A common talking point heard from those who believe Peter's punching power is overated is, "Peter hasn't even KO'd one top ten opponent..." While this point is factual and unworthy of debate, I wonder where those of you who count yourselves among Peter's detractors are going with this...??? Do you really doubt Peter's power, or are you just having fun with this "temporary fact." This poll is not exclusive to those who dislike Peter.
I really don't like Peter because of his style or lack thereof. I found it amusing that many thought of Sam as the "New Tyson" or "Another Ike" when he has quite a ways to go before being mentioned in the same sentence as those 2. I do believe his power is largely overrated since he KO'd Jeremy Williams but it's not like that was the first time Williams was KO'd. It was a spectacular KO but more due to the fact Williams left himself open and never saw the left hook coming.
The point is Peter is powerful ... but not really skilled for the top level competition. So the SKILLED guys either tall (Wlad) ar short (Toney) may avoid his punching power to some extend and not being KOed. The problem with Peter is thet he have also great chin. So people must stay with him the whole 12 rounds and be cautious the whole time. This is actually highly affecting the scorecards. Peter may safely score points bcs his oponents are reluctant to brawl with him. Bottom line, he have big punching power however his punches are not effective until cleanly landed. His punching power work for him indirectly ... his opponents are more cautious and less efficient.
He fights with his heart...he has an admirable level of determination to improve his fighting style/ability, rather than simply cover up his flaws with a band-aid approach. The fact that he fought Toney again instead of going to court, and beat him much more decisively, is also worthy of mention. He is also believable when he talks about wanting to fight for all the championships...he gives the public the feeling he would take any shot he could get, rather than attempting to get us to subscribe to whatever reasoning he may be floating at the moment for not taking over the division. ...just to name a coulple of things, and obviously he is a tremendously exciting fighter, with still unrealized potential.
ANYONE who picks Maskaev should be forced to watch him vs. Kirk Johnson, Corey Sanders and Lance Whitaker ad nauseum...
hes horrible.....he takes a good punch...thats it.....his teqnique is horrid.................maquev will beat him:smoke:smoke:smoke:smoke:smoke
. . . oh no worry a K.O. on the top ten opponent will come shortly. I've seen a lot of improvement with the guy and I'm impressed so far. I want to see if he can still continue to improve fighting on the higher level of competition.
Have you SEEN Maskaev before the Rahman fight? :huh While he has some power, he's perhaps the only guy who can make Lance Whitaker look like Floyd Mayweather jr. A slow plodder with no chin is NOT the best combination for Sam Peter. At the very least, Maskaev won a HW world title and made some good scratch. No disrespect to Oleg, he's a pretty good guy.
He always has a punchers chance so I am sure that eventually he will KO someone. I don't think that his power in itself is overrated, but most of the time it's useless because his teqnique is so horrible that he can't deliver it.