PHOTO / Sports

WBC heavyweight game
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-08-14 14:20


Oleg Maskaev of Kazakhstan (R), connects on WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, of the United States, during their title fight at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada August 12, 2006. Maskaev took the title with a 12th round TKO. Maskaev's victory means all four major heavyweight belts are now held by fighters born in the former Soviet Union. Maskaev was born in Kazakhstan and an army officer in the former Soviet Union but became an U.S. citizen two years ago and lives in Staten Island. [Reuters]
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