Klitschko clinches his way to victory over Peter
September 12th, 2010
By Dave Lahr: Just as I expected, IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) was able to clinch as often as he pleased on Saturday night in defeating former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-4, 27 KO’s) by a 10th round TKO while fighting in front of a large pro-Klitschko German crowd at the Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. Averaging around 10 clinches per round, Wladimir did a beautiful job of keeping Peter tied up and unable to throw his massive power shots. I haven’t seen clinching display like this since Wladimir’s first victory over Peter give years ago. That ugly display of clinching was a life saver for Wladimir in this fight.
However, Peter was too much of a nice guy and just accepted the numerous clinches without complaint without tearing into Wladimir. If this was Corrie Sanders, he would have cleaned Wladimir’s clock with short left hands every time Wladimir elected to clinch. This is essentially what happened in Wladimir’s knockout loss to Sanders in 2003. Wladimir tried to clinch Sanders and the South African was having none of it and immediately belted Wladimir with a short right hand while Wladimir at close range. The punch knocked Wladimir and almost unconscious.
Peter should have followed Sander’s blue print and unloaded on Wladimir each time he was grabbed by him. Peter didn’t and deserved to lose the fight. If the referee is going to allow a fighter to get away with bending the rules, then it’s necessary for one to fight back as best as you can. In this case, Peter wouldn’t have been doing anything out of bounds had he worked while Wladimir was holding onto him.
The referee told Peter countless times that his hands were free, and practically begged Peter to throw punches while he was being clinched. It’s too bad because this is something that Peter should have trained for before the fight. He looked like he wasn’t expecting Wladimir to clinch him at all, because he had no answer for the constant clinching from him.
As for the stoppage in the 10th round, Peter was more tired than hurt. His right eye was almost closed from Wladimir’s jabs and he just didn’t have the energy to fight hard anymore. Wladimir then opened up with a flurry of shots with most of them missing. However, enough of them connected for Peter to be in trouble.
Peter went down more from having been bumped by the referee, who had jumped in to stop Wladimir from punching, then from Wladimir’s shots. The fight was stopped immediately and thus Peter never even got the chance to try and get up from the knockdown.
Overall, I wasn’t impressed with Wladmir’s win. If the referee had been doing his job and no allowing the clinching, the fight would have been much different. And if Peter had fought Wladimir while being held onto, I think Peter would have knocked Wladimir out. Peter needs to work on this flaw in his game because his future opponents will probably look at this fight and try to do the same thing against him by clinching 10+ times per round to keep Peter from throwing his shots.
I think Wladimir will be knocked out when he fights WBA heavyweight champion David Haye because he knows how to fight in close and he doesn’t allow his opponents to clinch him without making them pay. Haye would have knocked Wladimir out last Saturday night and he’s lucky he wasn’t fight him instead of Peter.
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woahhh!! This guy’s a boxing writer? Ahhahahahah
By the looks of Sams batteredright side, it was a bit more than clinching on wladamirs part.
To me it looked like he KO’ed him with a barage of punches not by klintching. In fact by the end Peater was the one dooing most of the holding.
Wow! the editor/author must really be on crack… This is how unproffesional as it gets… Stupid mofo
hey sis dave i really loved your column mwh mwh i’ll F$$K you later huh–Floydie SR
This guy is kind of hard to believe …
maybe Vlads becoming a better clincher because the last time they fought Sam went the distance.
writers never get respect when they write with emotional view rather than objective. in doing so they lose their integrity in their profession
One more thing Haye will get destroyed, this guy thinks Haye will be the Klitchs no chance in hell
this writer is insane. What fight did he watch? Give the Wladmir his due he might be boring but he is awesome. Peter was dominated.
Peter didn’t even went to fight to Germany. So what are you talking about, Liar. Peter just looking for a punch and WK simply landing a few punches round by round until he got Peter out. Stop making excuses, Peter lost the fight as soon as the first bell rang.
Oh, Dave Liar (oops meant Lahr)is back agin!!!
Dear dave,
your predictions never happens and your analysis of fights are a bit odd. I think you should stop writing articles in this site and be an author of some science fiction boxing book coz it might do better than what your doing right now.
why is this clown allowed to write? Or is it really Teddy Atlas?
