NEW HEAVEYWEIGHT CHAMPION of the world OLEG MASKAEV
So Oleg Maskaev beat Hasim Rahman by KO in the 12 th.
That means all 4 Heaveywieght title holders are now Russian. And Miraculously, they are all white.
Behold
WBC Champ
Oleg Maskaev 33-5 (26 KOs) Age 37,
From Kazakazstan & Uzbekastan, Now lives in Staten Island
Notable wins: Rahman 1 & 2,
Notable Loses: Tua, Montwhiter, Corey Sanders, Mccal, Kirk Johnson
WBA Champ
Nicolay Valuev 44-0 (32 KOs)
From St Petersberg Russia, Height 7ft
Notable Wins: John Ruiz, Cliff Etienne
IBF Champ
Vladimir Klitcho 46-3 (41 KOs)
Born in Kazakistan, lives & fights from Germany
Notable Wins: Chirs Byrd, Sam Peter, Mccline, Mercer, Botha,Shulz
Notabel Loses: Lamon Brewster, Corrie Sanders, Ross Purity
WBO Champ
Sergie Lykanovich 23-1 (14 KOs)
Born in Belarus
Notable Wins: Lamon Brewster, Dominic Guinn
Notable Loses: Maurice Harris
Of these champs only Vladimir Klitcho has ever been considered top ranked. Not to be confused with his brother Vitali who was the one who nearly beat Lewis.
The whole worlds gone crazy.
Vlad Klitcho will defend against Shannon Briggs which is good
Valuez aka King Kong will fight Monte Barrett which is dum
Liakovich is not shceduled to fight anyone
And I'm sure Rahman will rematch Maskaev
The good news is that Don King should at this point be being squeezed out of the picture. Hopefully at some point we will see a Unification.