Ouma shot in florida
Dec 02, 2002
US-based Ugandan professional boxer Kassim “The Dream†Ouma is in hospital after he was shot twice on Sunday.
By Phillip Corry
US-based Ugandan professional boxer Kassim “The Dream†Ouma is in hospital after he was shot twice on Sunday.
Ouma (picture left) was wounded in a drive-by shooting incident outside a restaurant in the early hours of Sunday in West Palm Beach, Florida.
“He is heavily sedated right now but in stable condition,†his trainer Johnny Bumphus said.
“He is doing a lot better. I have been able to talk to him but he is not able to talk much right now.â€
There has not been a long-term
prognosis on Ouma’s condition and how that might affect his promising
boxing career.
Ironically, Ouma had just had a suspension lifted after testing positive for marijuana after his stoppage of Darrell Woods in an ESPN televised fight.
The positive test cost him his USBA junior middleweight title that he earned with a victory over Jason Papillon early this year. Ouma has a record of 17-1-1(12 KOs)
Lennox Lewis is planning a three-fight sequence from next March including a rematch with Mike Tyson, the world heavyweight champion said in a statement on the BBC website.
Lewis will defend his WBC title against Vitali Klitschko on March 8, 2003.
It had been thought that Britain’s 37-year-old WBC heavyweight champion could quit the sport after comprehensively beating Tyson in the eighth round in June in Memphis.
Lewis will take on Ukrainian Klitschko in March, then give Tyson a rematch and finally face Klitschko’s brother Wladimir, the WBO title holder,
Meanwhile, American Tyson is scheduled to return to the ring for the first time since his defeat by Lewis when he fights Clifford Etienne, also in Memphis, on February 22.
Etienne has a record of 24 wins (17 Kos), one defeat and one draw. His last fight was a 10-round draw with ageing South Africa Francois Botha in July.
US-based Ugandan professional boxer Kassim “The Dream†Ouma is in hospital after he was shot twice on Sunday.
Ouma (picture left) was wounded in a drive-by shooting incident outside a restaurant in the early hours of Sunday in West Palm Beach, Florida.
“He is heavily sedated right now but in stable condition,†his trainer Johnny Bumphus said.
“He is doing a lot better. I have been able to talk to him but he is not able to talk much right now.â€
There has not been a long-term
prognosis on Ouma’s condition and how that might affect his promising
boxing career.
Ironically, Ouma had just had a suspension lifted after testing positive for marijuana after his stoppage of Darrell Woods in an ESPN televised fight.
The positive test cost him his USBA junior middleweight title that he earned with a victory over Jason Papillon early this year. Ouma has a record of 17-1-1(12 KOs)
Lennox Lewis is planning a three-fight sequence from next March including a rematch with Mike Tyson, the world heavyweight champion said in a statement on the BBC website.
Lewis will defend his WBC title against Vitali Klitschko on March 8, 2003.
It had been thought that Britain’s 37-year-old WBC heavyweight champion could quit the sport after comprehensively beating Tyson in the eighth round in June in Memphis.
Lewis will take on Ukrainian Klitschko in March, then give Tyson a rematch and finally face Klitschko’s brother Wladimir, the WBO title holder,
Meanwhile, American Tyson is scheduled to return to the ring for the first time since his defeat by Lewis when he fights Clifford Etienne, also in Memphis, on February 22.
Etienne has a record of 24 wins (17 Kos), one defeat and one draw. His last fight was a 10-round draw with ageing South Africa Francois Botha in July.