October 24, 2009 - 11:38 AMT
Andre Ward: Taylor couldn't avoid fatal punch because of technical mistake
"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.