By Jim Dower: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (29-4-1, 18 KO’s) may not be facing Joachim Alcine next after all. According to Steve Kim on his twitter, Taylor could be facing little known 2nd tier middleweight Caleb Truax (18-0, 10 KO’s) in mid-April in a fight that will be televised on Showtime.

You can ignore the 28-year-old Truax’s unbeaten record because he’s a very limited fighter and has beaten exclusively 2nd tier opposition. Truax’s best wins of his five year pro career have come against Andy Kolle, Jonathan Reid, Antwun Echols and Robert Kliewer. In looking at Truax’s fights one can’t help but notice his lack of defense right off that bat. He get hit cleanly quite frequently when his opposition is looking to unload on him. His power is average and his hand speed slow. He’s a pretty limited guy and I see him as a step down from Taylor’s last Jessie Nicklow, who Taylor stopped in the 8th round last December.

Taylor made his comeback last December with the Nicklow win. Before that, Taylor hadn’t fought since being stopped in the 12th round by Arthur Abraham in October 2009. Taylor’s foot work and offensive skills looked by and large the same as they were before his loss to Abraham. However, he didn’t show any signs of fading during the fight which he had been having problems with leading up to his loss to Abraham. However, Nicklow didn’t have the power or the speed to really bother him in this fight. Taylor was basically able to set the pace and do whatever he wanted to do.