News - Jermain Taylor

The homecoming of hometown hero Jermain Taylor (26-0-1, 17 KOs) was successful on Saturday night as the WBC/WBA/WBO middleweight champion scored a twelve round unanimous decision against Kassim Ouma (25-3, 15 KOs) at the Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Ouma tried to pressure the champion, but Taylor was usually able to back away and maintain his distance to land by far the harder blows. As a WBC title fight, scores were announced read more ...

“He could be considered one of the best middleweights ever with the tremendous amount natural talent that he has.” That’s very high praise given that the 160-pound division has produced the likes of Carlos Monzon, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Bernard “the Executioner” Hopkins, Mickey “the Toy Bulldog” Walker, Stanley “the Michigan Assassin” Ketchel and the incomparable Sugar Ray Robinson read more ...

Top middleweight Jermain Taylor plans to give up his titles next month and step up a division to seek a meeting with Joe Calzaghe. WBC and WBO boss Taylor, twice a victor over the legendary Bernard Hopkins, defends against US-based Ugandan Kassim Ouma on December 9. He insists it will be his last fight at 11st 6lb. read more ...

It was officially announced today in Little Rock, Arkansas, that undefeated middleweight champion and home town hero Jermain Taylor (25-0-1, 17 KO's) will put his title on the line against Kassim "The Dream" Ouma (25-2-1, 15 KOs) on December 9 at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas. "There's nothing like home cooking, and I am proud to be fighting again in Little Rock," said Taylor. "Since it is my first title defense in read more ...

Before we could get a question in, Winky Wright told Boxingtalk.com, "I know I won that fight. It was a great fight and I showed the fans that I could beat HBO's Golden Child. But I had to show them that it ain't over and I'm still here." GL: Was there anything about Taylor that surprised you at all? Winky Wright: "He surprised me by how much he could take. read more ...

Winky Wright was a no-show at the postfight press conference Saturday night. Representing Wright was his promoter Gary Shaw, who vociferously announced that his fighter deserved to have won. He made no apologies for his fighter having stormed from the ring following the announcement of the final scorecards, but relayed Winky's statement that he believed he had given Jermain Taylor a boxing lesson. Shaw announced that Wright claimed read more ...

WBC/WBA/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (25-0-1, 17 KOs) retained his three world titles with a twelve round draw against mandatory challenger Winky Wright (50-3-1, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the Fedex Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. Taylor got off to a good start, connecting with some good right hands and body shots to counteract Wright's jabs. Wright crowded Taylor in round two and scored well with accurate punches, as Taylor read more ...

Both middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (160) and challenger Winky Wright (159.5) made weight on the first try Friday in Memphis for their showdown Saturday night at the FedEx Forum. Taylor will be defending his WBC, WBO and WBA (super) titles, however Wright says he will only pay a sanctioning fee to the WBC where is is the mandatory challenger. read more ...

After Lou DiBella welcomed the crowd and thanked everyone involved, including Wright's promoter Gary Shaw and Prizefight Boxing's Brian Young, HBO's Kerry Davis boasted that "I think we (HBO) are the only network to marshal the resources to put an event like this on our network for subscribers to see (versus charging as a pay-per-view)." Kerry continued by read more ...

The setting for Winky Wright's public work out Wednesday evening in the Grand Casino Tunica contrasted to that of Jermain Taylor's. Wright worked out in the casino's Grand Event Center under air conditioning and for a much more intimate audience. Wright spoke to the media once he arrived in Tunica. When asked about his approach for his fight with Taylor, Wright said read more ...