Opinion By Mark Namanya
Mar 28, 2004
<b>Ouma is unlucky</b><br>THE politics in boxing is so complex that even prize fighters, promoters, and the game’s governing bodies often do struggle to understand it.
THE politics in boxing is so complex that even prize fighters, promoters, and the game’s governing bodies often do struggle to understand it.
Ugandan professional boxer Kassim Ouma has built a decent reputation in his career and deserves a world title shot.
Ouma, though, happens to be fighting in a category that includes renown hitmen Felix Trinidad, Shane ‘Sugar’ Mosley, undisputed champion Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright and boxing’s golden boy Oscar De La Hoya.
Ouma has got the game to compete with the very best but his name is no crowd puller. What chance that an Ouma-Wright fight would be as anticipated as De La Hoya-Wright?
De La Hoya’s name is lucrative, the reason why he continues to command the biggest pay cheques outside the heavyweight category. Wright will never come close, later on Ouma.
Wright himself had to be patient while working hard before landing the unification bout against Mosley.
Ouma can borrow a leaf from the reigning world champion as he waits for a chance to contest in a world title bout.
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Ugandan professional boxer Kassim Ouma has built a decent reputation in his career and deserves a world title shot.
Ouma, though, happens to be fighting in a category that includes renown hitmen Felix Trinidad, Shane ‘Sugar’ Mosley, undisputed champion Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright and boxing’s golden boy Oscar De La Hoya.
Ouma has got the game to compete with the very best but his name is no crowd puller. What chance that an Ouma-Wright fight would be as anticipated as De La Hoya-Wright?
De La Hoya’s name is lucrative, the reason why he continues to command the biggest pay cheques outside the heavyweight category. Wright will never come close, later on Ouma.
Wright himself had to be patient while working hard before landing the unification bout against Mosley.
Ouma can borrow a leaf from the reigning world champion as he waits for a chance to contest in a world title bout.
Ends