f-news: Maskaev wants to fight Peter Okhello (WTF?)

[Nautilus]

from F-news

Buzz: Klitschko, Maskaev....

By Karl Freitag
A September 19 press conference is being planned to officially announce the November 11 clash between IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and unbeaten Calvin Brock at Madison Square Garden.

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It looks like WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev is eyeing Peter Okhello as his first defense later this year in Moscow.


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I hope this is BS. Otherwise, I will lose much of the respect I have for Maskaev.

[Nautilus]

Okhello is ranked number 11 by WBC but I have never heard of him:

Heavyweight (over 200-90.719)




CLASIFICACION DE SEPTIEMBRE
CON RESULTADOS
HASTA SEPTIEMBRE 2.

RATINGS OF SEPTEMBER
WITH RESULTS UP TO
SEPTEMBER 2.


HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPION: OLEG MASKAEV (KAZAKHSTAN)
WON TITLE: August 12, 2006
LAST DEFENCE:
LAST COMPULSORY: August 12, 2006
WBA CHAMPION: Nicolay Valouev (Russia)
IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)
WBO CHAMPION: Sergey Lyakhovich (Latvia)
Contenders:
WBC INT. CHAMPION: Sinan Samil Sam (Turkey)




1 .- Samuel Peter (Nigeria) NABF
2 .- James Toney (US)
3 .- Hasim Rahman (US)
4 .- Sinan Samil Sam (Turkey) INTL
5 .- Oliver McCall (US)
6 .- Ruslan Chagaev (Russia)
7 .- Tony Thompson (US) AMERICA
8 .- Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine) EBU
9 .- Lamon Brewster (US)
10 .- Chris Byrd (US)
11 .- Peter Okhello (Uganda) OPBF
12 .- Henry Akinwande (GB)
13 .- Jameel McCline (US) USNBC
14 .- Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine)
15 .- Evander Holyfield (US)

16 .- Donnell Holmes (US)
17 .- JD Chapman (US) LATINO
18 .- Timor Ibragimov (Uzbekistan)
19 .- Paolo Vidoz (Italy)
20 .- Tomasz Bonin (Poland)
21 .- Matt Skelton (GB) COMM
22 .- Joe Mesi (US)
23 .- Larry Donald (US)
24 .- David Tua (New Zealand)
25 .- Owen Beck (US)
26 .- Kevin McBride (Ireland)
27 .- Davarryl Williamson (US)
28 .- Oleg Platov (Ukraine)
29 .- Dominick Guinn (US)
30 .- Jean Francois Bergeron (Canada)
31 .- Sherman Williams (Ba*****) CABOFE
32 .- Brian Minto (US)
33 .- Tye Fields (US)
34 .- Saul Montana (Mexico)
35 .- Malik Scott (US)
36 .- Javier Mora (US)
37 .- Kali Meehan (Australia)
38 .- Rene Dettweiler (Germany)
39 .- Scott Gammer (GB)
40 .- Alexander Povetkin (Russia)

* NA = NOT AVAILABLE
Ray Austin (US) * NA - IBF
Sultan Ibragimov (Russia) * NA - IBF
Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) * NA - Medical
John Ruiz (P. Rico) * NA - WBA
Monte Barrett (US) * NA - WBA
Shannon Briggs (US) * NA - WBO
Calvin Brock (US) * NA - IBF

[Nautilus]

Holyfiled ranked number 15?

[Bozo_no no]

If he wants to fight a bum, why not rematch Goofi or McCall?

[Nautilus]

If he wants to fight a bum, why not rematch Goofi or McCall?

mccall is ranked number 5 -- it makes sense to rematch him

[!! Mr. Soprano]

mccall is ranked number 5 -- it makes sense to rematch him

Oh yeah, absolutely!

This is my favorite one "McCall/Lewis - This fight was stopped at 0:55 as McCall refused to fight back, while apparently crying."

[Dirt E Gomez]

McCall is 41. Rematching Maskaev and beating him wouldn't exactly be a fight I'd be happy to see.

[beez721]

If he wants to fight a bum, why not rematch Goofi or McCall?

he should fight mcall again considering he only had 7 fights when they ridiculously matched him over his head at that point in his career

[TheEvilSaint]

peter okhello? are you KIDDING me?!

looking at the guys record, hes 18-4 with 16 KOs, so its not a terrible record. but the only noteworthy guy hes faced is sinan samil sam, he actually dropped sam in the 12th (i think the only KD of sam's career). and considering how hard sam's chin is, thats an impressive accomplishment in my book.

but come the **** on, who am i kidding? of all people in the HW division, maskaev wants to put his newly won title on the line against peter okhello?

maskaev could have the best reason/excuse in the world and it wont make this match any better. this news better be bull****.

[enadeus]

This is just going to set up a matchup with Klithscko, I'm all for it.