This will start a pretty good run of heavyweight bouts to begin the year. Former champions Nicolay Valuev and Sergei Lyakhovich are supposed to fight the same day in a title eliminator. Undefeated prospects Alexander Povetkin and Eddie Chambers have their eliminator the next week on HBO. Oleg Maskaev-Samuel Peter is scheduled for February 2nd on Showtime (won't be at MSG, location is in doubt). It culminates with Wladimir Klitschko-Sultan Ibragimov have their unification February 23 at MSG on HBO.
At last, one of the skelton-williams-sprott-harrison winners gets his much-promised title shot...chagev easy easy, should be ugly
It's Chagaev's first defense so a soft touch is kind of ok but Skelton is very very not proven. Valuev-Liakovich is very interesting even though the fight will probably suck
Skelton is a big, fat bum. Anyone who has a problem with insomnia should take a look at his last fight v Skelton- that would do the trick!! Chagev KO6 Skelton MTF
