News - Jermain Taylor

At the start of the twelfth and final round, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch needed a knockout to win and that is just what he got. Froch stopped former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor with just 14 seconds remaining in the fight. “My trainer (Rob McCracken) told me I needed a big round in the 12th. He was right. You saw it, everybody saw it. I’m the champ.” Regarding the stoppage, Froch said, “You could see he was read more ...

Undefeated WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs) scored the biggest victory of his career, a come from behind TKO stoppage over former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (28-3-1, 17 KOs) with 14 seconds left in the twelfth and final round to retain his title on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Arena inside of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Mashantucket, CT. Taylor, who was ahead on two of the three read more ...

In a WBC super middleweight eliminator between former Olympian teammates, Jermain Taylor (28-2-1, 17 KOs) took a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over Jeff Lacy (24-2, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at Vanderbuilt University's Memorial Gym in Nashville, Tennessee. Taylor's faster hands and footwork made the difference early in the fight. After establishing his rhythm in the first two rounds, Taylor hurt Lacy read more ...

Alexander Dimitrenko 256.8 vs Luan Krasniqi 225.9 Denis Boytsov 220.4 vs Vinny Maddalone 228.1 Dimitri Sartison 167.9 vs Edison Francisco Guedes 168.6 Gusmyl Perdomo 167.9 vs Laurent Goury 170.8 Igor Michalkin 177.4 vs Emmanoel Martins da Silva 178.5 Markus Tomala 225.8 vs Jevgenijs Stamburskis 207.2 read more ...

Former super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy was rocked several times and struggled to win a majority-decision over Epifanio Mendoza on Wednesday, but the win has now placed him on route to a showdown with former 2000 Olympic teammate Jermain Taylor. Taylor's promoter Lou DiBella confirmed that a fight with Lacy will take place on the reserved date of November 15 on HBO. The site has not been established as of yet read more ...

After engaging in a crowd pleasing twelve round catch weight bout Jermain Taylor (27-2, 17 KOs) and Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs) made their way into the media room at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV to speak about the bout and plans for the future. Former WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF Middleweight Champion of the world Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor was humbled by his twelve round unanimous decision read more ...

WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs) won a unanimous decision over Jermain Taylor (27-2-1, 17 KOs) in a very exciting non-title encounter on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas. Fighting at a catch weight of 166, Pavlik was busier while Taylor landed the sharper punches. Most of the rounds were close, but it was Pavlik who closed stronger to win by scores of 117-111, 115-113, 116-112 read more ...

Unbeaten WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (32-0, 29 KOs) and former titleholder Jermain Taylor (27-1-1, 17 KOs) both weighed in at 164 lbs. moments ago in Las Vegas. After posing, the fighters stood face to face for about 30 seconds until matchmaker Carl Moretti stepped between them. An animated Taylor promised a "totally different fight. I get him down this time he's going to stay down." Pavlik simply punched at the microphone and stated "Youngstown!" read more ...

It might have been another day in Beverly Hills for some people, but for undefeated middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost “ Pavlik and former undisputed world champion Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor it was intense Monday morning during their press conference at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif. Pavlik (32-0, 29KO’s) from Youngstown, Ohio will face Taylor (27-1-1 17KO’s) from Little Rock, Arkansas will collide for the second time on Saturday at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas read more ...

When Jermain Taylor exercised the rematch clause following his Semptember knockout loss to Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik, one of the stipulations was that the fight take place at 165lbs. For years it has been rumored that both fighters struggled to make the 160lb middleweight limit but Kelly Pavlik still believes that is the weight best suited for him. “When it comes to the point when I’m getting sick when I’m trying to make weight read more ...