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by David P. Greisman - MASHANTUCKET, Conn. – Count down from 14. Count down from 14 to zero at a deliberate pace and it will take you twice as many seconds as it took you to reach the end of this sentence.
Those moments were all that remained before Carl Froch, the super-middleweight titlist from Nottingham, England, would become a former world champ who lost his title in his first defense.
It is less than one quarter of a minute, less than one-twelfth of a round in a boxing match, time that passes by unnoticed when a round begins but turns into a deadline as those three minutes approach their end.
Froch met that deadline and made way for the headlines. His 12th-round knockout of Jermain Taylor was a last-moment Hail Mary, bombs away, all-or-nothing, now or never.
Through 11 rounds, Froch was the low man on two of the three judges’ scorecards, whose tallies totaled an insurmountable deficit. Froch needed to do more than simply win the round. He could not win the fight with one knockdown, or two, or even three. He needed the fight to end before the round did. [details]
Those moments were all that remained before Carl Froch, the super-middleweight titlist from Nottingham, England, would become a former world champ who lost his title in his first defense.
It is less than one quarter of a minute, less than one-twelfth of a round in a boxing match, time that passes by unnoticed when a round begins but turns into a deadline as those three minutes approach their end.
Froch met that deadline and made way for the headlines. His 12th-round knockout of Jermain Taylor was a last-moment Hail Mary, bombs away, all-or-nothing, now or never.
Through 11 rounds, Froch was the low man on two of the three judges’ scorecards, whose tallies totaled an insurmountable deficit. Froch needed to do more than simply win the round. He could not win the fight with one knockdown, or two, or even three. He needed the fight to end before the round did. [details]
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