Boxing: Sam Soliman wants Jermain Taylor

Back in his Melbourne home two weeks after his July 18 win over Raymond Joval to secure the IBF No.1 middleweight ranking, "King" Sam Soliman (pictured right) watched a television replay of his impressive performance with pride, but was disappointed with one aspect of the fight. "The cameras didn't show the butterfly kicks I did in the middle of the ring after the knockdown," laughed Soliman, a former kick-boxer. "I loved that fight and had an absolute ball."

The 30 year-old dominated from the opening bell and had Joval down in round 4. It was a near shut out performance from promoter Dan Goossen's latest signing with the judges scoring the fight for the Australian 120-107, 120-107 and 119-108. "There is nothing I would change about the fight and I have never said that before," he said. "I would not change a single thing. I thought it would be harder, when you think that we were fighting for the No.1 ranking in the world."