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(11-03-2014 05:43 AM)blackbelt2003 Wrote:  

(11-02-2014 01:49 PM)Decagon Wrote:  But De la Hoya was naturally left handed and scored plenty of knockouts with his left hand. I don't think it's as cut-and-dry as, "fighter A is bigger."

It certainly isn't as clear cut as that.

But Jermaine Taylor was (is) an average fighter who became a decent world champion because of his size and his strong left jab. All of his accomplishments are down to that jab, including 36 nip and tuck rounds with Hopkins and Wright.

If his jab was lesser than a certain welterweight's jab, he certainly would not have achieved what he did.


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Taylor would have the bigger & harder jab than De La Hoya based on sheer size alone. De La Hoya fought as low as 130, whereas Taylor fought as high as 168. De La Hoya was far from a natural Middleweight, whereas Taylor was a decent sized natural Middleweight with decent power at that division.