JERMAIN TAYLOR vs KASSIM OUMA:
AN EXCLUSIVE BRC DIRECTORY
A Compilation of Articles by Bragging Rights Corner's Inner Circle of
Writers
A TAYLOR - OUMA, BERTO -FIGUEROA BELATED BLINK...
by George Elsasser
Taylor a whole different species - feelings here
is Jermain’s game is all about size and heavy
hands - still, an aging Hopkins and Winky Wright
showed Taylor as solid middleweight but not
exactly special in technique. Both fistic AARP
qualifiers fared well enough with Taylor - Wright
earned a standoff and Hopkins played to coin flip
loss in respective meetings. As I see it, the
undefeated middleweight shareholder is not a
finished product - missing link the inability to
"whistle while he works."
TAYLOR vs OUMA: LARGE, MEDIUM... TOO SMALL...by Rizwaan Zahid
Kassim ‘The Dream’ Ouma entered the ring at
Saturday night with little in his favour. His
fight against Jermain Taylor was clearly going
to be the toughest fight of his career. Not
only was he a small junior middleweight compared
to others, but he is an even smaller
middleweight.
From the opening bell, it was apparent that the usual punching machine that we
see in Ouma was not going to have his typical fight. He landed 502 total
punches against Jantuah in early 2005 throwing well over 1000; however,
against Taylor, Kassim could only manage to get off 701.
JERMAIN TAYLOR AND THE POWER TO WIN...
by Frank Gonzalez Jr.
Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor
improved his record to 27-0-1, 17 KO’s after
successfully controlling the action and scoring the
better punches over rookie middleweight and seasoned
veteran Contender, Kassim “The Dream” Ouma (25-3-1, 15
KO’s). The fight took place in Taylor’s hometown of
Little Rock, where the Arkansan pugilist wanted to
impress his fans with a knockout victory. He hasn’t
KO’d anyone in two years now and as Taylor suggested
before the fight, it's about that time. Taylor won
practically every round but failed to get the KO in a
fight that was competitive to the end.
JERMAIN TAYLOR: TOO BIG AND TOO STRONG... by Jeff Mayweather
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.
JERMAIN TAYLOR: HOPING TO REGAIN HIS 'BAD INTENTIONS'... by Tom Dickey
Now that
Taylor is not fighting a fighter with the slickness of a Hopkins or Winky he can
get back to slugging a bit more, and looking more like the old "Bad intentions."
Does this mean he will blow Ouma out of the water? No. It just means Taylor can
be more relaxed and fans should be in for a more eye pleasing fight.
KASSIM OUMA WINS BIG WITH LOSS TO TAYLOR... by Mike
Cassell
Bringing a new meaning, to
“lucky number seven,” Ouma is the seventh child
of thirteen, with seven brothers and five
sisters. Only four brothers remain. As he
stepped through the ropes, he was not alone, or
even afraid. It was as if he had the spirits of
his family firmly behind him. They came in
together, and no matter what the cost, they
would not go down on this night. It was supposed
to be an early knockout for Taylor; it quickly
progressed into a 12 round toe-to-toe, battle of
wills, with blood, guts and all those things
that make a great story.
OUMA TAKES CENTER STAGE, AS ANOTHER AFRICAN FIGHTER STEPS UP TO FIGHT THE BEST...by Mike Cassell
It is pretty damn sobering, and quite frankly, a
bit scary to hear a man say he is hard to kill, and
really mean it. I am not saying that Taylor is not the
best Middleweight in the world right now, because he
certainly is. I am however saying, that Ouma is a man
that looks at the world in the context of “Life and
Death”, as opposed to “Win or Lose.”
That is very
distant place from Jermain Taylor’s ranch In
Arkansas.
IS OUMA 'TAILOR' MADE FOR TAYLOR?...
by Jim Amato
This is a good showcase fight for the talented
Taylor after two bouts with Bernard Hopkins and a match with clever Winky
Wright. Although Ouma is a good fighter with a name and a reputation, do you
honestly think team Taylor would pick a boxer they weren't sure he was going to
beat in Little Rock?
In a boxing era where business sense is the only thing
on the minds of most promoters, Bob Arum has proven time and time again, that
great match ups will be the only true cure for professional boxing. In what can
only be described, as a scene out of Rocky, four incredibly tough and talented
fighters, really put everything out there, to give boxing fans their money’s
worth. WBO welterweight champion, Antonio Margarito 33-4-1, with 24 KO’s,
battled the rugged Ghanaian fighter, Joshua Clottey 30-1-1, 20 KO’s. I thought
this fight would be a toe to toe slugfest, but I had no idea the amount of heart
of these two warriors.
Though Jermain Taylor has the power to KO
Kassim, win or lose Kassim's stock will not be
hurt, while Taylor's will if he loses and it won't
grow if he wins. So Kassim stands to gain even if
he is beaten. This would truly be a dream come
true for Kassim. I admire his heart greatly.
Though he is the underdog coming into this bout,
I'd like to see him accomplish his dream. Boxing
fans need a huge upset. And while I think Jermain
Taylor is a very good fighter, I will be pulling
for Ouma to win.
MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION JERMAIN TAYLOR IS READY TO DEFEND AGAINST
KASSIM OUMA'S DREAM
“There’s no place like home and there’s no
place I would rather defend my title,” said
Taylor, whose last appearance in Arkansas was a
one-sided decision over ex-middleweight champion
William Joppy on December
4, 2004. “I have a lot of respect for
Kassim Ouma. I know he’s hungry and
he’s coming to get this title and we’ll give the
fans a great night of boxing.”
Hometown hero
Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor, the Undisputed and
Undefeated World Middleweight Champion, will put his
title on the line against Kassim “The Dream” Ouma on
Saturday night, December 9, at Alltel Arena in North
Little Rock, Arkansas, when DiBella Entertainment
presents in association with Golden Boy Promotions and Peltz Boxing Promotions “Home for the Holidays: The
Return of a Champion,” it was announced today by DBE
president Lou DiBella.
ANDRE BERTO LOOKS TO TEST MIGUEL FIGUEROA'S
HEART THIS SATURDAY NIGHT ON HBO... by Chris Robinson
With a promising record of 15-0
with 13 knockouts, Berto has chopped through opponents
at a steady rate and raised several eyebrows along the
way. His progression has been steady and at times
eye-catching, culminating with an appearance on the
sport’s premiere network. For that, he couldn’t be
happier.
‘That’s where everybody wants to
be, on HBO,’ he concedes. ‘I’m just happy that they
recognize me and my skills this early in my career and
I feel like it’s going to be a long relationship with
them.’
