WBC Heavyweight Title Fight

Champion: Oleg Maskaev

VS.

Challenger: Samuel Peter

October 6, 2007
Madison Square Garden

8/8/2007 9:37:05 PM

Nice thread.

8/8/2007 10:00:20 PM

i win

8/8/2007 10:04:09 PM

http://www.samuel-peter.com

I would post the text of the press conference report but its Flash format so you can find it on the site

8/20/2007 5:13:52 PM

Maskaev's knockout power



Peter's knockout power

8/24/2007 11:15:32 AM

never heard of either to tell you the truth.

8/24/2007 11:31:12 AM

yeah heavyweight boxing's mainstream interest has plummetted since the retirement / falling off of Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, etc

Peter is a beast though and my pick to win this fight...he's never been knocked down!

And on the bright side I'm pretty sure its on Showtime (ie its not on Pay Per View)

8/24/2007 11:36:35 AM

Kessler-Calzaghe and Mayweather-Hatton will be good fights.

Kessler has an awesome looking tattoo.

As for this fight, Peter is the most Tyson-looking fighter in the HW division (pre-rape/earbiting).

[Edited on August 25, 2007 at 5:46 PM. Reason : .]

8/25/2007 5:17:46 PM

Quote :

" As for this fight, Peter is the most Tyson-looking fighter in the HW division (pre-rape/earbiting)."

Tyson was undisputed heavy weight champion of the world, and youngest heavyweight champion of all time. Peter has not won even one belt yet. Peter also fights at around 30 pounds heavier than what Tyson fought at. Peter is no Mike Tyson.

8/25/2007 7:08:50 PM

Peter is no Mike Tyson...yet...but Peter has also never been knocked down in his life...ever

He also has his head on a lot straighter than Tyson, ie he's not a complete psychopath

8/27/2007 11:26:03 AM

there is never going to be anyone even close to mike tyson. he was undefeated for close to 40 fights. he had power AND speed. and he completely dominated everyone at the start.

and the complete psycopath part, while eventually ending his career, is a large part of what has made him so memorable.

im still looking forward to this tourney though.

8/27/2007 11:43:36 PM

yeah he'd have to go nuts and just beat everyone to even think about maybe approaching tyson...but i think he might be able to hit as hard, although obviously he's not as agile on his feet...still he's my favorite current heavyweight and i think he has the most potential to bring some increased interest in the heavyweight division

8/27/2007 11:46:53 PM

I think Peter wins this one pretty easy. Maskaev is way past his prime and won this title in an uninteresting fight in which he didn't look good, he just managed to not be as bad as the other guy. Peter then has a mandatory against Vitaly Klitschko where he probably eeks out a decision. That at least sets up a story line to get two belt holders in the ring together where I say he either gets knocked out or beaten soundly by Wladamir in a rematch. Peter hits a ton, but just has shown no ring generalship and little besides that massive punching power so far. He should have crushed James Toney in their two matches but even with an over the hill out of shape Toney, he was unable to finish the job.

Saying that he is like Tyson is just nuts. Their power is the only thing they have in common, and Peter seems to only have that explosive knockout power in one hand. I'm not on the Tyson is/was the greatest of all time bandwagon because he fought in a soft era (even softer than we are currently in if you can believe it) and he got dominated twice by Holyfield and pummeled by Lewis when he finally ran into a high caliber opponent. But a young Tyson would destroy Peter with his movement and two handed power punching.

I hope the scenario above plays out because as long as there are 3-4 guys running around with belts claiming to be the champion, no one is going to be interested. Klitschko and Peter do appear to be the class of the devision and they are both relatively young. Until the governing bodies are able to work together some and the fighters quit ducking every legitimate threat, heavyweight boxing will remain in the toilet.

8/28/2007 4:27:06 PM

i agree tyson isnt one of the greatest. definitely the craziest, and one of the most entertaining though.

but his physical tools in his prime were ridiculous. i do wonder how differently his career would have been if cus and his former manager (can't remember his name, but he was one of the few people who didn't take advantage of him, and i think kept him in check) had lived longer.

but there are so many good fights this year coming up and that have already happened in lower weight divisions. people need to check them out. heavyweight isnt the only division that matters.

8/28/2007 5:23:06 PM

yeah cus damato seemed to somehow know how to keep mike's focus...when he died and don king took over that was the beginning of the end

and i completely agree that the heavyweight division isnt the only one that matters...its just all the other divisions have been better than the heavyweight division, basically since lewis left, if not before that...but i think peter has the best chance of all the current fighters to reinvigorate any type of semblance of mainstream interest in heavyweight boxing

8/28/2007 5:25:10 PM

btttouple weeks away

9/18/2007 3:12:39 PM

^Not anymore.

Quote :

"Oleg Maskaev has withdrawn from next month's WBC heavyweight title defence against Samuel Peter with an injury. But the decision infuriated Nigerian Peter's camp, who urged the WBC to stage an interim fight on the same date at New York's Madison Square Garden. Peter's promoter Dino Duva said: "We are shocked and disappointed that Maskaev is pulling out of the fight. "We intend to verify this injury and the extent of it. Peter has waited too long for this chance." Russian Maskaev (34-5, 26 KOs) won his title with a 12th-round knockout of American Hasim Rahman in August 2006, but hasn't fought since beating Peter Okhello in December. His promoter Dennis Rappaport revealed he picked up his injury while training. "Oleg was very committed to the fight," he insisted. "He tried to work out and then rest for a couple of days. Then he would spar and run, and it was a problem again. "To fight on 6 October, in two weeks, that is not going to happen. It's impossible." Peter (28-1, 22 KOs) hasn't lost in four fights since being on the wrong end of a decision to Wladimir Klitschko in September 2005, despite knocking down the current IBF champion three times. And Duva added: "Sam can't wait around for Maskaev to get healthy, he should be fighting for the heavyweight championship." The bout was scheduled to be the first fight on the Garden's new ring after its 82-year-old original was donated to he International Boxing Hall of Fame. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7007943.stm

9/22/2007 11:39:16 PM

Nothing better than becoming world champ for the first time without having to fight.

Quote :

"NEW YORK -- Samuel Peter became the World Boxing Council's interim heavyweight champion Monday after Oleg Maskaev dropped out of their Oct. 6 title fight with a back injury. Maskaev (34-5, 26 KOs) won the WBC heavyweight title by knocking out Hasim Rahman in August 2006, but the Russian-American champion hasn't been back in the ring since December because of injuries and slow negotiations for new fights. Last Friday, he scrapped his scheduled bout with Peter at Madison Square Garden because of several herniated discs in his back. Maskaev is expected to be out of action for at least three more months. Faced with more than 14 months without a heavyweight title fight, the WBC's board of governors voted to hand the interim title to Peter (28-1, 22 KOs), the rising Nigerian fighter. He still hopes to appear at the Garden on Oct. 6, though a replacement opponent hasn't been chosen or approved."

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3035005

9/25/2007 9:36:27 AM

haha

hope he still gets to fight SOMEBODY

9/25/2007 11:58:36 AM

grrr, thats what i hate about boxing


peter should fight klitschko again

9/25/2007 1:18:58 PM

who fights who?

ps it wouldve been a better thread had you not edited

9/25/2007 5:06:12 PM

not edited what? who was champion/challenger? who was even in the fight? lol

9/25/2007 5:08:44 PM