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For Klitschko Jr., this will be the 58th battle in the professional ring (54 victories, 48 knockouts, three defeats), and in this list there was already Samuel Peter, nicknamed Nigerian nightmare. That 12-raundal battle took place on September 24, 2005 in Atlantic City (USA) and ended with a Ukrainian victory by glasses (all three judges gave him preference with the same score 114: 111). At the stake then was the status of an obligatory applicant for IBF and WBO versions.
On the combat account of the Nigerian, by the way, there is a duel with Vitaly Klitschko, which Peter came to the world of the WBC world rank. That battle, held in October 2008 in Berlin, was stopped in the eighth round due to the refusal of the seconds of the Nigerian nightmare. Of course, Russian fans would very much like to see our Alexander Povetkin in the place of Peter, who had been in the status of an obligatory contender according to IBF for more than two years. But it didn’t work out: the Russian team, and first of all, his current coach, American Teddy Atlas, considered that their ward was not yet ready to dispute the champion belts belonging to the Ukrainian.
But the mentor of Peter Abel Sanchez is sure that the Nigerian heavyweight is quite affordable. Moreover, he predicts him victory by knockout in the fifth round. In turn, the mentor of Vladimir Klitschko, the famous Emmanuel Stuard has no doubt that the battle will not last more than six rounds. “This time Vladimir is enough to make the opponent surrender,” he said. Recently, by the way, steward forecasts have used to come true.
However, let's not forget that in the September battle of 2005, which the Nigerian nightmare refused to continue, citing injury, he managed to send Vladimir to the knockdown three times. And although the Ukrainian was then not as formidable as now, this fact, you see, gives an additional intrigue to the upcoming fight. Peter knows how to beat. This is very well known to Russian Oleg Maskaev, from whom the Nigerian Knockout took the title of the WBC world champion in March 2008.
At the last press conference, his organizers presented Nigerian with a magnificent cake in the form of boxing ring with red gloves (on this day, September 6, Peter turned 30 years old). However, this gift did not cause great joy to the applicant. He seems to be ignored in general, having decided, apparently, to postpone all the festivities before the end of the battle.
Seeing this, Vladimir, who behaved at this press conference very actively, mockingly invited the Nigerian “as his gift” to touch the Ring magazine that belonged to him. But Peter did not appreciate the "such courtesy" from the opponent. “Why should I touch him now? - he was deliberately surprised. “I'll take him after the battle.”
The Ukrainian only smiled in response.
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