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Jermain Taylor :::: Pride of Arkansas :::: Pride of Arkansas          For information or questions regarding Jermain Taylor merchandise, contactMerchandise@jermaintaylor.com "ALL OR NOTHING"**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**  Jermain Taylor vs. Jeff LacySATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15th HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM NEW YORK, Wednesday, October 8th -It will be a career-defining fight for the ages. Former champions Jermain Taylor and Jeff Lacy will meet on November, 15th in Nashville, Tennessee on the campus of Vanderbilt University, in what is sure to be an explosive affair, considering what is at stake. For the winner - a chance to fight for another world championship and regain his status as an elite fighter. For the loser - a struggle to regain respectability in a sport he once ruled. So for Taylor and Lacy, this fight is "All Or Nothing." "This fight could not be more important for these two fighters," said Lou DiBella, president of DiBella Entertainment. "One of these guys is probably going to get knocked out, and the one who gets knocked out is probably going to have a really difficult time coming back to do anything significant in this sport. This fight really is all or nothing." DiBella Entertainment is presenting the 12-round super middleweight title eliminator in association with Golden Boy Promotions and Prize Fight Promotions. HBO World Championship Boxing will televise the bout from Memorial Gymnasium on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee (10:15pm ET / 9:15pm CT / 7:15pm PT). Tickets will go on sale next Wednesday, October 15th, are priced at $275, $200, $100, $75, $50 and $25, and available through all Ticketmaster locations at 615.255.9600 or www.ticketmaster.com . Excitement is already stirring in Nashville. "It's on Vanderbilt's campus, in their great basketball arena, and I can tell already the campus is juiced up for it," DiBella said. "I think you're going to see a lot of young people, particularly in the upper deck, and that's always good for the energy. And this is the biggest fight to hit Nashville in years and years and years. It's going to be a big event." The fight has been certified a WBC Super Middleweight eliminator fight, which means the winner will be guaranteed a title shot against the winner of the Carl Froch-Jean Pascal bout for the WBC belt. A title shot will be sweet redemption for either fighter, who have both been kings of their division. Taylor (27-2-1, 17 KOs), the favorite son of Arkansas, became the undisputed and undefeated middleweight champion of the world on July 16, 2005 when he beat the legendary Bernard Hopkins at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taylor defended his championship four times, including a Hopkins rematch, and was undefeated in his first 27 professional fights before back-to-back losses to current middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik. Lacy (24-1, 17 KOs), a St. Petersburg, Florida native, won his first 21 fights, picking up the super middleweight championship along the way. Lacy suffered his first loss to current undefeated world light heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe on March 4, 2006. Since then, Lacy has reeled off three straight victories, including his most recent unanimous decision over Epifanio Mendoza on July 23rd. Taylor and Lacy grew up in the amateurs together and are good friends, but they both know how important this fight is to their career, which means all friendship stops inside the ring. "I've known him since amateur days, but we both know this is a business," Lacy said. "Any fight where we're going into the ring with all this on the line is one of the most important fights of my career. I know I'm up for the fight, and I know Jermain will be up for the fight." "I've got a lot of respect for Jeff, I think he's a great guy," Taylor said. "But I also know what I need to do in the ring on Nov. 15th. It's going to be a great fight." The fight will also settle a long-running feud. They were Olympic teammates in 2000, and regular sparring partners, which has become a point of contention. In June, 2006, when Lacy came to Memphis to support his friend Winky Wright in a fight against Taylor, Lacy was asked who got the better of whom in Olympic training sessions. Lacy said naturally he did. "What? I whipped his butt," was Taylor's reply. Lacy now insists the talk stop until it can be answered in the ring. "I'm not a trash-talker," Lacy said. "I'm all about doing my thing in the ring. Look, [on Nov. 15] we have to duke it out for 12 rounds and the best man may win. Then we'll know." The November 15th fight will be Taylor's first