Oleg Maskaev wins by 1st round KO

[The Hammer]

Honestly, Rahman hasn't been very good since those stoppages.

I really think he lost a lot of power in his right hand after that.

He just didn't seem the same fighter.

I just think at this point Oleg is too old and slow. His power has helped his career along and he has good skill.

I just think he's past it.

Maskaev never did have much power, it just seemed that way because he knocked Rahman out of the ring. But if you watch the whole round, he had Rahman nearly out on his feet from an accumulation of punches at that point.

His KOs have almost all come from an accumulation of accurate punches, but he was fairly fast and technically skilled when he was younger. If you don't believe that, download and watch his fight with Courage Tshabalala from our videos section. Courage was a big, crude KO artist regarded with the same awe as Ibeabuchi at one time.

[The Hammer]

Obviously he wants none of Vladimir.

Haye doesn't want his hype to end with an early KO loss to Wlad.

[KESSLER]

Haye doesn't want his hype to end with an early KO loss to Wlad.

Well said.