The light middleweight Kassim Ouma (26-6, 1, 16 Knock Outs) was stopped by Gabriel Rosado (11-3, 6 Knock Outs). He was defeated in a 10-round split decision. The final scores were 97-93, 96-94 and 96-94. Due to Rosado being an excellent fighter, the fight that occurred was not a shocking a defeat. In fact, Rosado is just entering the prime of his career.
The 30-year old Kassim Ouma has not looked good in the ring since beating Kofi Jantuah four (4) years ago in 2005. And after the game, Ouma had been beaten three consecutive times by Rosado.
The beating given by Rosado to Ouma has shaken him from his knockdown. At the start of the game, it was thought of that Kassim ?The Dream? Ouma of Kampala Uganda is to wage war against ?King? Gabriel Rosado of Philadelpia, PA. Ouma is considered to be at the crossroads of his career and needs to beat Rosado to get back in the rankings. It was disappointing to Ouma when he was stopped by Rosado when the game was held on April 24th, 2009.
After Ouma losing the game against Rosado, Ouma needs to sit down and ask himself if he would still want to continue his career. After Ouma losing four of his last five fights, it might be time to hang them up.
Ouma beat Verno Phillips by unanimous decision in 2004 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, which captured himthe IBF light middleweight title. In 2005, he successfully defended his title for the first time beating Kofi Jantuah by a 12-round unanimous decision. However, in the same year as well, he lost his title to Roman Karmazin by a 12-round unanimous decision. After his loss, he went to win four fights in a row including a victory in 2006 over undefeated Sechew Powell. Powell was a former national Golden Gloves light middleweight champion. This was when he moved to middleweight but lost to Taylor by a 12-round unanimous decision in 2006 too. He was bullied around the ring and peppered with punches by Taylor. And now, he has lost four of his last five fights.