in the super middleweight (168 pounds) division. Taylor hasn't been in the ring since Feb. 16, when he lost his rematch with Kelly Pavlik, in what has been the longest layoff of his professional career. "It took me a while to get back into it, but everything is all right now," Taylor said. "I've been shadow boxing, sparring, it's just like riding a bike. I've been doing this so long, no chance I was going to forget." "I do think he's hungry again," DiBella said. "He wants this fight. This is a big fight for him. No matter what we call it, it's really is all or nothing. It gives a great opportunity for the person that steps up and wins the fight. This is a fight that could re-establish Jermain right at the top, and could get him a major matchup. This is a must-win fight." Golden Boy Promotions www.goldenboypromotions.com / Prize Fight www.prizefightpromoters.com / DiBella Ent. www.dbe1.com / Vanderbilt University www.vucommondores.com / HBO www.hbo.com/boxing Tickets on Sale Now!www.ticketmaster.com October 3, 2008Taylor - Lacy - Nashville BY CHRIS GIVENSARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEJermain Taylor and Jeff Lacy wanted to talk about how much they respect each other and how they have been longtime friends and former Olympic teammates. Lou DiBella, Taylor's promoter, was more blunt, and realistic, when speaking from Nashville, Tenn., just before the start of the official news conference to announce their Nov. 15 super middleweight fight.DiBella had no problem saying what the fighters weren't ready to admit - that the loser of this fight likely will struggle to keep his career relevant. "No one gives a flying rat's a** that they are buddies fighting. Put that aside," DiBella said. "Put the buddy issue aside, period, because one of these guys is probably going to get knocked out, and the one who gets knocked out is probably going to have a really difficult time coming back to do anything significant. "This fight really is all or nothing. Hey, that's what we should call it."And that is how the Taylor-Lacy fight, now dubbed "All or Nothing," got its name.Taylor (27-2-1, 17 KOs) and Lacy (24-1, 17 KOs) met Thursday afternoon in Nashville in the McGugin Center on the campus of Vanderbilt University to announce their 12-round fight, which will be broadcast on HBO. Tickets - priced $275, $200, $100, $75, $50 and $25 - will be available Oct. 10 at all Ticketmaster locations. The fight will take place at Memorial Gymnasium, home of the Vanderbilt basketball team.The fight has been certified as a WBC super middleweight eliminator fight, which means the winner will be guaranteed a title shot against the winner of the Carl Froch-Jean Pascal bout for the WBC belt. But DiBella said he thinks even bigger and more lucrative fights await Little Rock's Taylor if he wins."This is a fight that could re-establish Jermain right at the top and could get him a major matchup," DiBella said. "If the winner of Joe Calzaghe-Roy Jones was available, I think you'd see that. "Jermain knows how big this is. He's very aware. This is the kind of fight that will escalate him back to the top. He has to win the fight."Despite DiBella's desire to de-emphasize the "buddy angle," the fighters talked about the mutual respect they have for each other. They were Olympic teammates in 2000 and regular sparring partners, which has become a point of contention. In June 2006, when Lacy came to Memphis to support his friend Winky Wright in a fight against Taylor, Lacy was asked who got the better of whom in Olympic training sessions. Lacy said he did."What?" Taylor replied. "I whupped his butt." The two continued to engage in their verbal jousting until Lacy insisted, even with Taylor continuing to claim he handily won the sparring sessions, that such talk cease until they got in the ring when it counted. "The sparring was very controlled," Lacy said of his early battles with Taylor. "The rules in Olympic training camp was very controlled. They didn't want us to go in there and knock each other's head off. Look, [on Nov. 15] we have to duke it out for 12 rounds and the best man may win. Then we'll know."The Nov. 15 fight will be Taylor's first in the super middleweight (168 pounds) division. He said the move up from 160 pounds has made training camp in Miami a more relaxed affair, but Taylor said he is still getting in his work. Taylor said he is under 180 pounds and feeling good. "Training camp is going great," Taylor said. "I've got my weight down, and the weather in Miami's good. It's been a great camp. I'm already within 10 pounds of my weight, so I feel real good. I have a lot more breathing room, a lot more comfort where I don't have to worry about my weight as much. I can just relax a little more."Taylor hasn't been in