Top 5 reasons Sam Peter beats Oleg Maskaev

He may throw uppercuts now and again, but not when they matter. If he'd thrown uppercuts against Wlad, he would have won. If he'd throw them against Toney, he could have at least knocked him down. When your opponent is ducking under your jabs and right hands, you want to slam in an uppercut. Peter tries to work the overhand right, hits people on the back of the head and gets in trouble for it.

Gerald McClellan did the same thing: Nigel Benn was practically begging for uppercuts and the G-Man would try to knock out Benn's spine.

 

I'm reserving judgment for my prediction on this match until after the weigh-in. Right now, I see strong points for favoring either guy- on Maskaev's side is experience, skill, and what happened in Peter's last fight, while Peter has youth and Maskaev's age and inactivity.

 

LOL. Brock has a weak chin, Briggs & Grant both have Glass Jaws. You think knocking down any of those guys proves something? Hell McCline outweighed Byrd by 50 pounds and could not KO him.

 

Well Maskaev closed against Rahman. Peter failed to close on a fat Toney and a joke in Jameel McCline. I think it is a 50/50 fight. The longer it goes the worse for Peter.

 

James "WBC Eliminator" Toney may be fat, but Jameel was no joke that night...in giving the performance of his career, I'd say his stock went up in the loss.

 

Toney is impossible to catch clean. Add that and his real frame at heavyweight how thick his neck is. Forget it. You might drop him on a balance shot but you are gonna have a lot of trouble hurting him. Sam only really hurt him when he was able to pin him with the forearm and put a right hand behind it.

I am probably not alone when I say that Waldo would not KO nor TKO Toney. Just wouldn't happen. Toney is probably salivating at the thought of Waldo punching himself out trying to get the KO.

McCline for his part is hard to rock too. And he has good recovery. Best bet is to just make him work and tire out. And pray he doesn't knock you silly in the process.