The WBC Super Middleweight title fight between undefeated title holder Carl Froch, 24-0 (19), and ex-Middleweight World Champion Jermain Taylor, 28-2-1 (17), has been set for April 25 with the clash possibly taking place at Foxwoods at Mashantucket, CT. Showtime will present the bout as Nottingham man Froch makes his American TV debut following the…
Commonwealth middleweight champ, “Dazzling†Darren Barker, has challenged John Duddy to earn a shot at world champion, Kelly Pavlik. Barker’s promoter Mick Hennessy has offered the New York based Irishman the chance to challenge Barker for his Commonwealth title on the undercard of the Carl Froch vs. Jermain Taylor fight on the East Coast of…
WBC Super Middleweight Champ Carl “The Cobra†Froch says he’s delighted to hear that Jermain “No Intentions†Taylor is alive and well after all. The former world middleweight champ and mandatory challenger for Froch’s title has been mysteriously quiet of late but he finally surfaced at the weekend.
WBC Super Middleweight Champ Carl Froch has issued a missing persons appeal on behalf of former world middleweight champ, and the current mandatory challenger for his title, Jermain Taylor. Froch believes that Taylor has gone into hiding as he looks for a way out of fighting “The Cobra”, who was crowned WBC Champ after a…
WBC Super Middleweight king Carl Froch seems to be ruffling a few feathers as he looks to put American boxing fans on notice about his intentions to clean up the super middleweight division starting with Jermain Taylor. A tabloid U.S. boxing website published a factually incorrect report on Saturday 10th January that the Cobra would…
2008 was a tumultuous year for the sweet science with a lot of big fights, big triumphs and big let downs. Some of the boxers who won truly big fights in our recently departed year include Manny Pacquiao, Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko, Joe Calzaghe, Chad Dawson, Ricky Hatton, Paul Williams, Tomasz Adamek, Carl Froch, Vernon…
Two WBO titlists will put their belts at risk on January 10 in Magdeburg, Germany as newly minted Dennis Inkin and longtime champ Zsolt Erdei see action on the bill. Light heavy kingpin Erdei, 29-0 (17), has held the WBO crown for almost five years now and has successfully navigated his way through ten title…
On Saturday, December 6, the main event in boxing proved to be the one sided fight between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya. However, in Nottingham, England, one of the very best bouts of the year took place. Jean Pascal of Montreal lost a unanimous 12 round decision to Carl Froch, in a contest…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Saturday night at a packed Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England, Hennessy Sports promoted a fight night headlined by the vacant WBC Super Middleweight title clash between Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch and Canadian Jean Pascal. Pascal entered the ring surrounded by his entourage holding his five…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England, Hennessy Sports promoted a fantastic night of boxing which consisted of a superb undercard in support of the much anticipated clash between Carl Froch and Jean Pascal for the WBC Super Middleweight title. Making his pro debut…
Darren Barker has been left raring to go in his Commonwealth Middleweight Title defence on Saturday after sparring with new WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Carl Froch. Undefeated Barker (Barnet, England) makes his second defence against Jason McKay (Banbridge, Northern Ireland) at the Brentwood Centre on Saturday 13thDecember 2008. Co feature on the bill, Brian Magee (Belfast,…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night, at the Nottingham Trent Arena in England, on a Hennessy Sports promoted fight night – Carl ʽThe Cobraʼ Froch won the WBC Super Middleweight title by unanimous points decision, defeating Canadian Jean Pascal in what was a ʽfantasticʼ twelve rounds of boxing. The first few rounds sees…