Its official!! Jermain Taylor next opponent is............

[THe TRiNiTY]

Why is Taylor ducking Froch?

He's trying to show Froch how to duck ANYTHING.

[starjammer]

seriously dissapointing.

[MR.CHICANITO]

Good fight, I'm looking forward to this.

*Taylor aint ducking Froch, HBO doesn't want Froch

jermain taylor is ****** he should fight andrade and get knocked out for good..he never should have gotten those decisions in the hopkins fights

[Rosseboi]

Yeah I am a bit surprised.. I know HBO is playing a role.. But come on ..It's a TITLE fight.. a duck is a duck.. I thought Froch was Just talking more ****...

Consider this:

You don't NOT take a fight you believe you can win - FOR THE BELT! $$$ OR NOT!!! - UNLESS you're ducking. End of discussion.

End of discussion.

End of discussion.

End of discussion.

End of discussion.

End. Of. Full. Stop.

[Kastrioti]

This sucks.... WTF Taylor.

[tjose385]

if taylor wins this does nothing for his career!! Why take this fight?? Maybe its Dibella fault and not Taylor's. Dibella promotes both Allan Green and Jermain Taylor

[Pantera2000]

if taylor wins this does nothing for his career!! Why take this fight?? Maybe its Dibella fault and not Taylor's. Dibella promotes both Allan Green and Jermain Taylor

No, it is Showtimes fault. They approve these fights. There was a better option in Glen Johnson, but SHO wanted this fight. ******.

[tjose385]

No, it is Showtimes fault. They approve these fights. There was a better option in Glen Johnson, but SHO wanted this fight. ******.

When HBO decline the Froch fight Showtime was interested, but Taylor or Dibella didnt take the offer.

[tjose385]

seriously dissapointing.

i concur...................

[dstew]

When HBO decline the Froch fight Showtime was interested, but Taylor or Dibella didnt take the offer.

Taylor and Dibella didn't take what offer? The offer to fight in the UK in April that had nothing to do with the March 28 date Showtime offered Taylor?

Dibella offered Froch the biggest payday of his career to come to the US and fight on Showtime but was rejected.

Yes the circumstances suck for this fight but IMO there just isn't enough interest by American TV (Showtime or HBO) to supply an adequate budget to get both fighters in the ring together. Green will probably take half of what Froch was offered.

Add to it that Taylor is unwilling to travel to the UK, which also sucks balls, and Froch's unjustifiably high opinion of himself as a paper champ, it is no wonder this fight is not happening right now.

Last month, DiBella and Taylor even tried to negotiate with Bute for a fight IN MONTREAL but were told that the Romanian was "unavailable"... and now he's signed on for an optional defense against Zuniga? WTF?

So yes... it is ****** that Taylor/Froch isn't coming off right now. But is it because Taylor is afraid of Froch? GTFO.