You Sam Peters haters. . .

like he did last time??

clinching, running and dropping to his knees wont scare peter off im sure

 

Any heavyweight with good boxing skills can beat Sam Peter. Fortunately for Sam Peter, there aren't many heavies of that calibre at the moment. Nevertheless, some of the up and coming prospects like Alexander Povetkin and Eddie Chambers have potential. Sam Peter's days at the top are numbered. I agree with Zakman that it is always good to have a heavyweight PUNCHER as the undisputed champion of the world. But for anybody to be a real champion, he has to have more than a punch.

 

Sam showed he was extremely limited, had a poorous defense and did not have that granite chin people thought. He's a great heavyweight, but the next champ? What I saw in his last three fights tells me Peter cannot defeat Wlad again, and the younger Klitschko is gonna be the man for a LONG time.

 

That's exactly why I've been saying since the Wlad fight that if Peter can get himself a decent trainer, who help him develop some rudimentary boxing skills, he COULD unify. Peter seems to have done that in bringing Stacy McKinley on board. Unfortunately, they've retained the incompetent Pops Anderson, and kept him as the main cornerman - which is part of what is holding Peter back, imo.

Peter will NEVER be a smooth boxer. But with some refinements so he can set up his power shots better, and deliver them more accurately, he COULD become the dominant champ many of us thought he could be. Let's remember he's STILL under 30, which is YOUNG in the HW division. He's got time to improve.

 

Zakman, how did you rate Peter's chin before this fight and what would you rate it now?

 

And if Pyllis Diller can get herself a good makeup artist, she could become Miss America.

:blood

 

i wouldn't be so sure about that.

 

If you were hired to replace Pops Anderson I am sure you know exactly how Sam Peter's training should change. But you have to understand that Peter likes Anderson, so it is very likely that he won't listen to anybody else. On that basis it seems unlikely that Peter will improve as a boxer and chances of him becoming an undisputed champion are small at best.

Our best hope for the next Joe Louis appears to be coming from Russia, perhaps Boytsov or Povetkin. Sadly they aren't getting the right kind of training either, but I think they train a little more seriously than Peter.

 

Well said. :good

 

I guess for a legit knockdown it must be a clean punch to the back of the head. or preceeded by a clean punch to the back of the head.