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Froch vs. Taylor: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Carl Froch (The Cobra) defends his WBC super-middleweight title against Jermain Taylor (Bad Intentions). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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Mar 16, 2002
24-0
1
19 (79.2%)
185 cm
191 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Dec 6, 2008
4m, 19d
24
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Last Fight
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30
Jan 27, 2001
28-2-1
6
17 (54.8%)
185 cm
198 cm
13 cm
Orthodox
Nov 15, 2008
5m, 10d
1
WBC
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super-middleweight
Saturday, 25 Apr 2009
Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.
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Carl Froch vs. Jermain Taylor

Date

This fight between Carl Froch and Jermain Taylor took place on at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, both the fighters are of the same height. Despite being of the same height, Taylor has a nice longer reach of 198 cm, which is 7 cms longer than Froch's 191 cm. Taylor also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Froch.

Froch is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 24-0 (19 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 19 days ago against Jean Pascal, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Jean Pascal's boxing career

Taylor comes in with a record of 28-2-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 10 days ago against Jeff Lacy, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Jeff Lacy's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Froch will be 31 years and 9 months old. Taylor will be 30 years and 8 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 60-40 in favor of Carl Froch. Here is the prediction for Froch vs Taylor.

Carl Froch is likely to win. Unless Jermain Taylor puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Carl Froch defeated Jermain Taylor via 12th round TKO to retain the WBC super-middleweight title. Taylor's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Froch advances his win streak to 25. Froch is now 25-0, and Taylor 28-3-1.

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