Maskaev to be named Vitaliy's next mandatory defense... WTF?

[ACHlLLES]

Maskaev has nothing left in the tank... He showed that in the fight against Sam Peter, where Sam Peter looked like his usual slow off balanced-self...

Does anyone know why sam peter always looks off-balanced when he throws a punch? Kind of shocked Vitali didn't knock him down but McCline did.

[larryx]

how do you fight your manditory..then are mandated to fight someone else?????thatts the dumbest **** ive ever heard..if anything peter deserves another shot not maskeav

[totalstranga]

goddamn WBC. watch after Makeav, McCall will be the #1 contender. they never seem to stop ranking guys after they have held their belt

[SickmyDuck]

this is sad

Oleg doesnt deserve this

he looked horrible against Hawkins last time out

[MJ406]

Maskaev vs. Gomez will be the worst heavyweight title fight in history since.... well, since Maskaev vs. Okhello.

The WBC heavyweight title has been a joke since Lennox gave it up...it's easily the worst of the 4 major belts, and with the musical-chairs WBA Ruiz/Chagaev/Valuev rotation, that's saying A LOT!

i dunno man WBC being worse then WBA?

pretty hard to argue with Ruiz,Valuev+Chagaev having fought each other a combined 3 times

and Chagaev is lined up to face the Holyfield/Valuev winner

with Ruiz jumping back in the mix.

[Fulcrum29]

i dunno man WBC being worse then WBA?

pretty hard to argue with Ruiz,Valuev+Chagaev having fought each other a combined 3 times

and Chagaev is lined up to face the Holyfield/Valuev winner

with Ruiz jumping back in the mix.

lmaoo what a farce

[The_Visitation]

..what happens to the Haye fight or will Klitschko just drop the wbc and fight Haye but then why would Haye want Klitschko if he has no belt?

Haye doesn't give a **** about the belt. He wants the Klitschkos. If he beats them he, and everyone else, knows he is the champ regardless of who holds the alphabet spaghetti. Vitali has said he would vacate if necessary, anyway.

[paul750]

Maskaev vs. Gomez will be the worst heavyweight title fight in history since.... well, since Maskaev vs. Okhello.

The WBC heavyweight title has been a joke since Lennox gave it up...it's easily the worst of the 4 major belts, and with the musical-chairs WBA Ruiz/Chagaev/Valuev rotation, that's saying A LOT!

Why are you always putting Gomez down, Neils? He's better than the other clowns out there.

[The Surgeon]

Why are you always putting Gomez down, Neils? He's better than the other clowns out there.

I agree he's one of the best out there i give him a fair chance against Vitali tho i dont think he'd win

[Nautilus]

Maskaev to be named Vitaliy's next mandatory defense... WTF?

I like Oleg, but this is terrible... This means that there will be no unification ever... Come on WBC... WTF?

WBC is horrible... WBA is much worse... Holy gets robbed... and now this...on top.




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Former champ set to face vs Klitschko-Gomez winner
By Matt Richardson

According to an exclusive memo obtained by *********.com, former WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev will get a chance to regain his title against the winner of a proposed fight between current champion Vitali Klitschko and mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez. According to the memo, sent by WBC president Jose Sulaiman last Monday, Klitschko is to fight Gomez by April 30, 2009 with a potential extension allowed to no later than June 30. With Gomez getting his title shot it will clear the way for Maskaev (35-6, 26 KO's) to become the mandatory challenger. The winner of the Klitschko-Gomez fight then has 120 days to defend his title against Maskaev "with a possible extension of 60 additional days under extenuating circumstances." A period of 30 days, according to the memo, will be allowed after the Klitschko-Gomez fight to negotiate a fight against Maskaev, which, if not completed accordingly, will then go thru the traditional purse offer procedure.


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Maskaev and his team, meanwhile, had been in litigation against the sanctioning organization for a variety of issues that occurred during Maskaev's reign as champ from August 2006 to March of this year. These included the purse split for Maskaev's defense against Samuel Peter, the labeling of Peter as interim champion when Maskaev postponed their original fight, as well as other issues. The result of that litigation, which had gone to the court of arbitration, is the insertion of Maskaev as mandatory challenger against Klitschko, a fighter Maskaev beat as an amateur. How Maskaev's shot against Klitschko will effect a proposed Klitschko-David Haye fight, however, remains to be seen. Maskaev, meanwhile, is free to fight before the Klitschko-Gomez fight occurs with the caveat being that, should he lose, he would forfeit his mandatory challenger status.

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