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Ouma beat Candelo in impressive
fashion to line up an October
rematch with former foe Verno
Phillips, who had become a two
time world champion by winning
the IBF crown in June. Ouma and
Phillips fought at Caesars
Palace in Las Vegas, with the
challenger taking the world
title on a close but unanimous
decision.
Ouma made one successful defence
of the world title before
loosing it against tricky
Russian Roman Karmazin in 2005.
He bounced back with four
impressive victories, one of
them over the undefeated Sechew
Powel, before challenging
Jermain Taylor for the WBC and
WBO world middleweight titles in
2006. The southpaw African did
well against the much bigger
Taylor, but lost on points.
In his latest fight, this past
January, many ringsiders felt
“The Dream” was unjustly denied
victory against Vanes
“Nightmare” Martirosian (26-0,
17 KOs). Ouma knocked the
Armenian-born contender down in
the ninth round, and looked like
he was on his way to a solid
victory. But the judges didn’t
see it like that and the fight
against Holmes on May 29 is not
only about becoming a champion
again for Ouma, it is also about
redemption. He wants to prove he
is still world class!
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