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Boxing Video: An Interview with Oleg Maskaev
By Robert Cassidy Jr.
 Division: Heavyweight
Record: 30-5, 24 knockouts
Promoter: Dennis Rappaport and Fred Kesch
Trainer: Victor Valle Jr.
The Skinny: Maskaev has won 8 in a row since losing by knockout to Corrie Sanders in 2002. All the victims have been of the "opponent" variety, but the streak has gotten him back into the division's top 10. He says that new trainer Victor Valle Jr. has made him a better defensive fighter.
Of interest: When Vitali Klitschko defends his WBC heavyweight title against Hasim Rahman in May, Maskaev will hold the distinction of having knocked both men out. He stopped Klitschko in the amateurs a decade ago when both were still living in Russia. He knocked out Rahman in 1999. Rappaport says, "Maybe Oleg should referee the fight?"
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"It Takes A Special Man"
"It takes a special man to lace them on and step into a ring to either hurt or be hurt. It's always been my opinion that the greatest fighters (not necessarily the most commercially successful) are probably born with that never give up until I'm completely done attitude. It can be nurtured over time, but you either have it or you don't. When adversity hits, and it will, this instinct will allow you to reach inside for additional strength and determination. Ali, Louis, Gatti, Corrales had it....Marquez and Pacquiao have it. De La Hoya, for all the great things he did as a boxer never had it, Tyson didn't have It, Cotto doesn't have it, and as much as I hate to admit it because I loved to watch him fight, Chavez didn't have it. 99.9% of us don't have it either. That's why we're not all fighters and we can sit here and judge these courageous men from the comfort of our computers."
---TSS reader Juan Montelongo offers his take on the Victor Ortiz debate
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