Jermain Taylor

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human professional boxer world boxing champion

Jermain Taylor is an American former professional boxer and undisputed middleweight champion known for his victories over Bernard Hopkins in the mid-2000s.

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Label	Occurrences
Jermain Taylor canonical	8
Jermain Taylor vs Bernard Hopkins I	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2742242 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jermain Taylor
Context triple: [Bernard Hopkins, lostTo, Jermain Taylor]

A. Meldrick Taylor
Meldrick Taylor is an American former professional boxer and Olympic gold medalist known for his exceptional hand speed and his dramatic 1990 title fight against Julio César Chávez.
B. Antonio Tarver
Antonio Tarver is an American former professional boxer best known as a multiple-time light heavyweight world champion and for his trilogy of fights with Roy Jones Jr.
C. Bernard Hopkins
Bernard Hopkins is an American former professional boxer renowned for his longevity, defensive mastery, and reign as a multiple-time world champion in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions.
D. Pernell Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker was an American boxing great renowned for his exceptional defensive skills and multiple world championships across several weight classes.
E. Micky Ward
Micky Ward is a former American professional boxer from Lowell, Massachusetts, best known for his trilogy of brutal, crowd-pleasing fights with Arturo Gatti and for inspiring the film "The Fighter."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jermain Taylor
Target entity description: Jermain Taylor is an American former professional boxer and undisputed middleweight champion known for his victories over Bernard Hopkins in the mid-2000s.

A. Meldrick Taylor
Meldrick Taylor is an American former professional boxer and Olympic gold medalist known for his exceptional hand speed and his dramatic 1990 title fight against Julio César Chávez.
B. Antonio Tarver
Antonio Tarver is an American former professional boxer best known as a multiple-time light heavyweight world champion and for his trilogy of fights with Roy Jones Jr.
C. Bernard Hopkins
Bernard Hopkins is an American former professional boxer renowned for his longevity, defensive mastery, and reign as a multiple-time world champion in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions.
D. Pernell Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker was an American boxing great renowned for his exceptional defensive skills and multiple world championships across several weight classes.
E. Micky Ward
Micky Ward is a former American professional boxer from Lowell, Massachusetts, best known for his trilogy of brutal, crowd-pleasing fights with Arturo Gatti and for inspiring the film "The Fighter."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ professional boxer ⓘ world boxing champion ⓘ
amateurAchievement	1996 U.S. Olympic team member ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1978-08-11 ⓘ
era	2000s professional boxing ⓘ
familyName	Taylor ⓘ
fight	Jermain Taylor vs Bernard Hopkins I ⓘ linked to: Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor vs Bernard Hopkins II ⓘ
givenName	Jermain ⓘ linked to: Jermaine
handedness	right-handed ⓘ
height	approximately 6 ft 1 in ⓘ
knockouts	over 15 wins by knockout ⓘ
knownFor	defeating Bernard Hopkins for the undisputed middleweight championship ⓘ
name	Jermain Taylor ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
nickname	Bad Intentions ⓘ
notableOpponent	Arthur Abraham ⓘ Carl Froch ⓘ Cory Spinks ⓘ Kelly Pavlik ⓘ Winky Wright ⓘ
occupation	boxer ⓘ
olympicGames	1996 Summer Olympics ⓘ
olympicResult	bronze medal in boxing ⓘ
opponentDefeated	Bernard Hopkins ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States ⓘ linked to: Little Rock, Arkansas
positionPlayed	orthodox stance ⓘ
reach	approximately 74 in ⓘ
residence	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States ⓘ linked to: Little Rock, Arkansas
resultAgainstBernardHopkinsI	win by split decision ⓘ
resultAgainstBernardHopkinsII	win by unanimous decision ⓘ
retired	2010s ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sport	boxing ⓘ
status	former professional boxer ⓘ
style	orthodox boxer-puncher ⓘ
titleHeld	IBF middleweight title ⓘ The Ring middleweight title ⓘ WBA (Super) middleweight title ⓘ linked to: WBA middleweight title WBC middleweight title ⓘ WBO middleweight title ⓘ undisputed middleweight champion ⓘ
totalFights	over 35 professional bouts ⓘ
turnedProfessional	2001 ⓘ
weightClass	middleweight ⓘ super middleweight ⓘ
wins	over 30 professional wins ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bernard Hopkins → lostTo → Jermain Taylor ⓘ

Jermain Taylor → name → Jermain Taylor ⓘ

Jermain Taylor → fight → Jermain Taylor vs Bernard Hopkins I ⓘ

linked to: Jermain Taylor

Kelly Pavlik → defeated → Jermain Taylor ⓘ

Kronk Gym → hasTrainee → Jermain Taylor ⓘ

Kronk Gym → hasNotableFighter → Jermain Taylor ⓘ

Emanuel Steward → trained → Jermain Taylor ⓘ

Winky Wright → fought → Jermain Taylor ⓘ

Cory Spinks → fought → Jermain Taylor ⓘ

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