Samuel Peter Boxing News

By Jim Dower: With his 2nd round knockout win over Nagy Aguilera in the International Boxing Federation heavyweight title eliminator bout on March 12th, the 29-year-old Peter has assured himself a fight against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) in the future. The only thing that Peter has to do now is wait [...]

There’s an old saying that “getting to the top is tough; staying there, tougher.” Perhaps nobody currently active in the sport of boxing knows that any better than Samuel Peter.
However, by virtue of his two-round destruction of Nagy Aguilera last Friday night’s IBF Heavyweight Eliminator in Grapevine, TX, the former WBC World Heavyweight [...]

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) defeated contender Nagy Aguilera (15-3, 10 KO’s) in a 2nd round TKO tonight in a IBF heavyweight eliminator match at the Gaylord Hotel, in Grapevine, Texas. Peter, came into the fight at 237, his lowest weight for him since 2001, knocked [...]

Boxing results from the Gaylord Hotel, in Grapevine, Texas:
Anthony Peterson KO 3 Juan Ramon Ramon Cruz
Samuel Peter TKO 2 Nagy Aguilera
Omar Henry TKO 1 Francisco Javier Reza

By Jason Kim: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (33-3, 26 KO’s) will be facing young 23-year-old prospect Nagy Aguilera (15-2, 10 KO’s) on March 12th in an IBF heavyweight title eliminator in Dallas, Texas. The strange part about this fight is that Russian Alexander Povetkin had already become the mandatory challenger for [...]

By Jason Kim: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (33-3, 26 KO’s) wants another title shot against the Klitschko brothers, according to Fight News. Peter, 29, has won three consecutive fights over journeyman caliber opposition since his back to back losses to Vital Klitschko and Eddie Chambers. Despite the losses, Peter is currently [...]

By Chris Williams: At today’s weigh-in, World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO’s) weighed in at 160 for tomorrow night’s bout against number #3 ranked WBC contender Migue Angel Espino (20-2-1, 9 KO’s) at the Beeghly Center, in Youngstown, Ohio. Most people assume that the fight will be a gross mismatch, pointing [...]

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (32-3, 25 KO’s) stopped 44-year-old journeyman Ron Bellamy (14-9-4, 9 KO’s) in the 2nd round last night in a scheduled eight round bout at the Plaza de Toros, in Cancun, Mexico. Peter, 29, fighting at a very slow and measured pace, dropped Bellamy with [...]

By Eric Thomas: Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (31-3, 24 KO’s) will be fighting 44-year-old journeyman Ronald Bellamy (14-9-4, 9 KO’s) in a scheduled eight round bout on September 12th, at the El Palenque de la Feria, Tepic, in Nayarit, Mexico. For Peter, 28, this is [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a huge upset, Miguel Acosta (25-9-2, 19 KOs) stopped number #1 ranked World Boxing Association lightweight contender Urbano Antillon (26-0, 19 KOs) in the 9th round tonight for the WBA interim lightweight title at the Grand Mayan, Nuevo Vallarta, in Nayarit, Mexico. Antillon, 26, got sloppy and was nailed by [...]

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-3, 23 KO’s) will be coming in at his lowest weight in four years when he steps in the ring tonight against journeyman fighter Marcus McGee (22-16, 11 KO’s) in an eight round bout at the Grand Mayan, Nuevo Vallarta, in Nayarit, Mexico.

By Jason Kim: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-3, 23 KO’s) will be hoping to turn his sagging career around this Saturday night against journeyman Marcus McGee (22-16, 11 KO’s) in an eight round bout at the Grand Miyan, Nuevo Vallarta, in Nayarit, Mexico. Peter, 28, has lost his last two fights [...]

By William Mackay: Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (6-0, 6 KOs) said that he thinks that a good opponent for him to fight next is former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-3, 23 KOs), according to Boxing News. However, Fury, 20, immediately said that his promoter wants him to work up to fights like that [...]

By Nate Anderson: If this question was asked of me a couple of years ago, I probably would have selected Nigerian heavyweight Samuel Peter as being the biggest puncher in all of boxing, but right now I’m no longer so certain about that since David Haye has emerged front and center as perhaps the purest, [...]

