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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP)—Jermain Taylor appears headed for a November fight with former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy.
“There’s not any official announcement yet, but that’s what’s going to happen,” Lou DiBella, Taylor’s promoter, told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The fight is likely to take place Nov. 15. The Arkansas ********-Gazette reported details of the super middleweight fight in Thursday morning’s edition.
Taylor was the middleweight champion for more than two years after beating Bernard Hopkins in 2005. He lost that title to Kelly Pavlik late last year, then lost a catch-weight rematch with Pavlik in February.
Lacy, who lost his title to Joe Calzaghe in 2006, rallied over the final two rounds to beat Epifanio Mendoza in a 10-round majority decision Wednesday night.
Taylor (27-2-1) and Lacy (24-1) were teammates on the U.S. Olympic team in 2000.
“There’s not any official announcement yet, but that’s what’s going to happen,” Lou DiBella, Taylor’s promoter, told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The fight is likely to take place Nov. 15. The Arkansas ********-Gazette reported details of the super middleweight fight in Thursday morning’s edition.
Taylor was the middleweight champion for more than two years after beating Bernard Hopkins in 2005. He lost that title to Kelly Pavlik late last year, then lost a catch-weight rematch with Pavlik in February.
Lacy, who lost his title to Joe Calzaghe in 2006, rallied over the final two rounds to beat Epifanio Mendoza in a 10-round majority decision Wednesday night.
Taylor (27-2-1) and Lacy (24-1) were teammates on the U.S. Olympic team in 2000.
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