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Showtime's Fight Camp 360: Inside The Super Six Returns

You are hooked with the opening scene of Showtime's 30-minute long Fight Camp 360, during which Jermain Taylor's promoter, Lou DiBella, describes the frightening end to Taylor's 12th-round knockout loss to Germany's Arthur Abraham. "I'm on the way to the hospital. Six seconds left. Straight right hand up the middle, and...

Kessler Has Edge in Experience vs. Ward

Denmark's WBA champion, Mikkel Kessler, is considered boxing's premier 168-pounder -- and for good reason.And it is among those same reasons why the 30-year-old "Viking Warrior" is favored to take down 25-year-old former Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward in defense of his title on Saturday night at Oracle Arena."Mikkel...

Hometown Hero Andre Ward Looks to Dethrone WBA's Mikkel Kessler

Former Olympic gold medalist, Andre Ward, calls upcoming rival, Mikkel Kessler, of Denmark, "absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt the most skilled" fighter that he will have faced over the course of his nearly five-year professional career. "He's the champion. He's very tough. I take nothing away from Mikkel Kessler,"...

WBA King Mikkel Kessler Invades Challenger Andre Ward's Hometown

Although Denmark's Mikkel Kessler is nicknamed "The Viking Warrior," he could easily borrow the monicker of another fighter, "The Road Warrior," given how he has embraced the prospect of defending his WBA crown against American Andre Ward on Nov. 21 in the latter's hometown of Oakland, Calif."I've been here for three weeks...

Ex-Champ Winky Wright Returns to Ring Next Month vs. Grady Brewer

Former world champion Winky Wright will return from an eight-month layoff when he enters the ring against Grady Brewer on Dec. 11 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan.A southpaw who will turn 38 on Nov. 26, Wright is coming off of consecutive losses by decision to Bernard Hopkins and Paul Williams in July 2007 and...

JermainTaylor News From the Web

05/24/12 ArkansasSports360.com: No Charges Expected To Be Filed... Source: Arkansas Business Journal - Little Rock AR No charges are expected to be filed against Jermain Taylor after a woman claimed she was sexually assaulted by the former middleweight boxing champion.
05/24/12 Boxer Jermain Taylor Accused of Rape at Hotel Source: Bleacher Report Former undisputed middleweight boxing champion Jermain Taylor has been accused of rape by a 27-year-old female, according to Arkansas news station KATV 7.
05/23/12 Police: No charges expected against Taylor Source: Arkansas News Bureau - Little Rock AR Maumelle police say no additional charges are anticipated in connection with an incident in which a woman claimed she was raped by former middleweight boxing champion Jermain Taylor.
05/23/12 Hankins: Jermain Taylor's âGood Guy Reputation'... Source: Arkansas Business Journal - Little Rock AR Let's welcome boxer Jermain Taylor to the ever-growing list of Arkansas sports figures who rise to national prominence, become local heroes and then manage to fall into the land of embarrassment.
05/22/12 ArkansasSports360.com: New Video Board in Store for... Source: Arkansas Business Journal - Little Rock AR Jerry Jones won't be threatened by it, but Arkansas' planned new video display screen at Reynolds Razorback Stadium will be double the size of the one fans have caught themselves watching for the past dozen years.