Maskaev 243, Peter 250!

7 Mar 2008

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See gallery Russian professional boxer Oleg Maskaev, center, poses for pictures during the official weigh-in ceremony in Cancun

Russian professional boxer Oleg Maskaev, center, poses for pictures during the official weigh-in ceremony in Cancun © AP

Oleg Maskaev and Sam Peter weighed in today in Cancun, Mexico in advance of their WBC heavyweight title clash on Saturday. Maskaev's weight of 243 lbs. was just 1/4 pound from his career high and five pounds more than he weighed when he defeated Hasim Rahman for the title in 2006. Peter's weight of 250 lbs. was the same as he weighed for his previous fight against Jameel McCline. The fight will be televised live in the United States in an HBO World Championship Boxing doubleheader (9:30 ET/6:30 p.m. PT) that also includes undefeated WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight champion Juan 'Baby Bull' Diaz taking on IBF No. 1-ranked mandatory challenger Nate 'Galaxxy Warrior' Campbell.

In an unusual occurrence, Jose Luis Castillo was invited by WBC President Jose Sulaiman to step to the scales after the heavyweights in advance of Friday's official weigh in for the lower-weight fighters. He tipped the Toledos at 147.5 pounds and will need to make 140 pounds by Friday's weigh in to qualify for the scheduled WBC super lightweight eliminator against undefeated WBC No. 1-ranked contender Timothy 'Desert Storm' Bradley.

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News: Fight Oleg Maskaev -VS- Samuel Peter

9 Mar 2008 14:45

Peter stops Maskaev, claims portion of heavyweight championship

After waiting impatiently for 16 months for a mandatory shot at Oleg Maskaev, Peter gave the bulls the night off on Saturday at the Plaza de Toros, the city's main bullring, and put on his own hard-charging show as he stopped Maskaev with a violent sixth-round flurry to claim a heavyweight world championship read more ...

9 Mar 2008 08:59

Peter dethrones Maskaev

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6 Mar 2008 09:41

Cancun Presser Quotes!

Oleg Maskaev: "I'm ready and I'm coming to win on Saturday night. I have worked very hard." Samuel Peter: "I want to tell you [Maskaev] one thing. I'm going to knock you out. I'm going to eat you alive." [To Maskaev's promoter Dennis Rappaport] "Buy a new pair of glasses because I want you to see how hard I'm going to hit your man on Saturday." read more ...

22 Jan 2008 22:16

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21 Dec 2007 17:23

New date for Maskaev-Peter!

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17 Oct 2007 02:25

Maskaev-Peter on Feb. 2!

The fight for the WBC heavyweight world championship between world champion Oleg Maskaev and interim world champion Samuel Peter will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City on February 2, 2008, as per the official statement of Don King Productions. The promotion rights for this fight were won by Don King Productions with an offer of $3,107,000.00, of which 55% will be for Maskaev and 45% for Samuel Peter. read more ...