Former super-middleweight champion Jermain Taylor pulled out of the Super Six tournament on Wednesday as the American fighter admitted he needs to breathe new life into his flagging career.
Taylor won his first 27 professional fights but has lost four of his past five, three by knockout, including a 12th-round KO by German Arthur Abraham in October that left Taylor hospitalized with concussion in his opening Super Six bout.
"I'm taking a short break in my boxing career, I am pulling out of this tournament. It's important that I make the most of this break," said the 20-year veteran.
The Super Six will now be reduced to five boxers - Abraham, Britain's Carl Froch, America's Andre Dirrell and Andre Ward and Denmark's Mikkel Kessler.
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