Rappy Veteran Posted December 12, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 12, 2008 Carl Froch looks set to meet American Jermain Taylor in the first defence of his WBC super-middleweight crown.Mick Hennessy, Froch's promoter, told the BBC he has spoken to the Taylor camp about a contest in either the United Kingdom or the United States. "It's a fight that me and Carl have always wanted," said Hennessy. "I was pleased to get a call off Taylor's promoter, Lou DiBella. He said to me he just wanted to go on record that he is ready to make the fight." Froch, 31, became world champion by outpointing Canadian Jean Pascal in a thrilling fight in Nottingham on Saturday. "I've had my heart set on Jermain Taylor because he beat Jeff Lacy and I just assumed that was going to be the natural progression for the first defence," Froch, who has 24 wins from 24 fights, told Radio 5 Live. Taylor, 30, is a former undisputed middleweight champion and has two victories over Bernard Hopkins to his name. Nicknamed "Bad Intentions", he has lost two of his last three contests - both defeats coming against Kelly Pavlik - but he outpointed Lacy in his last fight in an eliminator for the WBC super-middleweight belt. Hennessy added: "We are not averse going to the US but it's got be on the right terms. Carl's the champion now and a champion-challenger split is 70-30. We are in control of the situation. If it makes sense going to the US, we'll go there." [Source] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheElite Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 LOL, it's not even sorted and the money issue has already started. Greedy promoter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted December 12, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted December 12, 2008 Sadly its all about money these days, a fight of this magnitude sadly has to be big bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digipoi Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Also, it is no longer about a Champion/Challenger split, its about who is the bigger star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted April 26, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted April 26, 2009 LOL Froch is getting owned at the moment, maybe he's not as good as Joe :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted April 26, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted April 26, 2009 Holy Balls :| Froch stopped Taylor with literally 10 odd seconds left on the clock of the fight where Taylor would of won on points :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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