In a surprise ending to a well-fought, almost dead even match, Oleg Maskaev defeated heavyweight champion, Hasim Rahman in a devastating 12th round knockout.
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Rahman Past-Fights
Check out a selection of Hasim Rahman past fights. Includes Rahman's first encounter with Oleg Maskaev in 1999.
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THE GREAT AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT
Whatever happened to the American heavyweight champion? Remember when we thought it was our birthright, when one of boxing's favorite trivia questions was to name the three "foreign" heavyweight champions (answer: Schmeling, Carnera and Johannson) when even Ring magazine used the word "foreign" in front of their names?
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THE POWER OF THE KO
Carl Moretti knows what he'd be doing if he was in Hasim Rahman's locker room Saturday night before the WBC heavyweight champion goes out to face Oleg Maskaev at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. He'd be turning off HBO's television monitor, that's what he'd be doing.
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COMPUBOX PRE-FIGHT ANALYSIS
Rahman, 41-5-2, 33 ko's, an 8-5 favorite in defense of his version of the heavyweight title vs. Maskaev, 32-5, 25 ko's. Maskaev won their first fight with a stunning, come-from-behind eighth round knockout.
In that first meeting, which took place on 11/6/99 in Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall upstairs ballroom (The Pernell Whitaker room), Rahman was ahead on all scorecards thru seven rounds (68-65 2x & 70-63) of the scheduled 10-rounder, but not in total control of the fight.
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ARE YOU STILL HERE?
In a career that has had more ups and downs than the proverbial roller coaster, the one constant in Hasim Rahman's life has been that no matter what happens, he has stayed buckled in his seat.
Up, down, derailed and rained upon with criticism, Rahman kept his seat belt on and waited for the next peak after a valley. He got knocked clear out of the ring, lost a fight on a savage blow after the bell, and was forced to wait through four agonizing fight cancellations, yet the man simply wouldn't go away.
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AN IMMIGRANT'S TALE
Dennis Rappaport, a bellicose man even by boxing's pugnacious standards, calls Oleg Maskaev the new "Cinderella Man,'' comparing his comeback at 37 to that of one-time heavyweight champion James J. Braddock during the Depression. Perhaps, in a sense, his story will prove similar depending on how things turn out between Maskaev and reigning WBC champion Hasim Rahman on Aug. 12 but Cinderella, thankfully, never looked like this guy. Neither did the Cinderella Man, for that matter.
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