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. Atlas, a great trainer and person with a great eye for spotting talent, obviously hasn’t missed the great strides that the 29-year-old Peter has made in the past five years since his loss to Wladimir.
Klitschko vs. Peter
Klitschko-Peter: Samuel says Wladimir won’t get up after he knocks him down
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.
Why I hate the Klitschkos
by Joe Mitchell: The Klitschkos brothers are the two top heavyweights today in most people’s opinion. They have been winning for a number of years and some starting to call them great. Well, I completely disagree they are good fighters in awful era with the only threat at present being WBA heavyweight champion David Haye. WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, who is ranked No 2 in the world in the heavyweight division, returned from a long layoff in 2008 and dominated Sam Peter.
Klitschko-Peter: Will HBO regret not showing this fight?
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 IBF/WBO heavyweight match-up between champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) and former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s), it seems like it would be only obvious that the Klitschko-Peter fight would be much more interesting for the average fan than watching Dawson hunt and peck against Pascal.
Klitschko-Peter: Can Wladimir beat Samuel without nonstop clinching?
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. While I think two or three clinches is acceptable per round, Wladimir was going way over that in his strategy to prevent Peter from throwing any of his brutal head shots.
Klitschko-Peter: Will the referee do his job and penalize and/or disqualify Wladimir once he starts clinching?
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 any daylight to throw his power shots in the fight. The referee would separate Pete and Wladimir, and then after Wladimir would land a shot, he’s immediately grab Peter in a clinch to prevent him from returning fire. To Peter’s credit, he was still able to knock Wladimir down three times in the fight and probably would have knocked Wladimir out had the referee been able to pull Wladimir off of Peter after the 3rd knockdown in the 11th.
Klitschko-Peter: It’s time for Wladimir to taste the canvas again
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 Frankfurt, Germany. Peter, 29, showed that he had Klitschko’s number five years ago in their previous fight in 2005, a fight in which Peter knocked Wladimir down three times in the fight even though Wladimir fought much of the fight clinging to Peter to prevent the hard hitting Nigerian warrior from hitting him. Personally, I thought Wladimir should have been penalized repeatedly for his excessive holding because it was beyond the norm and it kept Peter from fighting. When you got a fighter like Wladimir, who was literally diving at Peter for clinches, that tells you that Wladimir was clinching for too much in the fight.
Samuel Peter signs contract for fight against Wladimir Klitschko
By Jason Kim: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) signed a contract on Thursday to step in and fight IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) on September 11th, according to Fight News. Peter, 29, has won his last four bouts against B level fighters to earn the number #2 ranking by the IBF.
Wladimir Klitschko and Samuel Peter agree to September 11th fight – News
By Dan Ambrose: 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) have agreed to a September 11th fight, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. The contract hasn’t yet been signed but it’s looking good. The fight will be held at the Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. Klitschko’s manager Bernd Boente says that the contract for Klitschko-Peter should be signed by this Thursday. Klitschko was supposed to be fighting number #1 ranked IBF heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s).
Will Wladimir Klitschko stop Samuel Peter this time?
By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) has a new opponent for his next fight on September 11th when he faces an old nemesis former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) at the Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. This was supposed to have been Alexander Povetkin’s fight, but he failed to sign the contract for the bout and also failed to show up for their first press conference to promote the fight. Wladimir and promotional company K2 complained to the IBF, who then allowed Klitschko to go with the number IBF #2 contender Peter.