Vote and explain. I am voting for Maskaev as I have always thought Peter overrated. His much vaunted power can't KO a fat aging middleweight in two fights, and we saw against McCline how good his chin really is. Plus, he is a fat **** heavyweight. Oleg may be old and slow, but Peter is young and slow. Maskaev's problem has always been his chin, but he seems to have improved it by working on his positioning after throwing a punch. Also, adding a useful left hook seemingly has helped him- perhaps by making him more difficult to anticipate and counter punch. Maskaev KO 6 when Peter gets tired and decides he wants a sandwich.
Decision for Peter. 1)Peter has shown he can't KO an elite fighter 2)He's still fat 3)Maskaev is shot In short, a snorefest, with a lot of clinching, and a dull 12 round decision for the man who will be doing just a litte bit more, Peter.
Peter UD. I thought it would be Peter TKO but I'm not that happy with his weight, plus I think Maskaev is a cannier operator these days and able to protect his chin better.
As I have said Peter is not not good at all but a 39 year-two-year-without-a-fight-injured-fighter can't win.
It's a tough question... I said the same think before the Valuev-Lyakhovich fight: too long lay-off favors the other fighter. I've said even before the McCline fight that this is fight which Maskaev can win EASILY just using his boxing skills. However injuries and a 15 month long break is a really bad thing for a 39 years old... Oleg weighed in at his highest ever, however he didn't looked fat or unprepared at all... So it's really hard to tell what will he able to do. If the fight would've taken place in the original date, I'd pick Maskaev by UD or TKO. Now, in 2008, I'm not so confident about that.
The fact how this fight is hyped and predicted shows (once again) the poor level of boxing nowadays, especially in HW. Maskaev is old and slow, Peter is a hype job hw who would´ve been KO´ed by Lennox in 3 rounds.
:rofl :rofl :rofl Some of you are really funny. Peter IS the most exciting HW fighter... BARNONE. He is GREAT for the division as he is a guy that will always press the action and let his hands go, has the power to KO anyone and has shown he is suspect to being hit often. You will almost always get a very exciting fight when Samuel Peter is involved. Something that cannot be said about ANY other HW out there. Peter by TKO... round 5
Maskaev simply quits on his stool at the end stretch. I see Big Oleg taking thumping left jabs all night long, dropped, pretty busted up and demoralized at that point to actually want to finish the fight...
goin wit the Big-O tko rd 8... i believe the time off helps maskaev, after the mcline fight i believe sam will be very cautious and will still get caught cause oleg has better technical boxing skills IMO.