Jermain Taylor vs. Bernard Hopkins II

Jermain Taylor vs. Bernard Hopkins II, billed as No Respect, was a professional boxing match contested on December 3, 2005, for the WBA (Undisputed), WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight championships.

NSAC Marc Ratner admitted that an overturned decision was unlikely as they had not found anything to conclude that the Ford had either scored the fight incorrectly or colluded with other judges, but nevertheless submitted Hopkins' appeal to a five man committee, who denied Hopkins' appeal three days later [4][5] Though Hopkins was unsuccessful in his appeal, he still held a rematch clause from the previous fight's contract and had exercised it shortly after his defeat, officially putting the rematch on for later in the year.

[6] Hopkins and his team originally eyed an October 1 date for the rematch, but Taylor's manager Lou DiBella refused, stating that Taylor needed more time to heal from a deep gash he had sustained to his head during the first fight and December would be the earliest that the rematch would take place.

[9] In what was another close fight, Taylor would again defeat Hopkins, this time by unanimous decision with three identical scores of 115–113.

[10] Following his second loss to Taylor, Hopkins decided not to retire but instead he jumped two weight divisions to face off against light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver.