Froch stuns Taylor with late punch to retain middleweight title
MASHANTUCKET<br><br>Briton Carl Froch recovered from an early knockdown to stop American Jermain Taylor in the final round of his WBC super middleweight title defence at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods on Saturday.
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Briton Carl Froch recovered from an early knockdown to stop American Jermain Taylor in the final round of his WBC super middleweight title defence at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods on Saturday.
Behind on the judges scorecards, Froch (25-0, 20 KOs) hurt Taylor with a big right early in the round and the Englishman continued to attack his reeling opponent, until another pair of booming rights dropped the American in the corner.
Taylor struggled to his feet at the count of eight but another barrage of punches caused referee Michael Ortega to halt the contest with 14 seconds remaining.
“Going into that last round, I was hoping my intuition was right that Jermain was getting a little bit tired from the pressure I was putting on him,†Froch said.
“So I put the pressure on him.â€
Had the former middleweight champion Taylor been able to make it to the end of the round, he would have won a split decision as two of the three judges had him leading 106-102, while the third judge had Froch ahead by the same score.
Reuters
Briton Carl Froch recovered from an early knockdown to stop American Jermain Taylor in the final round of his WBC super middleweight title defence at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods on Saturday.
Behind on the judges scorecards, Froch (25-0, 20 KOs) hurt Taylor with a big right early in the round and the Englishman continued to attack his reeling opponent, until another pair of booming rights dropped the American in the corner.
Taylor struggled to his feet at the count of eight but another barrage of punches caused referee Michael Ortega to halt the contest with 14 seconds remaining.
“Going into that last round, I was hoping my intuition was right that Jermain was getting a little bit tired from the pressure I was putting on him,†Froch said.
“So I put the pressure on him.â€
Had the former middleweight champion Taylor been able to make it to the end of the round, he would have won a split decision as two of the three judges had him leading 106-102, while the third judge had Froch ahead by the same score.
Reuters