Saturday night in Little Rock, Arkansas, In what has been billed as 'The Homecoming,'  Jermain Taylor will square off against the always entertaining Kassim Ouma, a former IBF Jr. Middleweight Champion.

Taylor is one of the brightest young stars in the boxing world today, and he has certainly proved he belongs in the top pound for pound rankings after coming off three very tough fights against two other pound for pound candidates.

After defeating long time middleweight  king Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins  in back to back fights, Taylor proved he was a force to be reckoned with, a champion who had staying power and who could possibly rule the middleweight division for a very long time.

Following his victory over Hopkins you would think Taylor would take the easy route to securing his reign as middleweight king. Jermain could have taken a well-deserved break, finding a few easy defenses to build up his record and take time to find chemistry with his newly acquired trainer Emanuel Steward.

Instead, Taylor showed the boxing world he was a true champion who would fight the next best fighter in line, also a former undisputed Jr. Middleweight Champion. Like Taylor, this former champion dominated his throne, beating some of the sport's biggest names in the process, twice defeating former lightweight and welterweight king 'Sugar'  Shane Mosley and retiring former Puerto Rican sensation Felix "Tito" Trinidad.

Taylor is a great athlete, but still can improve so much more as a fighter. Yet he immediately signed to fight Ronald "Winky" Wright in a very entertaining fight. Taylor was able to pull out a draw in a very close fight that could have gone either way.  Instead of making excuses or trying to find easier opposition, he requested a rematch right away. Wright felt unjust so he decided to give Taylor a break and will meet him at a later date.

In steps Kassim Ouma; a great opportunity for Ouma but against the wrong guy. Ouma,  who appears as though he should be campaigning at welterweight, has a very small frame and is fairly easy to hit. He's an offensive machine, throws punches in extremely high volumes but that could very well spell his demise. Ouma will be in with a full-fledged middleweight that still has time to improve his skills; a fighter who is much stronger physically, who after fighting two of the best fighters in the world has to have boosted his confidence in great proportions.

I can't see Ouma winning anyway possible, but then again, it still is boxing and anything can happen. However, it's hard to find anything that Ouma can do better than Taylor, other than his punch out-put, and  that can also become his worst asset because he has many holes in his defense, which will only create many opportunities for Taylor to land his more powerful shots.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Taylor winning by a one-sided decision or a  late round stoppage. Taylor is just too big and too strong.