Maskaev filed a lawsuit against the WBC for not following their own rules in regards to the purse split in the Sam Peter fight. (The champ is supposed to get 70% or so for title fights that go to purse bid; however, Don King successfully lobbied Jose Sulliman to declare that Peter should get a 50/50 split.) As a part of the settlement of the law suit Maskeav gets the next titles shot.
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