Photo credit: KMG/Dmitriy Abramov – By Jim Dower: At today’s weigh-in for Saturday’s clash between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) and Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s), the 34-year-old Klitschko came in at 246 at the scales. Peter, 30, weighed in at a cut up 241, which is four pounds heavier than in his last fight against Nagy Aguilera in March. However, Peter looks much more muscular than he was for that fight, so you have to figure that Peter has been working harder and putting on more size for his fight against the 6’6” Klitschko.
Klitschko vs. Peter
Peter’s manager thinks Wladimir is worried about this Saturday’s fight
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 acting uncharacteristically confident in the press conferences with Peter leading up to the fight, Peter’s manager Ivalylo Gotzev thinks Wladimir is trying to disguise his fear, saying “He’s definitely uptight. I’ve known Wladimir for 15 years and he’s starting to realize who will be in the other corner come Saturday night. That’s why he’s not himself this week. He’s already having cold and sweaty Nigerian Nightmares.”
Peter to go after Haye after he beats Klitschko this Saturday night
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 Peter says “Let’s see if my promoters can agree on a fight with Haye after September 11, when I’ll take the championship belt from Wladimir. To tell the truth, I already feel like a champion.”
Peter’s trainer sees him knocking Klitschko out by the 6th round on Saturday night
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.
Klitschko-Peter: Look for Wladimir to fold in six
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).
Klitschko attempts to get under Peter’s skin at press conference
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:
Wladimir Klitschko doesn’t have any tricks to beat Samuel Peter this time
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 that fight – movement and clinching. The referee allowed Wladimir to get away with some really god awful clinching in every round. I usually lost count after 10 clinches per round.
Steward says Wladimir will knock Peter out with his missles early in the fight
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 that he’;s ever really been knocked out. But Wladimir has the power to knock out anyone with either hand. So in this fight with Peter, the way that the emotions are building, he [Klitschko] will unleash his missiles earlier than normal.
Steward predicting knockout win for Wladimir Klitschko in “Five or Six rounds” against Peter
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, Germany. In the media conference call today, Steward said “I see a knockout in five or six rounds, and that’s stretching it.” I agree with Steward. I see a knockout in the 5th or 6th rounds as well, but I see the 29-year-old Peter being the one doing the knocking out and not Wladimir.
Klitschko-Peter: Samuel always does well against weak-chinned fighters
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 to none other than Wladimir Klitschko back in 2005. But in that fight, Peter probably would have won the bout had the referee had limited Wladimir’s excessive clinching to a minimum of 5 per round. Instead, Wladimir was able to clinch nearly 24/7 in that fight and that was a big factor in keeping Peter from getting his shots off like he wanted to.