By Mike Nosky

Promoter Lou DiBella confirmed that talks for a bout between former champions Jermain Taylor and Jeff Lacy are progressing and he sees the bout landing in November.

“We’re past the point of just talking right now,” DiBella told me. “If we can finalize it, it’s going to happen in November.”

 DiBella also was very talkative when the subject of Sergio Martinez came up. Martinez is the mandatory challenger for the WBC junior middleweight crown now held by Sergio Mora and impressively stopped Archak TerMeliksetian in the 7th round on the undercard of Mora’s upset decision win over Forrest at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday night.

“Sergio is the mandatory challenger for the WBC title,” DiBella said. “Whoever has the title after tonight’s main event has to fight Martinez next, no question. They can’t talk to anyone else, they have to fight Martinez in their next fight.”