World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev will make the second defense of his title against WBC No. 1-ranked mandatory challenger Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter at Madison Square Garden, Saturday, Oct. 6 on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) in a highly anticipated championship match scheduled for 12 rounds. The event is being promoted by Don King Productions and Duva Promotion in association with Madison Square Garden. http://fightbeat.com/news_details.php?NW=20165
:dunno: Why? since when has Peter become this unstoppable juggernaught?.. Maskaev may be old, and he may suck per se, but people said the same thing when he came up against another dumb fighter with a hard head and some power, Sinan Samil Sam recieved a broken jaw and a shut-out loss for his troubles, Maskaev's alot stronger than fat little James Toney whom Peter recieved a schooling from in thier first encounter lest we forget. I don't think this will be a blow out at all, Peter like several other fighters including Ricardo Mayorga, Edison Miranda and now Kelly Pavlik, all have that "POWER" factor that seems to dominate the mind and degrades a rational analysis :nono: .
You wouldn't understand. Its a black thing.:laughing: Actually, its funny how things come around. In 83, Cossell was just the same, ranting all night about how Cooney could just take Holmes out. Any minute. Any second. Now they have a confirmed fatso like Peter dressed up in the same way.
dsimon writes: :: :: Oleg is better than that guys. He will at least make it interesting. The Russian guys are techically sound. Also a lot depends on peter's conditioning. If he trains like he did against Toney maybe he does stretch Oleg quick after all. But Oleg is cagey and he has enough power to make Peter think about it.
