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.

Peter, still only 29, plans on knocking Wladimir down and making sure he stays down this time. In their previous fight five years ago, Peter had Wladimir on the canvas on three separate times and if Wladimir hadn’t been able to get away with an enormous amount of clinching without being disqualified, Peter likely would have stopped him.

Speaking to Reuters, Peter had this to say about Wladimir: “He will be down again but this time he will not be standing up,” Peter said on a conference call from his training base in Big Bear, California. I got my own referee and my judge … my referee is my right hand and my judge is my left hook, no question about this time around. This time he will not get up from my hook.”

Yes, Wladimir barely escaped with a win last time he fought Peter five years ago. Things have changed since then. Wladimir is a more stationary fighter, and unable to move the same he used to when he was a younger fighter. Now Wladimir is more of a plodder who gets by with his jab and right hand.

He’s become more basic than he used to be. Years ago, Wladimir had a left hook that he used to score knockouts. He rarely uses his left hook and is incredibly predictable with his offense, which consists of a few jabs followed by a right hand.

Peter is going to crowd Wladimir and make him fight. I don’t expect Wladimir to do much fighting. He’s going to be moving constantly until his legs can no longer keep carry him. Peter has too much power and his constant pressure will break Wladimir this time around.

In the last fight, Wladimir’s movement and youth was the main difference in the fight. This time, though, Wladimir won’t be able to move around long enough to keep Peter from taking his head off with one of his big hooks. All it will take for Peter is one big shot and Wladimir will be finished.

This is a completely different Peter from the one that Wladimir fought in the past. Peter is probably in the best condition he’s been in since his amateur days many years ago. Wladimir won’t be able to handle Peter’s big power without folding up like a cheap suit.