Samuel Peter Boxing News

By Dave Lahr: This Saturday night, IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitsxchko (54-3, 48 KO’s) faces his most dangerous opponent in the past five years when he fights former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the Commerzbank-Arena, in Frankfurt, Germany. Although the 34-year-old Klitschko has been [...]

HEAVYWEIGHT champion Wladimir Klitschko is the massive odds-on favourite at 1-11 on Betfair to successfully defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Organization (WBO) and IBO titles when he fights Samuel Peter at the ESPIRIT arena in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Saturday. The hard-hitting Ukrainian faces 11-1 outsider Peter in a rematch of their 2005 [...]

Power-punching heavyweight title challenger Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter remained calm during the press conference and the open training sessions for his Saturday rematch against IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko – even when normally reserved Klitschko taunted him with his championship belts and his antagonistic remarks. “I hear and see what they’re trying to do, [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) plans on going after WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) next after Samuel gets through knocking out IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. In boxing news from Next, the 29-year-old [...]

By Dave Lahr: After five years of facing mostly weak punchers, IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) will finally be taking on a knockout artist in 29-year-old Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) in a rematch on Saturday night at the Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany.

Frankfurt/Main/Germany (September 8, 2010) – Wladimir Klitschko (57-3, 48 KOs), and Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KOs), participated today in a public work-out at Mercedes Benz Center Frankfurt. International Boxing Federation, IBO and WBO and The Ring Magazine Champion Klitschko and former WBC Champion Peter will face off next Saturday at Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany.

http://espn.go.com/espn3/index/_/sport/boxing/view/upcoming/ is the only place to watch the highly anticipated rematch between WBO/IBO/IBF Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (57-3, 48 KOs) and contender Samuel Peters (34-3 27 KOs), as the two square off for 12 exciting rounds from Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. When: Saturday, September 11 at 5:00 p.m. ET. ESPN3.com will be broadcasting the bout [...]

By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) may be considered by many boxing fans to be the best heavyweight in the division, but I have a feeling that he’s going to get knocked out on Saturday night against Nigerian Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s).

By Dave Lahr: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) attempted to get under the skin of former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) at Monday’s press conference for their fight this Saturday at the Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. Klitschko, 34, said this to the 29-year-old Peter:

Frankfurt/Main/Germany (September 6, 2010) – Wladimir Klitschko (57-3, 48 KOs), and Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KOs), participated today in a press conference. IBF, IBO and WBO and The Ring Magazine Champion Klitschko and former WBC Champion Peter will face off next Saturday at Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. In the U.S., the fight will be shown [...]

By Dave Lahr: On September 11th, IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) and Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) will be fighting in a long awaited rematch in Germany. If you saw the last bout five years ago between Wladimir Klitschko and Peter, you’ll notice that Wladimir used two techniques to beat Peter in [...]

By Dave Lahr: Emanuel Steward, the trainer for IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s), says Klitschko will come out fast in the fight throwing power shots on September 11th against challenger Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s). Steward says “Sam Peter’s never been completely knocked out. he just quit on himself. I don’t think [...]

By Dave Lahr: It’s been 12 years since Wladimir Klitschko had his backside handed to him by Ross Puritty in an 11th round TKO defeat for Wladimir in 1998. It was a case of an unbeaten Klitschko facing a fighter with huge power and a steel chin. Wladimir, after tasting some of Puritty’s right hands [...]

By Dave Lahr: Trainer Emanuel Steward is concerned about how much improvement former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) has made in the past year and Steward is hoping that his fighter IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) can beat Peter on September 11th at the Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Hessen, [...]

by Dave Lahr: Emanuel Steward, the trainer for IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s), may be whistling past the graveyard as he came out today with a bold knockout prediction for Wladimir against former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) in their bout on September 11th at the Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Hessen, [...]

By Jim Dower: U.S. boxing fans will still get a chance to see the September 11th title fight between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) and former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s). ESPN will be showing the fight to U.S. audiences. HBO opted not to air this fight for some [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) has always done remarably well when facing weak-chinned fighters like IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s). In fact, Peter is almost unbeatable when facing a fighter with a soft chin. The only loss that Peter suffered to a weak-chinned fighter was [...]

By Dave Lahr: In tonight’s ESPN boxing card with Henry Lundy vs. Omri Lowther, ESPN boxing analyst and trainer Teddy Atlas said that former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) has improved “Mentally, physically and technically” in the past five years since his narrow 12 round decision loss to Wladimir Klitschko in 2005. [...]

Sam Peter (34-3, 27 KOs), is in his final week of training camp in the high altitude of Big Bear, Calif. A native of Nigeria, now fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev., Peter will break camp on September 2 and head to Frankfurt, Germany to challenge IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KOs.) Promoted [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) is in the best shape of his life for his fight against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) on September 11th, in Frankfurt, Germany.

By Dave Lahr: Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) dodged a heat seeking missile last time he fought the powerful Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) in 2005, beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision in a fight where Wladimir was put down not once but three separate times in the fight. Now after skillfully beating [...]

By Dave Lahr: It’s been almost exactly five years since Wladimir Klitschko defeated Samuel Peter by a grueling 12 round decision at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. On that fateful night on September 24th, 2005, Wladimir was knocked down three times by the powerful Peter and incredibly fortunate to escape with a [...]

By Dave Lahr: If you’ve seen the previous fight between the younger Wladimir Klitschko and Samuel Peter five years ago, you’ll notice immediately that Wladimir chose to run for 12 rounds rather than risking fate by attempting to trade shots with the more powerful Peter. And even though Wladimir ran like a jackrabbit for 12 [...]

By Dave Lahr: Last weekend we saw a fight on HBO that was as boring as anything you can imagine with WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal beating Chad Dawson by an 11 round technical decision. The fight was a dull match up even going into the fight. When I compare that fight with the [...]

By Dave Lahr: We saw in the last fight between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) and Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) that Wladimir was unwilling to let Peter do much of anything on offense. Wladimir, over and over again, clinched Peter any time the Nigerian fighter would get anywhere close to him. [...]

By Dave Lahr: It’s no secret that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) is likely to clinch his opponent Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) for all he’s worth in their title fight on September 11th, at the Commerzbank-Arena, in Frankfurt, Germany. The 34-year-old Klitschko will be looking to do his utmost to prevent [...]

By Dave Lahr: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) basically clinched his way to victory five years ago against Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s). With Wladimir basically draping himself all over Peter like a huge Siberian Tiger rug, Peter had to deal with almost nonstop clinching. It was impossible for Peter to get [...]

By Dave Lahr: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) has been able to go six long years between knockout losses, but I think his string is about to be ended on September 11th against the powerful former WBC heavyweight champion Sam Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) in their title fight at the Commerzhank-Arena, in [...]

By Dave Lahr: It’s been five years since Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) last fought IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) back in September 2005. On that occasion, the still very green Peter came incredibly close to knocking Klitschko out in the 11th round after knocking him down for the third time in [...]

By Jim Dower: Although HBO declined to show the upcoming September 11th fight title bout between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) and former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s), ESPN has stepped up to the plate and will be showing the fight live at 5 p.m. ET at [...]