Andre Ward: Taylor couldn't avoid fatal punch because of technical mistakeOctober 24, 2009 - 11:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Son of God" Andre Ward, an undefeated former gold medalist in the 2004 Olympic Games, is of the opinion that Jermain Taylor couldn't avoid Abraham's fatal punch because of technical mistake.WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler who fights Andre Ward on November 21 in the final fight of the first stage of the Super Six, said he was impressed by the strength of Arthur Abraham in the fight vs. Jermain Taylor. "I was impressed with Abraham," Kessler said. "He let Taylor come at him for a couple of rounds and then just went after him. And he sure can hit hard." "Jermain has never really been a sore loser, per se, but he's made excuses about conditioning and the like for his other losses. This time, he claimed to have come in with a new level of fitness, and to be totally fair, he never gassed in this fight. The right hand that put him away late in the 12th round was just a picture perfect shot from a brutally strong man who turned his lights out. Like we were discussing before, this might have been it for Taylor, as the 31-year old has been knocked out hard three times in his last five fights. He'll finish the tournament, I'm sure, unless he physically cannot. He suffered a bad concussion from the blow and was taken to the hospital in Berlin after the fight to make sure there's nothing wrong beyond that. There probably isn't, which is good. Best of luck to Jermain, and get well soon," he said, badlefthook.com reported. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |