Oleg Maskaev Appreciation Thread

And to sell that fight they announced Oleg's record as being 15-0 and not 6-0.

 

Maskaev knocked out Vitali Klitschko in the amateurs

 

And he also said it did not matter. Vitali had a leg injury, and a major kick-boxing tournament down the road. He did not floor Vitali with punches.

 

Interesting how Maskaev and the Klitscko's never met in the pros.

 

He handled Rahman well but had trouble with Kirk Johnson, dangerous guy and strong but could be KO'd

 

Sam Peter is the main reason.

 

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Disregarding his chin, he was a decent fighter...he sure had Hasim Rahman's number, didn't he?

 

Great thread for Oleg :good

I loved Oleg, in my opinion his right hand was world class. That said that was about all that was world class, lol,

Regardless, he was entertaining to watch because if he landed the right he had a real chance and if he didn't he was going to be knocked out. Made for entertaining fights.

He was a working mans fighters, no not because he was white but because he was pretty basic in what he brought to the table.

I think he could of been better with better management and trainers, NO not way better, just better.

In the end, not too many dudes have the power that Oleg had in his right hand and that always made his fights interesting.

 

I have him solidly in the middle tier, above White Wolf and Briggs, below Peter, Haye, Valuev, etc, around Ibragimov level basically. More up and down than Iggy, but his highs equaled out his lows imo.

 

Well, I just can't see putting him anywhere other than the bottom. Off the top of my head, based on h2h and accomplishment, the titlists of that decade come out something like this:

1. Lewis
2. Vitali
3. Wlad
4. Byrd
5. Ruiz
6. Rahman
7. Chagaev
8. Sanders
9. Brewster
10. Peter
11. Haye (only beat Valuev during that period)
12. Valuev
13 Ibragimov
14. Roy Jones
15. Oleg
16. Hokyfield
17. Liakovich
18. Briggs

That's all I can think of. Toney would be near Peter if he weren't stripped.

 

Good list, we really mostly agree. I wouldn't change much, would have Peter a bit higher, and Ruiz and Chagaev a bit lower, and for Oleg, I'd only have him about 2 ahead of where you have him.

 

The Tommy Morrison of the 00s?

 

Nah.. Oleg wasn't nearly as protected as Morrison was in his early years. If Tommy started off fighting the kind of comp that Maskaev was thrown in with in his first 15 fights you never would have heard of him.