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Former junior middleweight champion Kassim Ouma moves up to the middleweight division to face one of the hardest punchers at 160-pounds, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor.
Taylor, is by far the biggest test for Ouma, who is outsized and outgunned in the bout. Ouma is not the largest junior middleweight, and could probably make the welterweight limit in order to make a fight. Taylor is a very large middleweight, and has said in the past that he is close to moving up to the super middleweight division to ease the strain of having to make 160-pounds.
The bout with Winky Wright has hurt Taylor's stock among boxing experts and some fans. Not because the bout was not exciting, but because the majority of boxing fans felt that Wright did enough to win. Taylor knows that he did not execute the proper game plan in the ring, and was matched with Ouma to look impressive to the HBO audience. [details]
Taylor, is by far the biggest test for Ouma, who is outsized and outgunned in the bout. Ouma is not the largest junior middleweight, and could probably make the welterweight limit in order to make a fight. Taylor is a very large middleweight, and has said in the past that he is close to moving up to the super middleweight division to ease the strain of having to make 160-pounds.
The bout with Winky Wright has hurt Taylor's stock among boxing experts and some fans. Not because the bout was not exciting, but because the majority of boxing fans felt that Wright did enough to win. Taylor knows that he did not execute the proper game plan in the ring, and was matched with Ouma to look impressive to the HBO audience. [details]