Samuel Peter Vs Dereck Chisora

Styles wise this plays into Peter's favour.

Chisora is a hard dude that keeps moving into guys. Peter is an even harder dude with a major punch that needs guys to engage with him because he's not the most skilled guy. Chisora is playing Peter's game here.

Peter clobbers him, end of.

 

I thought McCline nicked that fight , especially with the 3 drops. But im ok with a Peter win.

Whats clear however is a younger fitter McCline would have beaten Peter easily. To me , its clear he only lost that fight due to having a short camp and being badly out of shape. Old past-prime McClime was a late stand-in for Oleg

Arroela who is another Chisora type mopped the floor with McCline. . .

 

Makes perfect sense it might have sounded better if I said physical prime.. Chisora of the last 3 to 4 years has managed his weight well, always in shape and is 100% dedicated to his craft.. When he was younger he had multiple fights where he was out of shape and overweight.. Bernard Hopkins resume is better after his physical prime years than before..

 

People said something similar about the Dubois/Joyce fight, Joyce too easy to hit, walking right at a bigger puncher.

Obviously Chisora isn't suddenly turning boxer like Joyce did, but if Chisora can turn it into a grueling type of fight with lots of exchanges, like his first fight with Whyte I could see Peter wilting under the pressure. He wasn't used to guys coming right at him, neither of them are, maybe Peter's bigger punch wins it for him or maybe Chisora's competitive spirit and ability to go to war and tough it out sees him come out on top.

If it was simply a case of Peter being the same as Chisora but more powerful I would favour Peter but I think Chisora at his best had quicker hands, better head movement and higher work rate, tougher mentally and better in the inside. I could see him out hussle Peter.

 

It's difficult to define Chisora's prime and even physical prime. Every time he stepped up, he was defeated and he never had a consistent run in the lower echelons. When he was younger, he was aesthetically in worse condition than he is today and I would also say that his stamina was no better. I have no doubt that his superior financial resources have enabled him to capitalise on better management, preparation and a better "medical team" or "sports doctor". His "cult following" in the UK has seemingly also brought about higher motivation levels. It was only a few years ago that he was sleepwalking through the Kabayel bought, there was no "WAR Chisora" about that.

I don't know whether he's in his prime now, or not.

 

Peter was a hype job. I never saw a less talented guy so hyped until Dubois, and that was specifically because he came in at a time when the heavyweight division was at its lowest ebb in history. They just needed a guy.

I am not saying that Chisora would have beaten him, but it would have been no walk-over either way.

 

Lol Peter was not prime in 2011. Peters prime was like 05 to 08 but like I said he was inconsistent

 

Peter was an all around better fighter than chisora and id pick him in a head to head fight, but i wouldn't be surprised if chisora countered over one of peters wild left hooks and knocked him out.

 

Peter's power is a myth based off of his highlight reel ko over another hype job in fine china chinned Jeremy Williams .
Peter had 0 notable ko's over any contender other than a referee stoppage over glass chinned Maskaev who was coming off an almost 2 year layoff.

Chisora, who many here consider an average hitter, has a lights out ko win over durable Carlos Takam and has given other top heavies all they could handle.

Peter may have a better jab & throw his overhand right consistantly better but Chisora does everything else better.
Chisora has better defense, combination punching, inside fighting, endurance & will to win.

 

50/50

 

Head to head and prime 4 prime we're talking. Too close to call IMO

 

That's a decent argument for Chisora. Thing is I think Peter has a much bigger punch and better chin. Chisora is the better boxer I don't dispute that but he's still no Chris Byrd and he's going to get tagged sooner rather than later, it's how he fights. I believe that Chisora isn't going to handle exchanges with Peter well.

 

No doubt Peter would be dangerous with his power from range but where I think Chisora could succeed is on the inside. Peter isn't an inside fighter, he's always chased guys that ran he's never had a guy come up to him roll under his hooks, get up close and work like Chisora does.

Chisora has far better head and upper body movement, I think he'll make someone as crude as Peter miss, Peter isn't used to having to control range he's the one usually trying to cut the distance and so he'll find the fight takes place inside where he's at a disadvantage.

I also think Peter needs to win this fight in the first half of the fight because a fit 240lbs Chisora would put it on him and set a pace he would not like and I could see Chisora dominating the later rounds vs an exhausted Peter.

But the deciding factor for me in regards to picking a winner is simply Chisora has better performances some of them against guys Peter has fought. Peter looked more dangerous but always against poor opposition while Chisora has fought a who's who for the heavyweight division for almost the last decade and even in losing often coming out looking pretty good.