What's happened to the up and coming stirling figure who was sending shockwaves through the heavyeight division? he's hugely overweight and looked terrible against mccline. i can't see that he really trained for the fight and has been between 250-257 since about 2005. I can see nothing other than defeat to wladimir in a rematch, or infact any of the fitter top 10 right now. i hope saturdays farce will give him a wakeup call and get down to 245 otherwise he'll fall to defeat anytime soon. anyone else pissed off with this waste of talent? BTW a clip of a young peter looking a sharp and excellent prospect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXftLwgCwf4
1) He is talented but not as talented as some thought. 2) He has become out of shape. 3) He has stepped up in class. It's easy to look good against someone who doesn't throw back, such as in the clip you linked.
I agree with #3 beating up tomato cans doesn't translate into beating top 10 guys which he has proven by not stopping anybody of note.
in the heavyweight division talent comes differently to welterweights IMO. peters has an excellent jap, big punch and is a natural heavyweight - all he needs to be is in shape. wlad has no more talen IMO he's just good because he can also jab and hit hard and is a big guy - wlad is no willie pep
more than you could imagine. the heavyweights today are all about fitness. anyone fit enough to last 12 good rounds is almost guarenteed to be champ.
A lot of heavyweights today are fat.Could it be because they don't have to make weight, and see this as an excuse to consume an entire buffet?Even if you work out, you still have to excercise restraint.But I even wonder if a lot of these guys like Peter or the flabby , double chinned Russians are doing much roadwork.The same thing happened to David Tua.Early in his career, he weighed in the 220's.By the time he fought Lennox Lewis, he was in the 40's and looked hog fat.You see what he accomplished against Lennox.Now he's just another fatso, so slow he can't get out of his own way.The same may happen to Peter, who doesn't seem to have the potential that Tua once did.
I had the same question. Besides good chin (which now seems to be gone) and good punch (also seems non existent anymore) Peter has never had any other talents.
Peter wasn't overweight. Although McCline had his moment, Peter also showed a better jab and good outboxing skills. Now he's not the typical monodimensional slugger.
Peter was always a hype job, Klitschko Haters just needed someone to make them feel as if there was actually a chance of someone taking out Wlad and the division. I mean if you look at the Wlad-Peter if it wasnt for the KD's the match was as onesided as it gets. People just refused to believe that Peter wasnt as good as they thought. He has no skills and when Vitaly fights him next year hes gonna finish what McCline already exposed - An overrated hype ob.
C'mon now, Vlad throws much straighter punches than Peter and his combinations are more fluid and accurate. Sure Wlad is big but he is also much taller and has much greater reach than Peter. This makes him a way more effective and dangerous fighter when he boxes from distance. Vlad also keeps himself in much better shape in between fights than Sam. Manny can't keep Wlad out of the gym as he loves to train. All in all Wlad is a much better representative of what a heavyweight champ should be both in and out of the ring. Peter's boxing ability has improved somewhat but not nearly enough to tackle Wlad IMO.