Word: maskaev
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...Olympics in Sydney, where despite his quarterfinal loss, he attracted the attention of agents who began vying for his attention. Before long, the kid from Uyo was living in the United States and racking up an impressive record. In March, Peter earned $1.4 million when he beat Oleg Maskaev in Mexico City to claim the WBC heavyweight title. The fragmentation of the sport's governing bodies means such titles are rarely undisputed, but most rankings rate Peter as second only to Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko among the world's heavyweights...
...This was the third heavyweight title fight in Moscow in the last year, since the current wave of homegrown boxers has overtaken the division. An ex-Soviet fighter holds each of the four heavyweight championship belts: Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko (IBF), Kazak Oleg Maskaev (WBC), Uzbek Ruslan Chagaev (WBA), and the Russian Ibragimov...
...purse for the fight totaled $6.5 million, a richer sum than could have been found in the U.S., says Yuri Fedorov, the fight's Russian promoter. Fedorov also promoted the first title fight in Moscow, last December, for which he paid Maskaev $3 million, double the fighter's standard...