Sam Peter : Could he have picked up a belt in the 80's?

But would he have been able to fasten it around his belly?

 

no way, he'd need to be conditioned for 15 rounders to break into the top ten.

outside that he can thrive. a king of six rounders, good opp for butterbean.

 

if it was that big, could he pick it up?

 

He certainly could have. But I don't think he would have hung onto it for very long.

 

Guys had legs back then and Peter wouldn't do well vs movers so im inclined to say no.

 

I can’t see him breaking through into contention. On the fringes, maybe; not an automatic selection as a world title challenger. By which time, I’d expect his novelty to have worn off some.

 

I agree that Peter has problems late rounds. Which is why I reckon sooner rather than later he'd be taken deep and beaten, even if he did win a belt. I think with a couple of tries he probably would end up with a strap. I see no reason why he couldn't beat Tubbs, for example, who got KO'd by nonentity Butler and a guy like Ellis. Even Witherspoon, who was pretty good, lost to scrubs way below Peter's level like Everett Martin and Jimmy Thunder.

Let's flip it around.

Who's the worst guys Peter lost to?

I'd say Eddie Chambers (33-1 at the time) and Robert Helenius (14-0 at the time) and these losses were to the end of his career. People forget how he was bowling boxers over before he lost to Wladimir. Chambers and Helenius are both solid heavyweights.

 

More to the point, who is the best he beat?

 

Maskaev, McCline, Toney and maybe Williams, I'd say.

 

Maskaev was 39 years old
Toney was 38 and 39 years old.
McCline hadn't beaten anyone of any note for 6 years and that was an ankle injury win over Grant.
Oh Dear!

 

not only is his proof of his negative a near 50 year sonny, but his positive proofs are near 40somethings. double buble trouble. only BCS could double flop.