Dino Duva

GL: Can you give us some thoughts on Sam Peter's performance against Oleg Maskaev? "His performance speaks for itself. Number one, Samuel knocked out a good champion in Oleg Maskaev, and he did it in spectacular fashion. Number two, he did what I've been preaching for a long time, he's bringing excitment back to the heavyweight division. He's the savior of the heavyweight division, and he proved on Saturday night against Maskaev read more ...

“One organization forced a true champion to fight a bum mandatory, and on the other side another organization is preventing their true mandatory from fighting the champion.” Dino Duva. Still embroiled in prolonged negotiations for his fighter Samuel Peter’s twice-earned shot at the WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev, Peter's promoter Dino Duva says Saturday was a good indication of the problems with today’s heavyweight division read more ...

Vitali, First of all, if you have a desire to come back to the ring, we welcome you. However, do not think that we will stand by and allow you, the cowardly champion Maskaev, or anyone else involved, to interfere with Samuel Peter’s right to fight for the WBC Heavyweight Championship. read more ...

WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev and IBF champion heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko are in talks for a unification clash, but the camp of WBC #1 contender Samuel Peter is calling on the WBC to force Maskaev to face Peter next. "I have requested in a letter that the WBC order negotiations to begin immediately," said Peter's promoter Dino Duva. "I would like to sit down with Dennis Rappaport as soon as tomorrow, to begin negotiations and read more ...

Incensed by the publicly made claims of heavyweight contender Shannon Briggs and his manager, Scott Hirsch, regarding a possible fight against Samuel Peter, promoter Dino Duva has issued the following response: As to their contention that I offered Shannon Briggs a fight with Samuel Peter. I’ve never called Shannon Briggs directly. And I’ve never offered him a specific fight or purse to face Samuel. EVER. While we have discussed the read more ...