Dave,remember the soccer world cup early this year?
Maybe you should get a large fish tank,place 2 box’s evenly on both sides submerged under the water.Then place the fighters name on one box and the other fighters name on the other,then let the octopus pick a winner….it’s just a thought Dave…lol,just trying to help…lol
dev liahr poke your mouth!!
koko, the klits are a disgrace to boxing. they are truely the bum masters. i find it hard to believe you call these guys great. wlad is great for what, layin on some dudes back for 10 rounds while holding him like some sissy , wlad should had this guy out in 2 rounds, wlad is one of the weakest fighters in heavy weigh history.
Dave,You start off your article by saying,just as”I EXPECTED”,WBO/IBF Heavyweight champion Wladimir Kitschko was able to clinch as often as he pleased…excuses again Dave:Just as we expected!!! lol
the klitschkos are just so unbelievably great.If I had to name the greatest heavyweight of all time it would be a tie between the 2 brothers
you really are about spreading negative energy all about. Are you one person or more. On what grounds are you getting paid? In American Money, Euros or Shekels. Who is directing you to write against the Klitschkos? Have you been bonded? What is your political affiliation? Is this some kind of volunteer work. Do the Klitschkos represent a sublime symbol to you of a boy you may have played Doctor with you when you were a young boy? How long will this blog last before it gets Nazi censored. What gives Mr Lahr?
“Never wrestle with a pig. You just get dirty and the pig enjoys it.”
One of my favorite expressions and 100% applicable to the porcine penner of articles that contravene actual facts and pure logic.
Yes, Wlad DID clinch — for about the first four to five rounds, maybe. Then I clearly noticed it was PETER — whose right eye had nearly swollen shut & who was clearly gettimg gassed — who was draping himself all over Wlad.
Dave, Dave, Dave — did you forget the ref giving a warning to W.K. for PUSHING Peter off of him several times? Any boxing writer worth his salt would have recognized this was because Wlad grew weary of Peter hanging all over him.
Final note: quit calling the writer a racist. That’s pure idiocy; Lahr has never mentioned a fighter by the color of his skin as far as mi can tell.
He just doesn’t know boxing all that well.
I’m sticking to my original theory: Lahr is actually a shill for the Klitschkos whose job is to generate more attendance for Klitschko bouts. No one is that obtuse…
DISGRACE to boxing, Wlad should had knocked this guy out in 2 rounds,, now thats a champ, but this bum carries this other bum for 10 dam rounds, just awful. watching wlad fight was painful, hit hold and then lay on yu, clinch lay , throw a punch and lay on you- u call this a champ– wlad sux
my friend davey, ha ha ha ha. look for peters to brutally k.o. klitchko or ward beating his alligator armed opponent. never been right in you lifetime. not once. but then, what do you expect from an adult who still wants to be breastfed by his aging mother? but i love you, man. you are so funny.
Dave Lahr,
Why did you not write about PBF’s clinching during the Mayweather-Mosley fight?
lahr your a fool it was peter who was clinching not wladimir! he was holding on for his life you cant take the fact we have a white unstopable champion PETER was never in the fight for one second and he was knocked out cold,you complete asshead your trying to cover up my saying the referee knocked peter down wlads big right hand knocked him down,and he will also destroy haye aswell if he ever growes a pair of balls and actually takes the fight like a man,which i dont think he will because he knows he will be slaughtered,by the way you know nothing about boxing idot
no, I don’t like Wladimir Klitschko, how he fights. He fights like an amateur with basic one – two combinations. He is not spectacular and he is boring to see. I am 100 % sure that a prime Lennox Lewis would have killed him in the ring. But Samuel Peter no, he has no skills. Peter is just a limited brawler. David Haye has the skils, the power and the speed to beat Wladimir Klitschko but it will be a tough task for him. Haye is the only boxer right now who has a real chance to beat a Klitschko.
Lahr you make me laugh with your excuses even more that you need Haye as your safety net now pathetic!
