Does Maskaev have a chance against Peter?

Rahman has a glass jaw; Peter doesn't.:yep

 

Whens the fight? Should be a good one!:!:

I'm outta here...see ya's tomorrow.

 

Is the pope Catholic?? Rahman's supposed reputation for "power" comes almost exclusively from his win over Lewis - which had more to do with Lewis's chin than anything else. Similarly, Oleg's rep for power comes mostly from the Rahman fights - and Rahman has an even worse chin that Lewis!!

 

The difference in this fight will be Maskaev's chin

 

Styles make fights and I personally think Peter is in for a big surprise from Oleg. Somebody stated earlier that Peter is vulnerable to the 1-2, and that's Oleg's specialty. I think it's going to be an exciting fight. Oh yeah, greetings from Gretna, VA.

 

OM will come prepared for the Nigerian Monster. I'm expecting good news from Maskaev. Hopefully he can pull out a MD win. He has to the skills to do so.


Tear his ass up Oleg!

 

Peter is astonishingly overrated. All this fuss because he clocked Jeremy Williams and struggles to a couple of wins against Toney (do we even know if Toney was at least jucied at the time?).

Maskaev is better now than ever. A left hook and some self confidence have done wonders.

This is going to be a good fight.

 

Let me put it this way, I'm picking Peter by KO

But if the fight makes it past 6 rounds and Maskaev is still on his feet, he has a chance to pull it out. Let's face it, Maskaev is still the best true heavyweight Peter has fought by far aside from Wlad. Toney was an old man too, and not a true heavyweight at that (cue the jokes). Peter has only scored one KO past 6 in his career. So if Maskaev weathers the early storm then yeah he has a chance

 

If Peter comes in good shape, look out... If he comes in SSS/ Toney/Peter1 shape, Oleg will likely win the fight by decision....

 

To me its just more telling that Sam couldn't put Toney out in two fights than his positive performances against Klit and Williams.

Klit goes down for psychological reasons. we all know this.

Wiliams is a guy that I like, but as a Tuesday night fights allumni, the entire boxing world knows just how limited he is- and one of those limitation is a very shakey chin.

Fans are getting exited over a guy who has never come close to Koing a world class opponent.

Couple this with the fact that MAskaev's chin problems appear to be laregely a thing of the past. He's on a twelve fight win streak, with the last three being a hard-hitting champion and two other relatively live bodies. An improved offense and defense have seemed to improve his own self-confidence issues.

I smell an upset. And lets not forget that it is not inconceivable for Peter to totally blow it by coming in fat.

 

It won't just be his chin.

Maskaev is also very slow and methodical. Rahman is a mummy also when it comes to handspeed and foot movement. While it is true that Sam doesn't move much on his toes either, he DOES have fast hands.

Maskaev can put together a decent 1-2, no denying that. But Sam will put together a 1-2 faster. And when Sam sees his opponent hurt he goes all out. Look at what he has done in the past for examples.

Waldo is the only man to date who has beaten Sam, and he had to taste canvas three times to pull that off. Waldo has superior footspeed to Maskaev in every way, and is also much bigger, so clinching is an easier task.

This is gonna be a blowout, and early. Maskaev is just too robotic and too stationary for Sam to miss, even as wild as he throws at times. Think Golota-Brewster here.

 

Hatton is a sick joke on boxing fans. If the fight is not fixed, Oleg could surprise everyone. I am not impressed with Peter. If Oleg does not beat Peter, Vitali will knock him out!!!!!!!

 

The underrated Big O will beat the overrated Peter and the Nigerian nightmare will go back to doing what he does best, knocking out Julius Long and Jeremy Williams.

 

Peter should be a solid favorite, but if Maskaev comes in great shape and Peter comes in over 250, then Maskaev certainly has a good chance. While his chin is somewhat weak, he was also managed very poorly (who's gonna fight McCall in his 7th pro fight?) which makes things look a bit worse. But yeah, he's old.

Untill i see the scales i'll take Peter by TKO. But i don't believe this "Peter has a 95% chance of winning" stuff.

 

Peter will win. He's got youth on his side and he's facing a guy who's already been stopped 5 times in his career. Maskaev got lucky that it was Rahman in his way of the WBC belt cuz he had his number. Other than that he's the same fighter he always was except now he has a left hook.