Middleweight champ Taylor retains title by beating Spinks

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2007

MEMPHIS, United States (AFP) — American Jermain Taylor kept his undefeated record intact, scoring a slow-paced 12-round decision over Cory Spinks in a world middleweight title fight on Saturday.

This was the 27th consecutive win for the 28-year-old Taylor and may have set up a blockbuster middleweight fight with Kelly Pavlik who fought and won on the undercard at the FedEx Forum in Memphis.

Taylor was the heavy favourite and the fight failed to live up to its pre-fight billing. The World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization champ is now 27-0 with 17 knockouts while Spinks drops to 36-4.

"He ran the whole time and I couldn't get my punches right," Taylor complained of Spinks.

There was some confusion over the judges' scoring as one scorecard...