Froch Vs Taylor Set To Happen In April

Britain’s Carl Froch is set to defend his WBC super-middleweight title against Jermain Taylor in Connecticut in April. The 31-year-old from Nottingham willtake on the former Middleweight champion on 25 April at Mashantucket, Connecticut. The bout was announced by Taylor’s publicist, Norman Horton, on Saturday 28th Feb after lengthy negotiations between the two boxers camps.Froch won the title last December by beating Canada’s Jean Pascal in one of the British fights of the year. Since then, a fight against mandatory challenger Taylor had been on the cards. Although there has been rumors circlulating that Taylor’s paymaster were unsure of weather to take on Froch following his impressive display over Pascal.

Taylor lost his Middleweight title to Kelly Pavlik in February last year, and then lost a rematch at a catch weight. Since then he won a unanimous decision over a now faded version of Jeff Lacy in November.