LITTLE ROCK — Veteran boxing trainer Pat Burns intercepted the cup of water offered to Jermain Taylor and handed his man a sealed bottle of H2O.
The liquid could have contained most anything, Burns said, recalling the days when a laxative that looked like chocolate candy was slipped to some fighters shortly before a bout.
Burns is long-gone from the Taylor team, but paranoia is ever-present in the fight game. Taylor's people sent an advance man to Germany to look for bugs and cameras in the gym where Taylor will prepare for his Oct. 17 super middleweight fight with unbeaten Arthur Abraham. Taylor, the former middleweight champion from Arkansas, will not eat in the restaurant at his hotel; he'll dine out, unannounced, or his chef will fix something...........
..............Taylor, the former middleweight champion from Arkansas, will not eat in the restaurant at his hotel; he'll dine out, unannounced, or his chef will fix something....................Abraham, you see, is from Berlin.
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