Peter Stops Maskaev In 6th Round TKO, Is Vitali Klitschko Next?
March 9th, 2008 Tags: Vitali Klitschko, Samuel Peter, Oleg Maskaev
By Aaron Klein: Heavyweight Samuel Peter (30-1, 23 KOs) finally got his title tonight with a controversial 6th round stoppage of Oleg Maskaev (34-6, 26 KOs) to capture the WBC heavyweight title at Cancun, Mexico. Looking really sloppy and wild, Peter, as usual, threw countless rabbit punches in the first five rounds of […]
Maskaev In For Big Problems Against Peter
March 7th, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Samuel Peter, Oleg Maskaev
In a bout that’s almost two years overdue, Samuel Peter (29-1, 22 KOs) will finally get his shot against WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev (34-5, 26 KOs) on Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Peter, 27, has had to work hard for this match, by first having to defeat […]
Should Klitschko Face Peter-Maskaev Winner Rather Than Povetkin?
January 28th, 2008 Tags: Wladimir Klitschko, Samuel Peter, Oleg Maskaev, Alexander Povetkin
By John Dower: After watching the new International Boxing Federation mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (15-0, 11 KOs) struggle against American Eddie Chambers (30-1, 16 KOs) last Saturday night in Berlin, Germany, I’m starting to re-think the wisdom of IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (49-3, 44 KOs) of facing Povetkin when/if Wladimir defeats WBO heavyweight title […]
Joe Frazier: Could He Compete Against Today’s Heavyweights? Klitschko, Ibragimov, Chagaev & Maskaev
January 12th, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Sultan Ibragimov, Ruslan Chagaev, Wladimir Klitschko, Oleg Maskaev, Joe Frazier
A fighter like Joe Frazier (32-4-1, 27 KOs) comes around on once in a great while. Though he was undersized as a heavyweight, standing 5′11″ and weighing around 205 lbs, he always seemed to fight much bigger than his limited weight would indicate. With classic battles against Muhammed Ali, Jimmy Ellis and Jerry Quarry, to […]
Peter vs. Maskaev On February 2nd
December 13th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Samuel Peter, Oleg Maskaev
In the boxing news, both World Boxing Council interim champion Samuel Peter and World Boxing Council champion Oleg Maskaev sent in their medical exams to the WBC in preparation for their February 2nd title match at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, New York. Vitali Klitschko, the WBC emeritus , also sent in his […]
A Prime George Foreman Against The Current Heavyweight Champions: Klitschko, Ibragimov, Peter, Maskaev and Chagaev
November 17th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Sultan Ibragimov, Ruslan Chagaev, Wladimir Klitschko, Samuel Peter, Oleg Maskaev, George Foreman
I’ve always wondered how a young George Foreman would have done in this a day and age against the mostly Eastern European fighters. For the sake of this discussion, I’m pitting a prime 24 year-old George Foreman against the current heavyweight champions Wladimir Klitschko, Sultan Ibragimov, Ruslan Chagaev, Samuel Peter and Oleg Maskaev. At 24, […]
Maskaev’s Manager Angered by WBC Decision
September 26th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Oleg Maskaev
The manager of WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev (34-5, 26 KOs) is reportedly angry with the WBC for their vote by the council’s board of governors to appoint Samuel Peter as the interim heavyweight champion after Maskaev pulled out of their October 6h fight last week with a back and ankle injury. Maskaev’s manager, Fred […]
Maskaev Injures Back, Peter Fight Postponed
September 22nd, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Samuel Peter, Oleg Maskaev
WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev reportedly injured both his back and his ankle yesterday, making it necessary to postpone his fight with #1 challenger Samuel Peter for 2-4 months. Apparently, a disc slipped out of place in Maskaev’s back while he was training on Thursday for his October 6th bout which was to have taken […]
Oleg Maskaev vs Samuel Peter
September 20th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Samuel Peter, Oleg Maskaev
Dino Duva, president of Duva Boxing, the promoter of WBC no. 1 contender Samuel Peter, was very emotional about the fact that the sacred Madison Square Garden boxing ring has been retired before Peter’s October 6 World Heavyweight Title fight against Oleg Maskaev, and not after the fight. “Yesterday, I had chills the entire time […]
Peter-Maskaev Undercard: Williamson vs McCline
September 19th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Samuel Peter, Oleg Maskaev, Jameel McCline, DaVarryl Williamson
When boxing promoter Don King could not come to acceptable terms to deliver the services of his heavyweight contender DaVarryl “Touch of Sleep” Williamson to fight unretiring WBC “champion emeritus” Vitali Klitschko, he unknowingly set in motion the circumstances for another fight.
Klitschko later announced he was going to face Jameel McCline on Sept. 22 […]
Peter vs. Maskaev
September 5th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Samuel Peter, Oleg Maskaev
WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev (34-5, 26 KOs) will be making his 2nd title defense on October 6th when he meets up with Nigerian knockout slugger Samuel Peter at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Maskaev, 38, is on a 12 consecutive win streak, dating back to February 2003. Previous to that, Maskaev had been […]
