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 223 in comparison, though he didn’t exactly look slender either.
Samuel Peter
Peter-Chambers: The Last Chance for Samuel To Prove Himself
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.
Chambers vs. Peter on March 27th
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 best possible opponent in Chambers, 26, who’s currently ranked number #3 in the IBF heavyweight rankings. The fight will give the winner of the bout a lot of visibility, as the fight is being shown on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights.
News – Peter vs. Chambers, Skelton vs. Rogan, Nakash-Brunelli
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 N.I.A IN Birmingham, on February 28.
Peter vs. Chambers on March 27th
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 Klitschko in a 9th round TKO loss in October 2008.
Samuel Peter Wants Fight With Chris Arreola
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. According to the news, Peter, 28, is upset that Arreola has chosen the nickname “Nightmare” as his moniker, which happens to be the partial nickname of Peter, who goes by the nickname “Nigerian Nightmare.”
Cotto vs. Jennings, Pavlik vs. Rubio, Peter Challenges Arreola – News
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. The people in Puerto Rico have made me feel real good, as well as my family.
Arreola vs. Peter?
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 a fight that would easily be one of the biggest fights of 2009 and possibly a ending up as one of the best bouts of the year. Arreola and Peter are two fighters of the same mold, both heavy, slightly paunchy (okay, in Arreola’s case, maybe a lot paunchy nowadays), hard punching and accustomed to scoring early knockouts.
Why Samuel Peter Will Be Champion Again
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 was exposed by Vitali. It seems as if a lot of people are writing him off way too soon, being hasty in their estimation of his future potential.
What Next For Samuel Peter?
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 fighter now needs an urgent re-think of strategy. Peter looked to have turned a page when defeating James Toney in the re-match (Until we factor in the small detail of Toney being a previous middleweight fighter).
However the subsequent fights with Jameel Mccline and Oleg Maskaev were both far from impressive. Before beating Mccline, he was famously dropped three times from mediocre shots, and in the Maskaev fight he was rocked by some decent shots before overcoming the 39-year-old Russian national in Mexico.
Perhaps then, the warning signs were there for Peter, but his coaches have not done their job. Peter’s boxing skills still appear rudimentary at best, his conditioning poor and his power still questionable.