EDMONTON (April 29, 2009) – Carl Froch, the undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion from Nottingham, England, came to America determined to make a lasting impression on U.S. fight fans.
And that, to say the least, he did last Saturday night on a Super Channel presentation of Showtime Championship Boxing when he rallied in the later rounds to register a dramatic, come-from-behind 12th-round knockout over the universally known and respected challenger Jermain Taylor.
After getting knocked down for the first time in his career in the third round, Froch entered the twelfth trailing Taylor, a former undisputed middleweight titleholder, by four points on two of the judges