Maskaev vs. Peter: Weigh-In

WBC heavyweight world champion Oleg Maskaev and challenger Samuel Peter stepped onto the scales for their ceremonial heavyweight weigh-in at the beautiful Royal Hotel on Thursday night in preparation for the first heavyweight championship ever in Mexico on Saturday night at Plaza De Toros in Cancun, promoted by Don King.

39 year-old Maskaev 34-5 (26), who is originally from Zhambul, Kazakhstan, weighed 243lbs.

27 year-old Peter 29-1 (22), who is originally from Nigeria, weighed 250 ¾lbs.

“History in Cancun” will be televised live in the USA on HBO World Championship Boxing on Saturday night at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT.

WBC Heavyweight Championship - Maskaev vs. Peter - Officials

Referee: Guadelupe Garcia, Mexico

Judges: Ken Morita (Japan), Herminio Cuevas (Mexico) & Daniel Van de Wiele (Belgium)

Supervisor: Rex Walker, Colorado

The main support will see undefeated WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight world champion Juan ’Baby Bull’ Diaz facing IBF No.1 ranked mandatory challenger Nate ’Galaxxy Warrior’ Campbell.

Also, with rumours circling that former world champion Jose Luis Castillo was struggling to make weight for his own match, in an unusual occurrence on Thursday, the boxer was invited by WBC President Jose Sulaiman to step on the scales after the heavyweights in advance of Friday’s official weigh in for the lower-weight fighters on the Don King promoted undercard.

Castillo tipped the scales at 147 ½ lbs and will need to make 140 lbs by Friday’s official weigh-in to qualify for the scheduled WBC super lightweight eliminator against undefeated WBC No.1 ranked contender Timothy ’Desert Storm’ Bradley.