I saw the fight this morning on ESPN.com this writter is just plain ridiculous, my God the guy won fair and square and still this A hole can’t accept it or give the CHAMP any credit. This guy is not a true boxing fan, wannabe!!!
@Wowzabean you didn’t watch the fight neither then Lahr is biased he hates the K’s as I respect them for ability to win every fight but dis respect the opposition and the way they bore the life out of me.
But If Lahr isn’t so biased why is he saying Wlad was clinching all the fight when he was actually trying to push Peters off him the whole fight?
I dont like the K’s as entertainers cos they are not I’d love for Haye to beat atleast one of them.
Also I disagree I watched this fight as boring as it were, but I only saw Wlad clinch once or twice, so please you need to stop writing rubbsh so those who didn’t watch the fight no what happened.
Everytime Peters had thrown a punch he clinched to avoid bein hit with bombs from Wlad not the other way round.
This article is a fictional story of what Lhar wanted to believe and to back up his other story before the fight.
As much as i don’t like the K’s I am telling the truth and Samuel Peters was holding on for dear life, I will ask Lhar why didn’t the ref say nothing to Wlad for holding and he did say something to Peters on a couple of occasions for clinching Wlad the whole fight was pushing Peter off him watch the fight repeat because its obvious to me you didn’t watch it.
Dave Lahr is one of the most unbiased writers on the web. We need more like him. Cetain writers like Marley and Kim are venomous to the sport.
dont you guys even watch boxing..jack johnson clinched a hundred times more than vladimir…its not the refs job to stop clinching…he stops holding…if you are in close and you arms arent being held, you are legally clinching…and if neither of the men take it upon themselves to throw punches, the ref breaks them….holding and clinching are not the same…please learn something about boxing before writing an article about it…and a writer isnt supposed to be a hormonal teenager with a racial bias..they are supposed to give a fair, impartial analysis
I guess we didn’t watch the same fight.
wether the wirter racist or antiklitcchko, doesnt matter he does poinr out the truth, he clinch his way to a win. boxing is not a grappling sport but this figth was. any fight above the middleweigths is no longer good to watch, and if there was and all time low this figth had ti be it.
I completely agree with the author of this article. Wladimir’s clinching is hard to watch. Yes he’s doing what he needs to do to dominate but it is terrbily boring to watch.
I hope he gets knocked out as he’s clearly scared to take any risks, is extremely overly cautious, and someone like that does not deserve to be a champion. Grow some balls man!
Your artical makes me laugh Dave I have to be honest i did not watch the heavyweight fights till haye vs barret i have seen the klitchkos fight they always win easy with jab jab and grab i had not seen sam peter fight and reading your articals i thought peter had a chance but he is painfully slow and was the worst heavyweight to share the ring with wlad I am a big david haye fan but he has next to no chance againest wlad due to poor stanima and defence but i think he could beat an ageing vitali
McJack says:
September 12, 2010 at 4:44 pm
What we need to do is e-mail the editor to this web site. I’m tired of the biased, anti Klitschko hatred that Dave Lahr puts out.
disgrace says:
September 12, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Dave Lahr is a racist, the only boxers that is good for him are blacks..
Dave Lahr is a racist, the only boxers that is good for him are blacks..
What we need to do is e-mail the editor to this web site. I’m tired of the biased, anti Klitschko hatred that Dave Lahr puts out.
is dave lahr retarded?
i saw a good HW-fight and the better fighter won! so what is up with you dave?
I think Dave Lahr is a moron, but for once I agree 100% with this article. I saw clinching on both ends but mostly from klitchko , I have nothing against clinching it is legal and it is a boxing tactic. I have everything against excessive clinching , and the referee is ultimatley at fault. Klitchkos chin is very questionable he won’t be able too clinch his way too victory forever.
What is wrong with fighting in front of his home crowd, he is the champ after all and it is what the Americans have done for years…
Don’t even start me on David Haye, I think you better wait until he fights a live before you start getting all excited… Dave, your are a funny guy!
Clinching? David, you are a strange person!
Hate Klitschkos but clinching was 50/50 both doing it.
As for your opinion on Haye, I agree he shocks the world and stops Wlad.