When seaching for comformation about if Valuev vs Chagaev is off, i found this article dated today on boxingnews24 website. Fury Wants Bout With Samuel Peter By William Mackay: Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (6-0, 6 KOs) said that he thinks that a good opponent for him to fight next is former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-3, 23 KOs), according to Boxing News. However, Fury, 20, immediately said that his promoter wants him to work up to fights like that before taking a step up at against a fighter like Peter. Fury thinks that a fight like this will be huge by the time hes 15-0, which at the pace that Fury is fighting at could be by next year at this time. To be sure, it would be a big step up in competition for the 6′9″ Fury who up until this point has fought fighters with average ability and power. Peter, 28, has a lot of power as he showed in his fight with Wladimir Klitschko in 2005, a fight in which Peter knocked Wladimir down three times in a 12-round unanimous decision losing effort against the Ukrainian. However, things have been going badly for Peter as of late as hes lost his last two fights to Vitali Klitschko and Eddie Chambers. Despite the losses, Peter would be a very dangerous opponent for a fighter like Fury because of his good chin, his heavy pressure and big power. A more realistic opponent for Fury would be Derek Chisora, who recently defeated heavyweight Paul Butlin this past Friday. However, Fury doubts that fight will happen because Chisora is going after British heavyweight champion Danny Williams. Fury acknowledges that Chisora would have little to gain for fighting him instead of Williams, because Chisora would get little credit if he were to beat him because Fury is just a prospect and not a champion like Williams. As such, it looks as if Fury will have to be content to go after a lesser known fighter, because the bigger names arent likely an option for him at this time. Fury doesnt want to go after easier fights, however, and wants only fights that he feels that hell be challenged by and can learn from them something. The problem for Fury, however, is that theres not a lot of options for him in the UK for big fights. If Fury wanted bigger fights, the place to be would be Germany of the U.S. where theres a number of good heavyweight contenders for Fury to fight. Additionally, Fury wants a new trainer, possibly one from the U.S. An ideal trainer for Fury would be someone like Emanuel Steward who specializes in working with taller heavyweights like Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko. Its unknown whether Steward would have the interest or the time to train Fury, though. If Fury would flexible about living in Detroit where Steward lives, it would be a workable situation for Fury and hed be able to learn a lot by being around Steward, Andy Lee and Wladimir Klitschko. In the little time that Fury spent sparring with Ukrainian heavyweights for his last fight with Scotto Belshaw, Fury seemed to improve a great deal. Being able to spar with a heavyweight like Wladimir or his brother Vitali Klitschko could only help make Fury a much better fighter. :yikes
Boxingnews 24 is complete load of crap..... the worst Boxing journalism EVER!!! Manuel Parez hates any fighter that beats a mexican fighter.... Pacquiao and Mosley who he says are cowards?........ Apperently Mosley cheated when he beat Margarito? Michael Lieberman, who gets the most feedback because of his racism towards the British! and every US fighter is great according to him. He though that Daniel Jacobs in only his 7th would EASILY KO Joe Calzaghe!!! And refers to England as being being 'small, wierd and pointless'. And there are many more on the joke site that almost everybody who blogs back just complains how awful it is. Terrible site..... the worst site for Boxing infact!
Yep. Not sold on Fury yet but ambition is the one quality I most admire in any fighter. I hate guys who shamelessly pad their records - how can you get better if you don't test yourself? Good luck to him.
I think peter's experience would let him take Fury deep and finish him if Fury took the fight now, but seriously, Fury shouldn't even be thinking about these fights until he's atleast 22 and he begins to really fill out, then he will be a real contender if he keeps up his current attitude and winning ways
Sad thing is a green chipper like Fury just might beat Peter since Samuel has become a shell of his old self at the age of 28 or 29 or however old he is now. Its sad considering Peter challanged for a title 2 fights ago.
peters shyte - fury would probs KO him now, not completley sold on fury but i gotta take my hat of to him the guys has got a lot of courage, and people like him and haye who only want to fight the best and not pad out there records with bums can only be good for boxing good luck to the lad :good