Maskaev retains heavyweight title

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Oleg Maskaev defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title with a unanimous points win over Uganda's Peter Okhello in Moscow on Sunday.

full article here http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6163479.stm

CC #368 bro! kinda sad that this got no love on HBO or American TV whats so ever, it being the WBC belt HW champion and all?/

You do realise he fought Peter Okhello who had a (18-4) record, HBO wouldn't even bother flipping to that page of the possible fights to televise.
This was more of a 'Welcome Back, Champ." after wining the title.... Nothing major, now his next fight is sure to be a biggie and a possible HBO slot.

right but my point is thats how far down the HW division has fallen and WBC belt the most highly respected/regarded belt of the supposedly elite limelight division of the entire sport down the tubes that HBO would say that and not give a damn.

I see your point, about the belt but nowadays most of the belts org. are letting champions get away with taking these kind of fights, so its ultimately there own fault for allowing this.....

its kinda like back in jack lamotta's day when he wanted to fight joe louis just get the prestige and status of the HW championship, now a days i bet u HW want to fight like welter weights to get the recognition and love LOL

Manny Pacquiao vs. Nikolay Valuev would be fun.
I would hate to be Valuev's knee caps after that.