By Jim Dower: 43-year-old former WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev (37-7, 28 KO’s) made a successful comeback tonight in stopping 36-year-old journeyman Owen Beck (29-12, 20 KO’s) in the 3rd round at the Sports Palace Quant, Troitsk, Moscow, Orosz Köztársaság, Russia.
Maskaev, fighting for the first time since being stopped in the first round in December 2009 by Nagy Aguilera, knocked Beck down three times en route to stopping him in the 3rd. Maskaev put Beck down once in the 1st and two more times in the 3rd before the fight was halted by referee Viktor Panin at 2:59 of the round.
By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev (36-6, 27 KO’s) could be finding himself fighting it out with WBC top ranked #1 contender Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s) next if things work, according to RingTv’s site. Maskaev, now 40, lost his title to Samuel Peter in a 6th round stoppage last year in March, losing his WBC title in the process. Maskaev had been hoping to get a fight with WBC champion Vitali Klitschko, but that fell apart when Klitschko went to court so that he wouldn’t have to fight Maskaev, who the WBC slated as Klitschko’s mandatory challenger.
By Erik Schmidt: Former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev (36-6, 27 KOs) destroyed Rich Boruff (17-3, 10 KOs) in the 1st round on Saturday night at the Ice Palace, in Saransk, Russia. Maskaev, 40, landed a chopping right hand to the head of a partially bent over Boruff at the midpoint of the 1st round, staggering him and then sending him down on his back in front of the large Russian audience.
This Saturday an historic webcast will take place as former WBC Heavyweight champion of the World, Oleg Maskaev battles Richie Boruff in an important Heavyweight tussle that will take place at the Ice Palace in Sarunsk, Russia.
By Eric Thomas: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (36-2, 35 KOs) has filed a complaint against the WBC for making him fight two consecutive mandatory fights for his heavyweight title. Normally, a fighter only is expected to fight one per year, but Vitali, 37, who is fighting his WBC mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez on March 21st, will be looking at fighting former heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev, currently number #6 in the WBC, only four months later on. Instead of doing that, Vitali has filed a complaint to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to try and get the WBC order reversed.
Today the last details have been finalized for former WBC Heavyweight Champion Oleg Maskaev to face Richie Boruff, 17-2-1, on March 14th at Saransk, the capital of the Republic of Mordovia. If Maskaev doesn’t beat Boruff, he is jeopardizing and will lose his mandatory status as per the WBC order dated December 25, 2008.
By Erik Schmidt: Making his first appearance since losing his World Boxing Council heavyweight title to Samuel Peter in a 6th round stoppage in March, Oleg Maskaev (35-6, 26 KOs) filled Red Square with fans in Moscow, Russia, who came to watch Maskaev win a dull 10-round unanimous decision over journeyman fighter Robert Hawkins (23-12, 7 KOs) on Saturday night. With a combined age of 77 between the two fighters, they both fought as if they were well over-the-hill, with each missing most of them missing often throughout the fight. Maskaev, now 39, landed in the single digits in many of the rounds, and missed an enormous amount of shots each round.