkins fight), those guys had been there and done that and posed far greater danger than Daniel Edouard, Raul Marquez (jr middle and over the hill) and a badly faded William Joppy. Taylor is fighting 5 years as a pro now with a great Olympic pedigree. Why are there so few recognizable names on his record? I don't think Taylor has even fought a fighter rated in the top ten. Leonard fought Wilfred Benitez in his 2nd year as a pro. Vargas beat Raul Marquez in his 2nd year as a pro and Winky Wright in his third. I like Taylor as a fighter, but I just don't think he's ready for a guy like Hopkins. Taylor's management have been too overprotective of their fighter. Maybe they know something? Bruce