Are De La Hoya and Lou playing if you fight us we'll fight you?

By G. Leon

28/08/2006

Are De La Hoya and Lou playing if you fight us we'll fight you?

When HBO scheduled Winky Wright and Jermain Taylor to appear on consecutive Saturday's in December, one has to imagine that the network has an eye towards making a Jermain Taylor-Winky Wright rematch in early 2007. Wright is currently scheduled to headline HBO PPV on December 2, and Taylor will fight in Little Rock, Arkansas on December 9 with the Wright replay opening up the telecast, which will also feature Ricky Hatton facing Juan Urango from Atlanta, Georgia. Problem is, as this goes to print Wright and Taylor have yet to solidify opponents. Boxing fans shouldn't get too excited however,  because there's no chance of an immediate rematch taking place on HBO PPV December 2, just a lot of discussion between Golden Boy Promotions and DiBella Entertainment,  who Boxingtalk.com believes are playing the if you fight us we'll fight you game. Golden Boy Promotions promotes Kassim "The Dream" Ouma and will co-promote (along with Winky Promotions) Wright's December 2 PPV bout. Lou DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment promotes undisputed middleweight champion Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor and former welterweight champion Ike "Bazooka" Quartey. Could it be that Winky Wright will face Ike Quartey on December 2 IF Jermain Taylor defends against Kassim Ouma on December 9? Both Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer and Lou DiBella were unavailable when we called to ask them earlier today but there will be much more to follow. (8:45 PM EST)