Cancun Punch Fest - Samuel Peter Beats Maskaev to Claim the WBC Heavyweight title

Last week was quite different. We were in the news a lot, and for the right reasons.
Mind you, when I say we, I mean Nigeria (Though I wouldn't mind being in the news a bit). This time, it wasn't about militants or scammers, or election tribunals and the various intrigues that continue to plague this democracy of ours. Rather, it was a different Nigeria that the world was shown. A country with billionaires and heavyweight ...I don't really know how to put that one.
Samuel Peters is much more than a heavyweight boxer. That guy is a punching machine, a bulldozer.
Last week I watched as he pummeled Oleg Maskaev into submission at the Plaza de Toros, Cancun's bullfighting ring and the venue of Mexico's first heavyweight title fight.

Peter stopped the Russian in the sixth round, pummeling him with 12 powerful punches to force a stoppage and claim the WBC heavyweight title.

The fight between Peter and Maskaev had been more than a year in the making, with a back injury to the Russian champion holding up the title clash. Seems Oleg finally got what was coming his way.

The four major heavyweight titles have been the exclusive preserve(there I go with big English again) of Eastern Europeans in recent years, and now an African has joined the ranks.