Oleg Alexandrovich Maskaev (; born 2 March 1969) is a Kazakhstan-born Russian and American former professional boxer, who competed from 1995 to 2013, and held the WBC heavyweight title from 2006 to 2008. Throughout his career, he represented the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, the United States, and Russia.
Biography
Oleg Maskaev was born in Abay, Karaganda, Soviet Kazakhstan, to Russian parents. His father is Moksha from the Zubova Polyana district of Mordovia, while his mother is Ukrainian from Kuban, southern Russia.
Amateur career
Maskaev, a former mine worker, began his boxing career in the 1980s as an amateur in his hometown Abay. In 1991, he stopped future WBC world champion Vitali Klitschko in the second round.
Maskaev was the champion of the Soviet Army and later the national cup winner.
In the run-up to his title defense against Peter Okhello, he stated regarding his citizenship: "Russian. I don't want to talk about that anymore. I will walk to the ring under the Russian flag and Russian anthem as I'm now a Russian citizen."
Russian president Vladimir Putin granted him Russian citizenship on December 9, 2006.
Professional boxing record
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|-
!
!Result
!Record
!Opponent
!Type
!Round, time
!Date
!Location
!Notes
|-
|46
|Win
|39–7
|style="text-align:left;"|Danny Williams
|UD
|10
|4 Nov 2013
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|45
|Win
|38–7
|style="text-align:left;"|Jason Gavern
|UD
|10
|26 May 2013
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|44
|Win
|37–7
|style="text-align:left;"|Owen Beck
|TKO
|3 (10),
|30 Dec 2012
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|43
|Loss
|36–7
|style="text-align:left;"|Nagy Aguilera
|TKO
|1 (10),
|11 Dec 2009
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|42
|Win
|36–6
|style="text-align:left;"|Rich Boruff
|TKO
|1 (10),
|14 Mar 2009
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|41
|Win
|35–6
|style="text-align:left;"|Robert Hawkins
|UD
|10
|6 Sep 2008
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|40
|Loss
|34–6
|style="text-align:left;"|Samuel Peter
|TKO
|6 (12),
|8 Mar 2008
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|39
|Win
|34–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Okello Peter
|UD
|12
|10 Dec 2006
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|38
|Win
|33–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Hasim Rahman
|TKO
|12 (12),
|12 Aug 2006
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|37
|Win
|32–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Sinan Şamil Sam
|UD
|12
|12 Nov 2005
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|36
|Win
|31–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Livin Castillo
|TKO
|3 (10),
|24 Jun 2005
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|35
|Win
|30–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Quinn Navarre
|KO
|3 (10),
|22 Jan 2005
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|34
|Win
|29–5
|style="text-align:left;"|David Defiagbon
|
|10
|23 Jul 2004
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|33
|Win
|28–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Craig Tomlinson
|TKO
|2 (10),
|16 Apr 2004
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|32
|Win
|27–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Julius Francis
|TKO
|2 (10)
|27 Nov 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|31
|Win
|26–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Dennis McKinney
|TKO
|1 (10)
|25 Sep 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|30
|Win
|25–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Sedreck Fields
|TKO
|9 (10)
|6 Sep 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|29
|Win
|24–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Gary Winmon
|TKO
|1 (8)
|28 Jun 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|28
|Win
|23–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Errol Sadikovski
|TKO
|1 (10)
|15 Feb 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|27
|Loss
|22–5
|style="text-align:left;"|Corey Sanders
|TKO
|8 (10),
|17 Mar 2002
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|26
|Win
|22–4
|style="text-align:left;"|David Vedder
|TKO
|6 (10),
|30 Nov 2001
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|25
|Win
|21–4
|style="text-align:left;"|Brian Nix
|TKO
|6 (10),
|25 Aug 2001
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|24
|Loss
|20–4
|style="text-align:left;"|Lance Whitaker
|KO
|2 (12),
|10 Mar 2001
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|23
|Loss
|20–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Kirk Johnson
|KO
|4 (12),
|7 Oct 2000
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|22
|Win
|20–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Derrick Jefferson
|TKO
|4 (10),
|20 May 2000
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|21
|Win
|19–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Sedreck Fields
|
|7 (10),
|2 Mar 2000
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|20
|Win
|18–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Hasim Rahman
|KO
|8 (10),
|6 Nov 1999
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|19
|Win
|17–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Shane Sutcliffe
|TKO
|2 (12),
|20 May 1999
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|18
|Win
|16–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Jeff Wooden
|TKO
|3 (12),
|4 Feb 1999
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|17
|Win
|15–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Marion Wilson
|UD
|8
|8 Dec 1998
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|16
|Win
|14–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Toakipa Tasefa
|KO
|1 (12),
|2 Oct 1998
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|15
|Win
|13–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Courage Tshabalala
|KO
|9 (10),
|9 Jun 1998
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|14
|Win
|12–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Booker T Word
|TKO
|4 (10),
|9 Jan 1998
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|13
|Win
|11–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Alex Stewart
|TKO
|7 (10)
|27 Sep 1997
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|12
|Loss
|10–2
|style="text-align:left;"|David Tua
|TKO
|11 (12),
|5 Apr 1997
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|11
|Win
|10–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Rodney Blount
|KO
|2 (6),
|7 Feb 1997
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|10
|Win
|9–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Ralph West
|TKO
|3 (10),
|12 Sep 1996
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|9
|Win
|8–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Fernely Feliz
|UD
|8
|20 Aug 1996
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|8
|Win
|7–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Mike Robinson
|TKO
|7 (8),
|9 Jun 1996
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|7
|Loss
|6–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Oliver McCall
|TKO
|1 (10),
|24 Feb 1996
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|6
|Win
|6–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Nikolay Kulpin
|UD
|12
|29 Sep 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|5
|Win
|5–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Joe Thomas
|
|6
|25 Aug 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|4
|Win
|4–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Robert Hawkins
|
|4 (6),
|30 Jun 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|3
|Win
|3–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Mike Whitfield
|
|8
|11 Apr 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|2
|Win
|2–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Jimmy Harrison
|TKO
|4 (6)
|4 Mar 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|1
|Win
|1–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Alexander Miroshnichenko
|
|3 (6)
|17 Apr 1993
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|}
References
External links
- BoxingRecords