Soliman Taylor

Team Soliman Trying To Get Jermain Taylor Rematch

•Oct 30, 2014

Victoria, Australia - Former IBF Middleweight champion, SAM SOLIMAN, is on the comeback trail after winning the respect of millions of boxing fans around the world by raising the bar on courage and determination by fighting with a knee injury that would have caused 99% of fighters to quit. Soliman injured his medial ligament in the 6th round when defending his IBF Middleweight title in Biloxi, Mississippi on October 8, against Jermain Taylor, former four-time world titleholder, and now IBF Middleweight champion. Soliman was ahead on all three judges’ score cards at the time.

Murray: Taylor-Soliman Embarrassing, I'd Beat Both!

Edward Chaykovsky

•Oct 23, 2014

WBC silver middleweight champion Martin Murray (28-1-1, 12KOs) shook his head over the recent title fight between Jermain Taylor and Sam Soliman. Murray is upset that Taylor, among all of the available contenders, was provided with a shot at Soliman's IBF championship. Taylor ended up capturing the belt with a twelve round unanimous decision, after dropping an injured Soliman several times in the contest. He feels numerous fighters in the middleweight ranks who are capable of knocking Taylor off.

CompuBox: Taylor's Jab, Soliman's Knee With Key Roles

CompuBox

•Oct 9, 2014

Close fight if not for the four knee-injury-induced knockdowns suffered by Sam Soliman, who saw himself on the losing end of a twelve round unanimous decision. The underdog, former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, who landed 34% of his jabs, will be the underdog once again in his mandatory defense of the IBF middleweight crown against the hard-hitting French slugger Hassam N'Dam.

Sam Soliman is Not Ready To Walk Away Just Yet

BoxingScene Staff

•Oct 9, 2014

Jermain Taylor won the IBF middleweight title by beating Sam Soliman on points in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Wednesday night. The former undisputed champion won 116-111, 115-109 and 116-109. His Australian opponent battled to finish the 12-round bout because of a leg injury. Taylor, now 36 years old, was inactive for two years after suffering a severe brain injury but returned to the ring in 2011. He improved his professional record to 33-4 and one draw and is undefeated in five fights since his comeback.

Jermain Taylor Resurrects Career, Captures IBF Crown

BoxingScene Staff

•Oct 8, 2014

By Cliff Rold - Five years after suffering a brain bleed in a loss to Arthur Abraham, 36-year old former Undisputed Middleweight Champion and 2000 US Olympic Bronze Medalist Jermain Taylor (33-4-1, 20 KO) of Little Rock, Arkansas, took advantage of the opportunity ahead of him, scoring multiple knockdowns of a hobbled 40-year old Sam Soliman (44-12, 18 KO) of Melbourne, Australia, to win the IBF Middleweight belt on Wednesday night at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Taylor, cleared to fight again after extensive testing, pulled away in the second half of the bout after a competitive first half. Taylor is now 5-0 since resuming his career in 2011. Taylor weighed in at 159 ¾ and Soliman at the division limit of 160. The referee was Bill Clancy. The first four rounds were a study in awkwardness with both men struggling to get any consistent offense going and ample grappling. A Soliman uppercut seemed to stun Taylor late in round four but he didn’t see the shot and Taylor was little worse for the wear. Taylor managed solid right hands in the second half of the fifth but it was Soliman finishing the bulk of the exchanges and dictating the pace. A shot late in the round again looked like it stunned Taylor but Soliman was again out of position to follow up.

NJ's Larry Hazzard Wouldn't Have Licensed Jermain Taylor

Keith Idec

•Oct 8, 2014

New Jersey boxing commissioner Larry Hazzard would not have licensed Jermain Taylor if promoters attempted to bring the Taylor-Sam Soliman middleweight title fight to The Garden State. Hazzard, who recently resumed his duties as commissioner of New Jersey’s State Athletic Control Board, is surprised the Mississippi Athletic Commission didn’t take the same stand. Taylor, 36, will challenge Australia’s Soliman for the IBF middleweight championship Wednesday night in Biloxi, Miss., just six weeks after authorities in Taylor’s native Arkansas charged him with two felonies following an Aug. 26 incident at Taylor’s home in which Taylor shot his cousin.

Sam Soliman-Jermain Taylor: CompuBox Review

CompuBox

•Oct 8, 2014

Both throw well above wgt. class avg. for jabs. Former middleweight world champion Jermain Taylor threw nearly 20 more than wgt. class avg. and doubled wgt. class avg. for jabs landed. 75% of Taylor's thrown punches were jabs. IBF middleweight champion Sam Soliman of Australia will look to take away that weapon from Taylor.

Sam Soliman Embraces Having Target on His Back

Peter Mitchell

•Oct 8, 2014

Jermain Taylor says Australia's middleweight world boxing champion Sam Soliman doesn't deserve to be in the ring with him. Arkansas-born Taylor, who was one of the stars of the boxing world before losing his world-title in 2007 and suffering a beating that led to bleeding on the brain and a two-year break from the sport, will attempt to claim Soliman's International Boxing Federation middleweight belt in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Wednesday.

Soliman: Jermain Taylor Dangerous, Has Nothing To Lose

BoxingScene Staff

•Oct 7, 2014

Jermain Taylor has vowed to “beat the hell” out of Sam Soliman when he faces the IBF middleweight champion in Biloxi, Mississippi on Wednesday. Former undisputed champion Taylor has to roll back the years and win a world title again after he held all four belts following victory over Bernard Hopkins in 2005. The American quit the ring in 2009 for two years after losing four out of five bouts at super middleweight in a two-year span. However, Taylor returned to the ring in late 2011 and is 4-0 in his comeback, his most recent triumph a seventh-round stoppage of Juan Carlos Candelo last December.

Photos/Weights: Sam Soliman-Jermain Taylor, Dirrell

Boxing Photos

•Oct 7, 2014

Both IBF Middleweight Champion Sam Soliman and challenger Jermain Taylor were respectful to each other and thankful to their teams during a press conference/weigh-in held at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, in Biloxi, Mississippi, in advance of tomorrow (Wednesday, October 8) night's championship fight. Soliman and Taylor are headlining a mammoth 14-fight card that also features Andre Dirrell and a host of up-and-coming prospects and proven contenders. ESPN Wednesday Night Fights will broadcast the two main events and a four-rounder between Ahmed Elbiale and Dakota Dawson live.