By Alexey Sukachev, November, 15, 2006
American Jay Nady will be the third man in the ring during the upcoming (Moscow, Dec. 10) WBC heavyweight showdown, featuring Russian Oleg Maskaev (33-5, 26 KOs) and Ugandan Peter Okhello (18-4, 16 KOs). Nady is widely known among Russian boxing fans for his loyalty to the rules of the Sweet Science and his mastership in refereeing world title fights, some of them featuring post-Soviet fighters. He was also the third man in the ring during the entitlement of the current champion, when Oleg sensationally kayoed Hasim Rahman in the very last round to capture his WBC belt.
Judging the fight will be Evgueni Gorstkov (Russia), Ken Morita (Japan) and Bob Logist (Belgium). WBC president Jose Suleyman will be present in Moscow, supervising the title clash. The promoter of the show Vladimir Hrunov confirmed that legendary Michael Buffer will be announcing the collision inside the squared ring.
There are also some changes in undercard. Rising heavyweight prospect and the only Russian ever to win the super heavyweight Olympic gold medal Alexander Povetkin (9-0, 7 KOs) will now face former IBF cruiserweight titlist Imamu Mayfield (25-7-2, 18 KOs) in ten-rounder. Ross Puritty, who was scheduled to face Povetkin, 27, before, is off due to the severe cut, suffered during the sparring session. Mayfield, 34, is coming of the surprisingly hot performance against Polish Krzysztof Wlodarczyk on March, 25. Ironically, Mayfield was the third man to upset Peter Okhello during his pro career, earning UD 6 over him four years ago.
Competing in the off-TV fights will be several Russian fighters: rising light heavyweight Dzhimi Kapanov (1-0, 1 KO) who is scheduled to take Valery Volozhenin (5-0-1, 2 KOs), current Russian middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (6-0, 5 KOs) vs. TBA and unbeaten cruiserweight Mikhail Nasyrov (16-0, 11 KOs) also against the opponent to be named.
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