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Jermain Taylor vs. Caleb Truax Tomorrow on Showtime’s ShoBox

April 19, 2012 by Paul Magno Leave a Comment

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Former undisputed middleweight champion, Jermain Taylor (29-4-1, 18 KOs) will take on Minnesota’s Caleb Truax (18-0-1, 10 KOs) at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi as the main event of Showtime’s ShoBox program.

Taylor, who is fighting for the second time since a 26-month retirement from the sport, decisioned Bernard Hopkins twice in 2005 to become the undisputed world middleweight champ. The Little Rock, Arkansas native would defend the title three times before being stopped in seven rounds by Kelly Pavlik.

After the Pavlik loss, Taylor would venture up into the super middleweight limit, first dropping a unanimous decision to Pavlik and then scoring a unanimous decision over former titlist, Jeff Lacy. The victory over Lacy would be Taylor’s only win at super middleweight.

In April of 2009, Taylor, ahead on the scorecards, would be stopped in the twelfth and final round by defending WBC champ, Carl Froch. Then, six months later, Taylor would suffer another twelfth round stoppage, this time falling to Arthur Abraham in the opening bout of Showtime’s Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament. The brutal knockout would lead to a retirement of more than two years before the former world titlist made the decision to return to the middleweight division and resume his career.

Last December, Taylor stopped journeyman, Jessie Nicklow in the eighth round of a scheduled ten round contest.

Truax has an impressive won-loss record, but most of it has been accomplished on the less-than-stellar Minnesota club circuit. The 28-year-old’s biggest victories have come against regional talent such as Andy Kolle and Phil Williams as well as faded pros, Antwun Echols and Jonathan Reid. Truax also boasts a 2009 decision victory over Kerry Hope, the Welsh fighter who recently upset Poland’s Grzegorz Proksa.

The Osseo, Minnesota native represents a step up in class from Taylor’s last opponent, Nicklow, but has only been tested at the regional level.

Taylor-Truax and co-feature, Erislandy Lara-Ronald Hearns, will be broadcast Friday, April 20 on Showtime’s ShoBox at 11PM Eastern Time.

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Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

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