Carl Froch vs Jermain Taylor (2009)

Carl Froch vs Jermain Taylor was a boxing supermiddleweight fight between the newly crowned champion Carl Froch and former Undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor The fight was held at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard Connecticut United States on April 25 2009 Froch was coming off a win against Jean Pascal for the vacant WBC title whilst Jermain Taylor had only recently stepped up to supermiddleweight and was also coming off a win beating Jeff Lacy 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 careerTaylor had been taunting Froch prior to the fight saying Whos Carl Froch referring to the fact he wasnt well known by fans