On March 10, 2001, Oleg Maskaev (20-3, 15 KOs) and Lance Whitaker (23-1, 19 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round heavyweight bout.
Oleg Maskaev is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 65% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round KO loss to Kirk Johnson, 5 months and 3 days ago. Lance Whitaker is on a 4-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Robert Davis, 5 months and 3 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Lance Whitaker at 99-1 winning odds. Oleg Maskaev really doesn't have much to present against Whitaker.
Lance Whitaker stopped Oleg Maskaev via KO in the 2nd round. Whitaker improves his record to 24-1 (20 KOs), while Maskaev adds a loss to his record at 20-4.