thinking about betting on maskaev +300

I think it's a great bet. Maskaev has a great chance to beat the extremely overrated Peter.

 

how much does that pay out if Maskaev wins?

 

It's actually not a bad bet to take. I wouldn't bet on Maskaev since I believe he will be KO'd early, but Peter showed his vulnerabilities against McCline. If he was in that kind of trouble with Maskaev, he would have been stopped.

 

Very foolish to bet on an old, no legs, glass jawed fighter who also would not be at any version of a 'stylistic advantage'.

 

I'd rather risk it on Tito +250

 

From that list, Ngoudjo, Trinidad, Oleg and Taylor all see like pretty good bets to me (note that's different from "I think they're going to win"). Mollo/Golota is intersting - even bookies have no clue what to do with the Foul Pole.

 

Putting money on either Tito or Maskaev would be a waste, in my opinion.

 

Look at the current moment its a safer bet then it was before the Mccline fight. But its still a very risky bet.

I have followed Maskaevs career for a while now and the one thing I can tell you is that often times in fights he develops tunnel vision and is open to wide hooks which knock him out cuz he doesn't see them coming. This has happend many times, ex. Tua, Whitaker, Sanders, and Kirk Johnson. Now his fighting Sam Peter, what kind of punches does Sam Peter spcialize in? Wide powerful hooks. What punches is Sam Peter immune to? Staight jabs and straight rights proven in the Klitschko fight. If Wlads straight punches didn't KO Peter neither will Maskaevs.

So when you analyze all the data, you come to the conclusion that Peter has the weapon that Maskaev has fallen victim to many times, and at the same time Peter is immune to Maskaevs main aresenal. So you basically narrow your bet down to whether Peter will catch Maskaev in 36 minutes of fighting. I say theres a good chance, specially taking into consideration Maskaevs age (39) and lack of activity (last fought 12/10/06). By fight night he will have been inactive for 14 months.

 

I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with Hrak here. A bet on Maskaev at +300 gives you a great shot at riding the money train. Peter is totally overrated and regardless of what kind of punches you throw, how about we talk power?

Maskaev, for all his short comings, is a hard ass puncher. Harder than Jameel, who dropped Peter a couple of times. And unlike Mccline, Maskaev knows how to finish your ass.

EDIT: Wlad was still in the process of becoming Wlad 2.0 when they fought. Even at that, he had Peter on wackyrubber legs at one point. Plus Peter threw some punches that...well...see my avatar.