Top Rank releases Samuel Peter
October 23rd, 2010
By Jason Kim: After only five fights, former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-4, 27 KO’s) was released by Top Rank on Friday, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Top Rank signed the 30-year-old Peter after he had been beaten in back to back fights by Vitali Klitschko and Eddie Chambers.
Peter’s business partner Ivalyo Gotzev, says they’re going to focus on fighting the other top fighters in the heavyweight division, like WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, Tomasz Adamek, Chris Arreola and Alexander Povetkin rather than taking on the Klitschkos again.
Peter has tried his luck at fighting the Klitschko brothers on three separate occasions and lost all three of the fights. Gotzev says “The Klitschkos are in a league of their own. But I think Samuel Peter has a great chance against anyone else in the heavyweight division.”
He may be right. Peter, with the exception of his fight with Eddie Chambers, does well against the other heavyweights in the division. Peter didn’t put in a very good effort in his loss to Wladimir recently, and you can understand why Top Rank might have given up on him. However, there really wasn’t much Peter could do in that fight because he was so over-matched.
But Peter would do well against the likes of Haye, Adamek or Arreola if he can land his shots. At 6’2”, Peter is roughly the same size as the other top heavyweights in the division and he hits a lot harder than most of them.
If Peter can get a fight with Haye, which I highly doubt, I can see him beating him and proving Top Rank wrong. Haye is very selective of his opponents and likely would never choose to fight Peter unless he absolutely had to.
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The heavyweight division suffers not because of lack of talent, but because nobody ever fights any of the other top contenders. They lose an important fight, go away to fight lower tier opponents and then await another money fight with Klitschko which they will lose. If Chambers Vs Arreola Povetkin Vs Peter Boystov Vs Solis Thompson Vs Gomez. These should all be contender tier fights, instead because of the matchmaking they are all ‘cross roads fights.’ Guys like Peter who have been to the top before the K bros total dominance are in a way lucky, they are much richer and have a better legacy. The rest of the contenders just will not get busy enough. Trust me, if you put all 241 pounds of Peter in there with Haye it’s a great fight. Haye has slammed the HW division but fought none of the contenders to prove his point.
if the k brothers fought the winner, esp if it was vladimir, would be in contention for one of the top 3 spots on the heavyweight list. only holmes and ali clearly above him…
see bowe as great. he was a better inside fighter than the k brothers, but his jab was a little weak compared to vladimirs and not quite as fast. i just watched the 3 bowe holyfield fights. he was not nearly as powerful as vladmir…it would be an interesting fight. against vitali…vitali could fight him inside and out. i think vitali is tougher. bowe tended to flick his jab and was not precise in following it with the right hand…i give vitali the edge on toughness and having a much, much better defense. bowe was easy to hit. even golota, who is far weaker and slower than either k brother found him easy to connect with. cant call vladimir, that could go either way in my opinion. but i think vladimir’s jab and right cross would have found their mark often and early. bowe would have to take it inside. anyway, they would have been wonderful fights to see, i view them all as just a smidge behind lewis, but they would be good fights as well. vitali was too green for lewis and took it on too short a notice, and lewis was slightly undertrained. lewis had enough fights under his belt to adjust to the style change at the last minute, i dont think vitali did, he got caught up in a firefight, when he was winning the boxing match. big misktake. vitali was a far better defensive fighter than lewis, he should have used it more.
McJack… that said it all for me, very fair and so true.
@McJack
While perfecting their technique,they are not selling their PPV!
Why not the Klitshko fight each other,maybe it will sell!
Peters needs to improve his defense when fighting taller opponents,he might have a granite chin but he can not land his punch he will look like a mobile punching bag.He will do well against Haye and Arreola.Adamek is more of the slicker of the three…if Tomasz will slug it out with the harder puncher and solid chin Samuel…Tomasz is going to take a nap in the ring!
God this guy below me clearly has a massive man crush on David haye, he’s never off your mind boy
Peter could still probably beat almost anybody else in the HW division except the Klitschkos. I’m sure he’d easily KO Haye.
As the article states, the Klitschkos are in a league of their own.
the same hunger that he has for food more like
the fat slob should retire
What ever heart the man did have has been knocked out of him by the klits! i think a break for him wud be best! he might get that hunger back…. the same hunger that had Wlad on the mat 3 times!
Oldanir Solis doesn’t have a chance either. He really reminds of Peter. Powerful but limited.
Who wants to see a guy whose manager already admitted can never beat any of the Klitschko’s?????
He just wants to cllect some money. How sad is it that you know you can never beat a Klitschko???
Yeah he’s a bum who cares
No one in thier right mind would fight this bum he is finished