Lou Di Bella is a ****ing hypocrite

[Mr. Ryan]

But Taylor does seem to get a bit tired in the later rounds, while Ouma seems to be able to go 15.


Ouma was just reunited with his SON, just to let everybody know.

I heard, he's very happy also.

[Abe Attell]

But Taylor does seem to get a bit tired in the later rounds, while Ouma seems to be able to go 15.


Ouma was just reunited with his SON, just to let everybody know.

[the giant one]

im rooting for ouma, but i really think he will have to stop taylor to win in his hometown

[Hitman932]

Ouma should learn to sit on his punches...I swear, in one fight he actually did just that for about a few seconds, and stunned the guy.

He is to much of an arm puncher.

ouma is like winky wright in that he seems to have settled on a style that will allow him to pound out UD victories without taking risks.... not exciting, but it works for him and i certainly dont expect anything to change against bigger more powerful opponents

[Abe Attell]

Ouma should learn to sit on his punches...I swear, in one fight he actually did just that for about a few seconds, and stunned the guy.

He is to much of an arm puncher.

[Hitman932]

I think you're underestimating Ouma here. Ouma has a good chance to win this fight, he has a lot more experience than Taylor and is cagey.

i think he is being underestimated a whole hell of a lot by what ive been reading...

ouma throws 100+ a round, he is probably going to outland taylor regardless of result so the onus will really be on taylor to get rid of him or really impose his will and back him up... neither which will be easy to do...

ouma is +700 underdog in this one.... that double what calvin brock was against wladamit klitschko... more than arturo gatti was againsy mayweather... more than maliggnaggi against cotto.... and ouma has a better chance than any of those guys... i will personally be making a wager on ouma, its worth it at those odds.

[Mr. Ryan]

Taylor might outweigh him by a good 10-15 pounds by fight time. Its a BS part of the business imo and one that can be career ending (see Gatti-Gamache). Ouma didnt have much chance going in and this doesnt help

I think you're underestimating Ouma here. Ouma has a good chance to win this fight, he has a lot more experience than Taylor and is cagey.

[the giant one]

Taylor might outweigh him by a good 10-15 pounds by fight time. Its a BS part of the business imo and one that can be career ending (see Gatti-Gamache). Ouma didnt have much chance going in and this doesnt help

[Mr. Ryan]

It's business, boxing is boxing. No doubt in my mind this is a tactic to get Taylor time to recover, but **** it.

[the giant one]

read on from this ********* article. Peltz has a legitimate grip i think since his fighter is a longshot coming in anyways

Hall-of-Fame boxing promoter J Russell Peltz is protesting the early weigh-in (scheduled for 1 pm Friday, Dec. 8) for Saturday night's world middleweight championship fight between Jermain Taylor, of Little Rock, and challenger Kassim Ouma, of Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Peltz, who co-promotes Ouma along with Golden Boy Promotions, claims the 1 pm weigh-in is "close to a day and a half" prior to the start of Saturday night's fight.

"I have been in boxing for more than 37 years and I never have seen a weigh-in this early for a non-heavyweight fight," says Peltz, who has heard the rumors that Taylor, a big middleweight, may be struggling to get down to the 160-pound limit.

"I spoke with the Arkansas Boxing Commission last week and today and they claim they see nothing wrong with the early weigh-in," says Peltz. "I guess not. This will give Taylor more time to put the weight back on."

Peltz, 59, who promotes most of his cards in Pennsylvania, says "we do it right at the shows in Philadelphia. (Commissioner) Greg Sirb weighs all fighters in the morning of the fight, the way things are supposed to be. That way, we don't have welterweights competing for the world flyweight title and we don't have cruiserweights defending the world middleweight title. I would like for someone to tell me how many hours, or even minutes, in the course of a single year that Jermain Taylor actually weighs 160 pounds. Or even 165. If we have a state or a regional title fight in Philadelphia, the contestants weigh-in at 7pm the night before, but they must get back on the scales the morning of the fight having gained no more than 10 pounds from the previous night's weigh-in.

"The entire idea of weighing-in fighters the night before is preposterous," says Peltz. "Whoever initiated the idea should be tarred and feathered," Peltz continued. "I've heard the ridiculous arguments that it gives a fighter time to re-hydrate. Well, fighters would not need to re-hydrate if they were fighting at their normal weight.

"I mentioned to the Arkansas Commission that the ABC rules dictate weigh-ins no sooner than 24 hours prior to the fight and Arkansas is a memebr of the ABC. Their response was that those are only guidelines, not rules. What a wonderful answer! And people wonder why boxing is losing its credibility."

Peltz also has a problem with the new 'open scoring' system which will be in effect for the Taylor-Ouma fight.

"Here's another beauty," Peltz says. "Suppose a fighter has been cut from a head butt and it's questionable as to whether he can continue. If he knows he's ahead on the cards (which will be announced after the fourth and eighth rounds), he can simply tell the ref he cannot go on and he wins the fight on a Technical Decision.

"I honestly believe the intent of the open scoring decision is to intimidate judges into scoring fights correctly so as not to embarrass themselves with the fans when their scorecards are announced during the action. But I have a better idea. It's actually quite new--how about appointing experienced, competent judges, those with solid tracks records who are not homers and who will not be influenced by the crowd one way or another. Wouldn't that be a swell idea?"

As for Ouma, Peltz understands his fighter's situation.

"Kassim took this bout knowng he was a big underdog, fighting a bigger man in the bigger man's backyard," Peltz said. "Fine, no problem. But at least play by the rules, whatever they are. I spoke with Lou DiBella's office last week about the early weigh-in because I know they can change the time. They had no comment. Funny, I remember how upset they were when their own fighter, Paul Malignaggi, was forced to weigh-in early on a Friday prior to the next night's junior welterweight title fight with Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden in June. They screamed and howled. Now the shoe is on the other foot and now it's fine with them.

"What a business!"