By Manuel Perez: Heavyweight Eddie Chambers (34-1, 18 KOs) feels that he’s now ready for a title shot after his 10-round majority decision over former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter last weekend at the Nokia Theater, in Los Angeles, California. I don’t want to be the one to break this to Chambers, but [...]

By Jim Dower: Having now lost his last two fights, former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-3, 23 KOs) finds himself stuck between a rock and hard place after last night’s 10-round majority decision loss to Eddie Chambers. Peter, 28, came into the fight weighing a bit too much at 265, and the [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the main event Samuel Peter, who came into this fight at 30-2 with 23 KO’s was also stepping in the ring at the heaviest weight of his professional career at 265 pounds. His opponent, “Fast” Eddie Chambers was fighting at one pound less than his heaviest weight; Chambers weighed in at [...]

By Jason Kim: Well, former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-3, 23 KOs) took a big risk in facing the small but wily Eddie Chambers (34-1, 18 KOs), and sure paid the price for it by losing by a 10-round majority decision on Friday night at the Nokia theatre, in Los Angeles, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) weighed in at a career high of 265 for his weigh-win with heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers (33-1, 18 KOs) for their 12-round bout on Friday night at the Nokia Theater, in Los Angeles, California. Chambers, 26, came in at a smallish [...]

By Sam Gregory: Friday night March 27th ESPN2 will be airing a ten round non-title heavyweight bout featuring heavyweight contender Samuel Peter 32-2 with 23 KO’s who will be taking on Eddie Chambers 33-1 with 18 KO’s at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.

By Jim Dower: Former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) takes a big risk by facing Eddie chambers (33-1, 18 KOs) in a 12-round bout on March 27th at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California. Peter, 28, bucking the normal trend for fighters coming off a defeat, is instead seeking out the [...]

Martin Rogan is aiming to become Ireland’s second heavyweight world champion – more than 100 years after the last man to hold the greatest prize in boxing. And he says victory over Matt Skelton later this month will put him on course to achieve his dream. The 37-year-old from Belfast will face Skelton at the [...]

By Jason Kim: Former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) hopes to get his career back on the winning track on March 27th against heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers (33-1, 18 KOs) at a still to be determined site. Peter, 28, from Nigeria, was recently defeated by the big Ukrainian Vitali [...]

By Chris Williams: Not wanting to take things easy after his 9th round stoppage loss to Vitali Klitschko in October, former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) is once again ready to take the heavyweight division by storm by challenging Chris Arreola (26-0, 23 KOs) to a fight later this year. [...]

Tuesday, January 13, Press Conference Quotes from Madison Square Garden
Miguel Cotto
I don’t know anything about my opponent. I have not watched any tapes of him.
Right now I feel good, but I miss the gym and the fights. I am hungry to get back. I have walked around at about 176 or 178. [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a potentially intriguing bout between two sluggers in the heavyweight division, the rumor is that there is a possibility of former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) taking on top contender Chris Arreola (26-0, 23 KOs) in the near future. Although it’s still speculation at this point, this is [...]

By Dave Lahr: Ever since his 9th round stoppage loss to Vitali Klitschko on October 11th, former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) has been written off by the boxing community, a lot of whom are saying that he’s finished as a fighter, that he’ll never be a champion again and that he [...]

By Cinquez Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) came in for the Vitali Klitschko fight looking clearly overweight, and his laboured performance on the night left many observers questioning just how had been out of the ring for the last four years. Constantly looking short of breath (along with ideas, the Las Vegas – based [...]

By Dan Ambrose: To say that WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) performed poorly on Saturday night would be a tremendous understatement. Peter, 28, looked plain awful in losing by an 8th round stoppage to Vitali Klitschko, a fight in which Peter acted as a huge human punching bag for the 6′8″ Ukrainian [...]

By Jim Dower: Three-time heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (36-2, 35 KOs) was too much for WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs), defeating him after Peter opted to quit on his stool in between the 8th and 9th rounds on Saturday night at the O2 World Arena, Kreuzberg, in Berlin, Germany. Klitschko, 37, controlled [...]