On April 5, 1997, David Tua (26-0, 22 KOs) and Oleg Maskaev (10-1, 6 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round heavyweight bout.
David Tua is coming in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate; his last fight was a 12th round TKO victory over David Izon, 3 months and 15 days ago. Oleg Maskaev is on a 4-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Rodney Blount, 1 month and 29 days ago.
This should be a confident win for David Tua at 99-1 winning odds. Oleg Maskaev really doesn't have much to present against Tua.
David Tua stopped Oleg Maskaev via TKO in the 11th round. Tua improves his record to 27-0 (23 KOs), while Maskaev adds a loss to his record at 10-2.