Froch retains title in classic

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Englishman Froch got off the canvas in the third round and looked to have been outpointed over the following rounds, trailing on two of the three judge's scorecards by 106-102 before launching a spectacular all-out assault on the American in the 12th round.

That was when he first knocked the former middleweight kingpin to the canvas with Taylor beating the count by the narrowest of margins and Froch then unleashed another barrage of furious punches that forced referee Michael Ortega to stop the fight with 14 seconds of the contest remaining.

"I backed my intuition that Jermain Taylor was tired," Froch said of his dramatic finale.

"He was badly hurt and not defending himself. He wasn't even looking at me, it was a great decision by the referee.

"(Trainer Rob) McCracken told me and I knew I had to have a big 12th round and I got it.

"Jermain Taylor was world class. This was my first defence in America and the first of my big fights"

The victory in only Froch's second professional fight outside England stretches the 31-year-old's unbeaten record to 25-0 with the 20th knockout of his career and thrilled a 4,000 crowd at the MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods Casino Resort.

For Taylor the defeat, which sends him to a 28-3-1 (17 KOs) record, was a mirror image of his shock knockout to Kelly Pavlik 18 months ago in Atlantic City when he lost his middleweight crown having sent his rival to the floor earlier in the fight.