{"id":49147,"date":"2014-12-17T22:33:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T04:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49147"},"modified":"2014-12-17T22:33:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T04:33:42","slug":"anthony-peterson-yakubu-amidu-called-off-fans-shocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49147","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Peterson &#8211; Yakubu Amidu Called OFF &#8211; Fans SHOCKED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49147\" rel=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49147\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2487 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/boxingringheader1.jpg\" alt=\"boxingringheader\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Yakubu Amidu (21-5-2, 19KO) was fight-ready for this Saturday\u2019s Showtime bout versus Anthony Peterson (34-1, 22KO). He completed a brief but rigorous training camp, and completed the required medical exams. Showtime announced the fight in a Decmeber 4th press release, and on their telecast this past weekend. It came as a surprise when Amidu promoter Bobby Hitz of Hitz Boxing received a call this morning that the bout is off. Hitz was advised that Peterson trainer Barry Hunter did not want his boxer to fight Amidu.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHunter has been trying to get out of this fight since we signed the bout contract,\u201d said Hitz. \u201cThe kid trained hard for this fight. It\u2019s the holidays. This kid did everything asked of him, and now he\u2019s not going to be paid because at the last minute, this guy pulls out because he is afraid of what Amidu might do to his fighter?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s like the Grinch that stole this guy\u2019s Christmas. Most guys fight for an opportunity to showcase their talents on SHOWTIME, and here\u2019s a guy that went out of his way not to be on TV. He took an easier fight, and lost the TV opportunity just so he didn\u2019t have to fight us. I\u2019m glad I don\u2019t have these guys guiding my fighters\u2019 careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amidu appears to have been replaced with 39-year-old veteran Hector Velazquez (56-24-3, 38KO). \u201cI know Tom [Brown] did what he could to put this bout together,\u201d said Hitz. \u201cHe fought vigorously to keep Amidu in the fight, despite Hunter\u2019s objections from the beginning. There\u2019s no reason Amidu shouldn\u2019t be fighting on Showtime this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=39299\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/imagez\/rsrad.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yakubu Amidu (21-5-2, 19KO) was fight-ready for this Saturday\u2019s Showtime bout versus Anthony Peterson (34-1, 22KO). He completed a brief but rigorous training camp, and completed the required medical exams. Showtime announced the fight in a Decmeber 4th press release, and on their telecast this past weekend. It came as a surprise when Amidu promoter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11562],"class_list":["post-49147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-anthony-peterson-yakubu-amidu-called-off-fans-shocked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49147"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}