{"id":6586,"date":"2011-01-07T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2011-01-06T21:29:22","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T02:29:22","slug":"samuel-peter-boxing%e2%80%99s-version-of-the-biggest-loser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=6586","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Peter: Boxing\u2019s Version of The Biggest Loser"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Idris \u201cDrees\u201d Newton <\/strong><\/p>\n

Do we really need to see Samuel Peter in another fight? Do I have to be subjected to his horrid brand of brawling? Not boxing, but brawling. Peter is a disgrace to brawling, that\u2019s how bad he is.<\/p>\n

So he gave Wladimir some trouble (the first fight)\u2026so did Corrie Sanders. What did he do the second time around? Can you think of a better description of that fight besides \u201cmassacre?\u201d I can\u2019t. You have to give me more than just one fight where he ultimately lost the bout. What has he done besides getting the hell kicked out of him, by the likes of Jameel McCline at that? Yeah, he ended up winning, but it\u2019s Jameel McCline! <\/p>\n

Coming off of that \u201cDaddy, I\u2019ve learned my lesson\u201d style beating he took at the hands of \u201cDr. Steel Hammer,\u201d you expect me to want to see him fight another man with better boxing skill and hand speed, not to mention his foot speed is much better than Wlad\u2019s and he is twenty times quicker than the bigger men Peter is use to. Don\u2019t forget that \u201cGoral\u201d is not lacking in power, and with each fight, he seems to get more acclimated with the difference in size at heavy weight. Adamek has made a seamless transition from cruiserweight, taking on the very active Cristobal Arreola who did not stray from his full attack style. Still Adamek used his faster hands and quicker feet to out position and ultimately out box Arreola. And Samuel Peter is a lesser fighter than Cristobal.<\/p>\n

This fight is a no brainer; Adamek, who has a great chin, will not be deterred by the historically heavy handed Peter who has not really shown that his power should be feared in quite some time. It might be because he throws his punches wildly without any technique, taking the sting away from most of his shots, especially against the elite of the weight class. Peter\/Adamek will be a fight won by quick hands and movement and lost by slow lunging punches and very penetrable defense (can you say flood gates).<\/p>\n

Honestly there is nothing exciting about this fight. Maybe another knockout victory for Adamek, it might make the \u201coverweight\u201d division a bit more interesting. Then perhaps all the talk won\u2019t revolve around what bum what Klitschko will destroy next in another jest of a fight. Maybe we\u2019ll have a fourth name to insert into a fantasy tournament of really exciting heavies. Klitschko (Wlad and Vitali), David Haye and Adamek. As I would presume, most of us wouldn\u2019t turn up our noses at an Adamek\/Haye meeting. Now there are fireworks, big bombs and ferocious flurries, gut wrenching knockdown after gut wrenching knockdown, back to the heavyweight glory days.<\/p>\n

But no, instead, we get Jean-Marc Mormeck of France, Jonathon Banks of the USA, Alexander Dimitrenko and Denis Boytsov of Russia. Who? Why? And for what?<\/p>\n

Well one is a cruiser weight who hasn\u2019t been relevant in a mostly irrelevant weight class for quite some time now (Mormeck). One is a former victim of the aforementioned Adamek(Banks), one lost a lopsided fight to \u201cFast\u201d Eddie Chambers who later had a facelift performed on him by \u201cDr. Steel Hammer\u201d (Dimitrenko) and last but not least, the only man in this tournament who shows any promise (Boytsov), although he hasn\u2019t fought anyone so he will most likely be another bust if he were to win and be awarded a shot at Wladimir Klitschko. Yes, that\u2019s is the grand price (to pay)\u2026I mean prize.<\/p>\n

Since this is an IBF sanctioned tournament the winner will be thrust into the spotlight of a title bout with Wlad (IBF, WBO, IBO and Ring Magazine Champ), as if we don\u2019t already know the outcome. \u201cI mean, come on. COME ON!!!\u201d-Gob Blueth (Arrested Development). I love that show.<\/p>\n

Four guys, virtual unknowns, in a heavyweight tournament, what is it suppose to accomplish? Certainly not what the Super Six is for the 168 division and boxing as a whole. Wait, did you (International Boxing Federation) really think those guys, those names would bring fans, bring excitement, bring money or even a general yawn back to the \u201cOverweight\u201d Class?<\/p>\n

I find it completely incomprehensible that this is your best plan, that these are the best names you could\u2019ve come up with to bolster the fading heavy weight tradition. The sinking heavyweight ship, two great champs, one good and exciting champ and one good would be champ, both from one division south of heavy. These are all that\u2019s left for us (the fans) to keep our eyes on, to keep our respective breaths held for. Trust me setting up the lion (Klitschko) for feeding time with these four lambs (Mormeck, Banks, Dimitrenko, Boytsov) led to slaughter is not what we the fans meet at the proverbial water cooler to discuss.<\/p>\n

So on behalf of, well everyone who calls him\/herself a boxing fan, please end the negotiations with each of these fighters and find better ones or just scratch the whole entire venture because we won\u2019t watch and we won\u2019t care. But that never seems to matter with you sanctioning sods. These pseudo contenders in waiting, \u201cAlways a Brides maid, never a bride\u201d, I can\u2019t be the only one who sees this as a slap in the face, a big \u201cF You\u201d from everybody at IBF. I\u2019m hoping this is just another rumor and it doesn\u2019t come to fruition because concordantly at the end of it all lays just another patient for \u201cDr. Steel Hammer\u201d<\/p>\n

How about, we try something different; we make bouts that matter, where the outcome isn\u2019t preordained, where we aren\u2019t all made to feel omniscient by this ability to call the fights without even watching. Another Klitschko W, another win for David Haye, another stepping stone for Adamek, what else is new. I tell you with all honesty, I am praying my head off and heart out that we all get to see Haye\/Adamek versus a Klitschko Brother. This would have to be the 1st time in a very, very long time that two heavies were in the ring that didn\u2019t look bloated and out of shape, bringing to mind something more akin to an episode of \u201cThe Biggest Loser\u201d.<\/p>\n

Adamek over Peter in a one sided contest, and (if there is a Boxing God) on to Klitschko( Vitali, who will undoubtedly dispatch Odlanier Solis) and one hell of a fight.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s bring the Heavies back. Pretty Please!<\/p>\n

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