Henry Maske vs. Iran Barkley was a professional boxing match contested on 8 October 1994, for the IBF light heavyweight title.

[2] Iran Barkley's last title match had occurred the previous February when he defended his IBF super middleweight against James Toney.

[6] Following this victory, Barkley was offered a title shot against the undefeated reigning IBF light heavyweight Henry Maske to take place in October 1994 in Maske's native Germany provided Barkley first win his scheduled match against Gary Butler.

Though Maske was a perfect 24–0, he was largely unknown in the United States with his most notable opponent being Charles Williams, whom he had defeated in March 1993 to capture the IBF light heavyweight title.

The now-34-year old Barkley, whom had to drop 15 pounds to get down from cruiserweight back to light heavyweight, was given little chance to defeat Maske by both his home country and Germany.