the ring since Feb. 16, when he lost his rematch with Kelly Pavlik in what has been the longest layoff of his professional career."It took me a while to get back into it, but everything is all right now," Taylor said. "I've been shadow boxing, sparring, it's just like riding a bike. I've been doing this so long, no chance I was going to forget."Those close to him said he hasn't forgotten what it is like to be a champion. It's a title he's ready to claim again, but first Taylor must get past Lacy."I do think he's hungry again," DiBella said. "He wants this fight. This is a big fight for him. No matter what we call it, it really is all or nothing. It gives a great opportunity for the person that steps up and wins the fight." NASHVILLE IT IS!! Country Music Fans JERMAIN & OZELL head to its mecca for theJeff Lacy Showdown! Fight set for Saturday, Nov, 15th on regular HBO ... Taylor - Lacy - Nashville BY CHRIS GIVENSARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEWhen country music star Reba McEntire kicked Jermain Taylor out of his home state, there was only one logical place for Taylor to go for his next fight:Nashville, Tenn.Lou DiBella, Taylor's promoter, confirmed Thursday that Taylor will fight Jeff Lacy on Nov. 15 in Nashville, three nights after the 42nd annual CMA Awards in Tennessee's capital city. The fight will take place in the Memorial Gymnasium, the 14,168-seat home of the Vanderbilt Commodores basketball team. The winner of the 12-round, super middleweight title-bout eliminator will get an immediate chance to fight for the WBC world title.An announcement regarding the date tickets go on sale and prices will be coming soon, DiBella said.Taylor's handlers wanted the former middleweight world champion from Little Rock to fight at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock on Nov. 15. The arena was already booked, however, by the Reba McIntyre/Kelly Clarkson concert.Other locations were then considered, including Miami, Memphis, New York, Biloxi, Miss., and Atlantic City, N.J. In the end, DiBella said he decided to get creative."We had to look for someplace new," DiBella said. "It's certainly going to be an event there, it's not a regular happening for the city. [With the Country Music Awards there], it's going to be a whole event week. I think it will be exciting."Nashville is not known as a fight town, and has not hosted any significant fights in recent years. The Taylor-Lacy fight will be the first time HBO cameras have come to Nashville for a boxing event. An Aug. 22 ESPN2 telecast of a card from The Sommet Center (which is hosting the Country Music Awards), marked the first time in 11 years a boxing show in Nashville made it onto television. Taylor and Lacy will headline Memorial Gym's first boxing event."You can't always go to casinos to carry the freight," DiBella said. "We wanted to do something as convenient for Jermain's fans as we could. It's unfortunate we couldn't go to Little Rock, but this is a great opportunity for Jermain to win an important fight."On the undercard, Chazz Witherspoon, a heavyweight contender who is coming off a surprising loss to Chris Arreola, will be making his comeback fight against Tennessee native Adam Richards. Also, former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron will be fighting Lovemore N'Dou in Cintron's first fight since losing to Antonio Margarito.Taylor took the Nashville news in stride, his trainer, Ozell Nelson, said from Miami, where Taylor is training."He just wants to fight," Nelson said. "He just asked me, 'Is Nashville a done deal?' I told him yes, and he said, 'OK, back to work.' "Nelson had a slightly more animated reaction."I'm excited, I've never been to Nashville," he said. "I'm looking forward to going, I love country music."Taylor arrived in Miami for his training camp Monday. Nelson said Taylor will be just running and dropping weight for the first two weeks. Taylor, who hasn't fought since a loss to middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik on Feb. 16, will spend the first part of camp getting back into fighting shape."Actually, his weight is coming down good," Nelson said. "He's eating right and running. For the first couple weeks, we're just doing ab work and running and stretching to get ready to throw punches. He's been out for so long, he wants to start punching, but he's being patient."The nearly nine-month break between fights will be the longest of Taylor's career. The break has made for a restless fighter, one who is rediscovering his love for boxing, Nelson said."He's like a kid with a brand-new toy," Nelson said. "He was watching some other boxers sparring, and just said, 'Boy, I sure would like to get some of that.' " |
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