Jermain Taylor

Bryan Graham: Despite flaws, Taylor dominates Lacy

broke Lacy down in the middle rounds with steady jabbing Jermain Taylor (right) and Jeff Lacy were the first U.S. Olympic teammates to fight one another since 1992. The only thing missing from Jermain Taylor's convincing...

US elite join race for Calzaghe

Jermain Taylor and Glen Johnson have joined the ever-growing list of boxers desperate to keep light-heavyweight king Joe Calzaghe out of retirement. Veteran and respected contender Johnson issued an open letter saying he would...

Dimitrenko keeps WBO title with KO over Krasniqi

DUSSELDORF (Germany): Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko retained the WBO Inter-continental heavyweight tile after he knocked out Germany’s Luan Krasniqi in the third round here on Saturday night. Dimitrenko, 26, caught the German...

Witherspoon rebounds in hostile territory

By DON BENEVENTO • Courier-Post Staff • November 17, 2008 Chazz Witherspoon got exactly what he needed on Saturday night. Witherspoon stopped hometown favorite Adams Richards of Smyrna, Tenn., in the eighth-round of a scheduled...

Ducks' Beauchemin out for about six months

Anaheim Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin will miss about six months after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. MORE NHL Nigel Dawes and Markus Naslund wiped out New York's two-goal deficit in the closing...

TAYLOR GETS THE VOTE

Good friends Jermain Taylor and Jeff Lacy battled it out for 12 rounds in Nashville in a super middleweight title eliminator and in the end it was the former who earned a unanimous decision. Taylor was the man who kept on top...

Briefs | Tennis: Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko reach Masters Cup final

Tennis Murray looks tired in loss: With everyone seemingly tired and aching after a long season, Nikolay Davydenko of Russia might be at... Tennis Murray looks tired in loss: With everyone seemingly tired and aching after a...

Witherspoon gets back on winning track, Wilder delivers in debut

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Chazz Witherspoon outlasted Adam "The Swamp Donkey" Richards for an eighth-round TKO in an action-packed heavyweight fight on Saturday night. However, Witherspoon -- a cousin of former two-time heavyweight...

Today's TV / RADIO

TODAY'S TV/RADIOBOXING Jermain Taylor vs. Jeff Lacy 7:15 p.m. HBO COLLEGE FOOTBALLNotre Dame vs. Navy 9 a.m. 13 Ohio St. at Illinois 9 a.m. ESPN Northwestern at Michigan 9 a.m. ESPN2 Princeton at Yale 9 a.m. VS Texas at Kansas...

Close friends to square off in ring

By Mike Organ • THE TENNESSEAN • November 15, 2008 HBO's first live boxing event from Nashville is set for tonight between Jermain Taylor and Jeff Lacy at Vanderbilt's Memorial Gym. The WBC super middleweight eliminator begins...

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