By Dave Lahr: The latest word is that the prospective fight between WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (24-0, 19 KOs) and former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (28-2-1, 17 KOs) is almost near the completion stages of negotiations. The fight should take place in mid April at a still to be determined location. Taylor, 30, is making only his second fight in the super middleweight division after losing his last two fights at middleweight to Kelly Pavlik.
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Froch vs. Taylor Negotiations Close To Being Finalized
By Eric Thomas: The super middleweight clash between World Boxing Council champion Carl Froch (24-0, 19 KOs) are close to being finalized according to the latest news from around the boxing world for April 18th or April 25th. Reportedly, the deal is 95% completed and will possibly be taking place in New York at Madison Square Garden. Froch, 31, recently defeated Canadian Jean Pascal by a 12-round unanimous decision in December to win the vacant WBC super middleweight title in Nottingham.
Jermain Taylor Is Training For Another Title Fight
By Sam Gregory: In his first fight at the new weight of 168 pounds, Jermain Taylor improved his record to 28-2-1 with 17 knockouts with a decisive win over Jeff Lacy on November 15th. According to Taylor’s trainer Ozell Nelson, the former middleweight champion from Little Rock, Arkansas, will fight Englishmen Carl Froch for the World Boxing Council super middleweight title on either April 18th or April 25th this spring.
Froch vs. Taylor In April
By Dave Lahr: According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (28-2-1, 17 KOs) will be taking on WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (24-0, 19 KOs) in April. The dates of the fight will be on either April 18th or the 25th, with the site still unknown. Froch, 31, recently defeated Jean Pascal in December to win the vacant World Boxing Council super middleweight title in a fight that was a candidate for fight of the year honors.
Froch Eyeing Bouts Against Bute, Kessler and Taylor
By Eric Thomas: In an article in the TimesOnline, unbeaten super middleweight Carl Froch (24-0, 19 KOs) said that he’s interested in taking on the best in the super middleweight division, saying “I’m happy to fight the likes of Jermain Taylor or Lucian Bute or Mikkel Kessler. I don’t believe in having easy fights.” Missing from those names, however, is Joe Calzaghe, who Froch has been pursuing without success for some time.