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Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978, Little Rock,
AR) is the Reigning Boxing Champions|current
undisputed Middleweight champion. Nicknamed "Bad
Intentions," Taylor currently has a perfect record
of 24-0-0, with 17 wins coming by way of knockout.

Since early in his professional career, Taylor had
been touted by many as being the heir apparent to
Middleweight king Bernard Hopkins. Taylor
dominated all of his opponents, scoring wins over
respectable fighters such as Raul Marquez and
William Joppy (though both were at the end of
their careers). On February 19, 2005, Taylor
defeated the previously unbeaten Daniel Edouard
via TKO in round 3. With this win, Taylor earned a
title bout against Hopkins, the undisputed
Middleweight champion who was rated by Ring
Magazine as the #1 pound for pound boxer in the
world.

Taylor fought Hopkins on July 16, 2005. Taylor
outboxed the slow-starting Hopkins early in the
fight, winning the early rounds by using his jab
and power punches. Although Hopkins gradually
became more active and maintained his dominating
defense, Taylor continued to fight aggressively
(but ineffectively) and won some of the middle
rounds. In the last four rounds, however, Hopkins
became the aggressor and battered Taylor,
shrinking Taylor's lead on the scorecards.
Nonetheless, Taylor survived the late surge and
won the fight by close split decision to become
the new undisputed Middleweight champion.

The decision was somewhat controversial. One judge
awarded the twelfth round to Taylor; if he had
awarded it to Hopkins, then the fight would have
been a draw. Others have said that although Taylor
deserved the win based on the point system, the
fight demonstrated flaws in the system.

A rematch between Taylor and Hopkins is scheduled
for December 3, 2005; Taylor needs time to recover
from a cut on his scalp that was caused by a
Hopkins headbutt.

NBA legend Karl Malone is Taylor's father-in-law.

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==External links==
*http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=
031056 Jermain Taylor's Career Record