?I think it is unconscionable that Jermain [Taylor] was relicensed. ?It is not about whether his brain has healed or how he looked in the gym. ?Jermain has shown a predisposition to cerebral haemorrhage, and irrespective of whether or not he bled, he has shown he cannot adequately handle a punch.??Dr. Margaret Goodman, neurologist and former physician to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, at the time of Taylor?s hearing
?Those in boxing should encourage legends and has-beens to retire, not offer them business to carry on.? ?Luke Bidwell
?I?ve seen a guy who I was with at the Olympics training camp, and he can?t even talk now??Jermain Taylor
How many times must it be asserted that brain injuries (whether bleeding as in the case of Jermain Taylor or scarring as in the case of Michael Katsidis ) should preclude a boxer from ever fighting again? Joe Mesi and Edwin Valero both got out before this toxic combination went to work. Joe was recalcitrant; Valero committed suicide. See: http://www.boxing.com/tracking_joe_mesi.html
Jermain Taylor
?I talked to Jermain earlier, he is really sorry and remorseful, but does it negate the fact my brother is lying in the hospital, no. But we?re all family, we?ll work it out as a family??Tyrone Hinton
Former middleweight boxing champion, Jermain ?Bad Intentions ?Taylor, was arrested on charges of first-degree domestic battery and aggravated assault after shooting his cousin. Taylor pleaded innocent. Many hoped this would end his ring comeback but it appears he will be granted bail and his fight against Sam Soliman for the IBF middleweight title fight will now materialize on October 8.
This, of course, is not the same Jermain Taylor who received numerous accolades throughout his illustrious amateur career, nor is it the person who became undisputed Middleweight Championship and beat Bernard Hopkins twice. Jermain seemingly had it all; he was 27-0-1 when he showed a proclivity for tiring in the late rounds and was shockingly battered by Kelly Pavlik in 2007, taken out in the last round by an aroused and rampaging Carl Froch in 2009, and then sedated in the final stanza by a malefic knockout at the hands of Arthur Abraham six month later. After the Abraham KO, Taylor reportedly asked people in his dressing room in what round the knockout occurred.
