He was hardly outclassed he was 106 - 102 down twice and 106 - 102 up on the other scorecard. If Taylor has lasted the 14 seconds and the last round had been 10-8 Taylor would have won by split decision with scores of 114 - 112 twice for Taylor and 116 - 110 for Froch. Those scores hardly show that Froch was outclassed as people make out he was!
The scores mean little but as per the flow Frochy clearly got into the fight in the 2nd half of the fight. Regardless, Taylor was landing the flashier and sharper work throughout, luckily for Froch it was his stamina, will and pressure that brought about the win. One of his best performances IMO.