Fight Details
Taylor overcame a slow start and early knockdowns and rallied to earn a unanimous decision victory. Taylor was outboxing Brown in the first round before Brown countered a wild Taylor left and connected with a left hook that sent Taylor down on the seat of his pants in the final seconds of the round, though he quickly got back up and did not appear to be seriously hurt by the blow. Taylor won the second round, but Brown rebounded to take the third and fourth, scoring a second knockdown during the final 30 seconds of the round when a right hand sent Taylor momentarily off-balance and caused his gloves to touch the mat. The two fighters traded rounds five and sixth with Brown holding a lead on two of the judge's scorecards at the midway point of fight. However, after six rounds of brawling, Taylor controlled the majority of the remaining rounds and easily outboxed Brown, who fought passively and without much of the aggression he had fought with during the earlier rounds. With the fight going the full 12 rounds, the decision was left to the judges, all of whom had Taylor the winner with two scores of 116–113 and one score of 114–113. [2]
Brown, however, disagreed with the decision, stating after the fight "I got robbed in that fight. I kept the pressure on. He landed flurries but I landed more solid shots." [3]
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