Stephen 'Breadman' Edwards reveals plenty in this week's mailbag: Exactly what Amanda Serrano failed to do against Katie Taylor; a breakdown of a mythical Terence Crawford-Floyd Mayweather matchup; Jermain Taylor's strengths; and weaknesses and predictions on the weekend's biggest fights
With Carlos Adames defending his WBC middleweight title this Saturday, Eric Raskin takes the opportunity to rank the 10 best middleweight champions of the 21st century.
Carl Froch can’t remember his dramatic and celebrated victory over Jermain Taylor. Much of his reputation as one of Britain’s finest ever fighters was built on the way that on that night in 2009 he recovered from a third-round knockdown to so dramatically stop the respected Taylor in the 12th and final round. His victory that night at Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket – also the occasion of his first fight in the US – provided the platform for his admirable run to the final of the Super Six, which in turn contributed to his induction in 2023 into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, but the knockdown he suffered that night means that it has become a “blur”.
The retired Carl Froch, who in 2023 was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, was on Monday the guest of honour at a lunch hosted in London by the Boxing Writers’ Club. Approaching 10 years in retirement, at that lunch he revisited his career in an extensive Q&A
Former middleweight champion and Olympic silver medal winner Jermain Taylor was arrested for the second time in November. The Arkansas Gazette reports that Taylor was booked into the Pulaski County jail on Wednesday, after being arrested on a charge of non-payment of child support. Taylor will be held until he pays $5,300 to the court registry.
In what appears to be a common occurrence for the former unified middleweight champion and Olympic medalist, Jermain Taylor is once again behind bars after being arrested. According to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, the boxer was arrested on Wednesday - just two months after his last stint in the Pulaski County jail.
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, former world champion and Olympic medalist Jermain Taylor was arrested for allegedly knocking a woman unconscious, putting a knife to her neck and threatening to kill her. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports that Taylor pleaded not guilty to domestic battery and assault charges on Thursday at the Little Rock District Court before returning to the Pulaski County jail. Taylor is being held at the jail in lieu of $15,000 bond.
Former middleweight boxing champion Jermain Taylor is back in the hot seat. Taylorhas been arrested in Arkansas after police allege he punched a woman, held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her. Little Rock police say they were called to Taylor's home Wednesday afternoon in regard to a disturbance with a weapon.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports Taylor was scheduled to stand trial on a felony terroristic threatening charge and a misdemeanor domestic battery charge. But on Monday, prosecutors said they haven’t been able to find or contact the woman who levied the accusations.
Beating Jermain Taylor twice in back to back fights put Kelly Pavlik on the map in the boxing world. Both fighters went their separate ways after the fight and both have had their share of out of the ring incidents. Taylor, 38, a former Olympian, faces three charges, including a felony charge of terrorist threats after a Maumelle police officer wrote in a report obtained by USA TODAY Sports that Taylor "chased (the alleged victim) down the street stating that he would to kill her."