Quote Originally Posted by plinden
Its baffling. I can see no reason for it. What does he expect? That he can pick and choose? That the whole world is holding its breath to see him fight?

He is one loss from being finnish; why not chance it against Maskaev? He should do it even for nothing since only if he was ko early would it be worse than no fight; if he handles himself ok and puts in som good effort he is still in the mix. No its just like he never existed. What a mistake; he predict that this was his one chance and he blew it without even giving it a shot.

He will end up fighting some up and commer and lose and thats that for nothing.
Sorry....I know it's childish, but it tickled me a little. He's one defeat away from being finnish. Not many great boxers come out of finland...but still it's a bit harsh

Agreed that Skelton doesn't have the opportunity to pick and choose though, if something like this comes along, and there is nothing else on the table for him, then he should have taken it.