Carl Froch vs. Jermain Taylor was a boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 super-middleweight fight between the newly-crowned champion Carl Froch

Carl Froch

Carl Froch is an English professional boxer and is a two-time and reigning WBC super middleweight champion. He previously held the British, Commonwealth, & English titles at super middleweight.-Amateur:...

 and former Undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor

Jermain Taylor

Jermain Taylor is an American professional boxer and former undisputed middleweight champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy...

. The fight was held at the Foxwoods Resort Casino

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 in Ledyard, Connecticut

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, United States

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 on April 25, 2009.

Build-up

Froch was coming off a win against Jean Pascal

Jean Pascal

Jean-Thenistor Pascal is a Canadian professional boxer. He is the former WBC, IBO and Ring magazine light heavyweight champion of the world.-Early life:...

 for the vacant WBC

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 title whilst Jermain Taylor had only recently stepped up to super-middleweight and was also coming off a win, beating Jeff Lacy

Jeff Lacy

Jeffrey Scott Lacy is an American boxer. He is a former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion.-Amateur career:...

 in a title eliminator. Froch was ranked lower in the Ring Magazine rankings despite being the champion and was fighting in the USA for only the second time in his career.
Taylor had been taunting Froch prior to the fight, saying "Who's Carl Froch" referring to the fact he wasn't well known by fans.

Fight Summary

The champion Carl Froch started off slow in the opening rounds against the much more agile Jermain Taylor, the former Undisputed champion Taylor landed at will hammering Froch with swift and powerful combinations. The challenger continued to stalk and land effective punches against the champion, eventually knocking Froch down in the third round with a devastating right hand. Recovering Froch soon afterwards switched roles and started to mount an offensive, landing a couple of unanswered punches against the increasingly defensive Jermain Taylor. Froch continued to hammer away at Taylor's body and head also backing up and trapping the challenger in the corner continuously whilst landing effective punches. The fight came to a conclusion nearing the end of the final round when Froch trapped Taylor in the corner again, landing two solid right hands sending Taylor crashing to the canvas. A recovering Taylor was no match for the rejuvenated Carl Froch as Taylor was pushed against the ropes and absorbed a devastating barrage of punches by the champion Froch, causing the referee to stop the fight with fourteen seconds remaining giving Froch the win by KO and retaining his WBC super middleweight title.