Talk:Jermain Taylor/GA1

GA Review

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Overall this article is pretty good. Solid prose, no dead refs. However I found a few things to fix:

• For the lead, most of the first paragraph would make a good third paragraph. Split that and modify the first one.

Check it out, I split the first one and put part of it as the third paragraph. Showtime2009 (talk) 04:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

• I'd beef up the rationale on why the HBO poster should be in this particular article a bit - why is it important to have it in this article besides the general "provides nonrecreateable info" note? (I'm fine with it, but there are others particularly at FAC that may disagree)

I could remove it if you want, since I know a guy who takes boxing photos and is granting permission for other wikipedia users to use them.

If you can replace it with a free photo of him actively boxing, then that would be a good idea. Poster's fine for the time being though. Wizardman

• "Taylor continued his winning streak through 2002 and 2003" I assume he fought some people during this time, though there's no mention of anyone or how many matches. If he didn't then it needs rewording.

None of the fights were particularity notable. He was still young and fighting journeyman opponents.

• "Taylor did not paid the fees to the WBA amid controversy of the organization removing him from their rankings after questions of whether Taylor followed all procedures for the WBA before his rematch with Hopkins." Could we be more specific on the questioning? It's a lil confusing to me as worded.

The WBA questioned whether or not taylor had followed all procedures (I'm not specifically sure what they were) for his title defense against Hopkins. As a result, they removed him from their rankings but re-added them. Regardless they said that the title was still under review and since it wasn't a guarantee that Taylor would still be champion after the fight with Wright, Taylor did not pay the sanctioning fees to the organization which are required to defend their title.

• "Entering the final round, Taylor was ahead 106–102 on two of the judges' scorecards, while Froch was ahead 106–102 on the other." Who won? Feels like another sentence or two is needed, it just kinda stops.

I moved this earlier in the paragraph. Taylor was winning the fight enterting the last round, but he was TKO'd in that round by Froch. Showtime2009 (talk) 04:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

I'll put it on hold and check back on it in three days. If done then i'll pass it, if not I'll give you a few more days. (I picked the 11th as when I'd like to promote it since it's his birthday) Wizardman 15:19, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Everything looks good, and it's now the 11th, so I'll pass the article. Wizardman 15:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)