On December 4, 2004, William Joppy (34-3-1, 25 KOs) and Jermain Taylor (21-0, 16 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round middleweight bout.
Jermain Taylor is coming in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round RTD victory over Raúl Márquez, 5 months and 15 days ago. William Joppy is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 65% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Bernard Hopkins, 11 months and 21 days ago.
The winning odds are at 91.9-8.1 in favor of Jermain Taylor. It is going to be very difficult for William Joppy to win this fight.
Jermain Taylor defeated William Joppy via unanimous decision in the 12-round middleweight fight. Taylor improves his record to 22-0, while Joppy adds a loss to his record at 34-4-1.