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When he gains control of the creature it will stay tapped.
So he can still "do stuff" with it (like sac it), but he can't block - I guess that's what you meant.

Also, I don't know if you know this or not, but the way I read your post it sounds to me like you don't. When he gains control of it, it's P/T becomes whatever his life total is. If the life total of the token's controller changes, it's P/T changes with it. I don't know if I'm making this clear, so here's an example: You create the token with your life total at 24, so he is a 24/24 creature. You pass the turn. Your opponent attacks you with a 3/3 flyer (lets say you can't block it). So now your life total is 21, so your token is now a 21/21. Then lets say during your opponent's (who is sitting at an unfortunate 5 life)second main phase he decides to take control of the token. Once the token is under his control it is then a whimpy 5/5... Get it.

Again if you already knew this than I apologize. I'm just bored and tired, and may have just read your post wrong... lol

[QUOTE=jonrowe2020]Since my 24/24 creature was tapped he could not use it until he untapped it on his next turn, right?[/QUOTE]

even if it was untapped it would suffer from summoning sickness since it did not start the turn under your opponent's control

From my understanding the creature would not have summoning sickness. As far as I know summoning sickness only occurs after the creature is put into the battlefield, not when players exchange control of it.

nope, it's an ongoing state check.

[QUOTE]302.6. A creature's activated ability with the tap symbol or the untap symbol in its activation cost can't be activated unless the creature has been under its controller's control continuously since his or her most recent turn began. A creature can't attack unless it has been under its controller's control continuously since his or her most recent turn began. This rule is informally called the "summoning sickness" rule.[/QUOTE]