By Mark Vester
Rumors are running wild that middleweight champion Jermain Taylor rejected Kassim Ouma as his opponent for his upcoming bout at the Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, to take place either on Nov. 25 or Dec. 9.
Taylor told his hometown paper, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Thursday night, that he never rejected Ouma, and never confronted his promoter Lou DiBella with demands of a bout with Winky Wright. On the other hand, Taylor did say that fighting Wright next is not something he would turn down. He would be glad to fight Wight in an immediate rematch as he only wants to fight the best fighters around.