The fight against Peter did not pose insoluble problems before Vladimir Klitschko

Ukrainian boxer Vladimir Klitschko successfully defended the titles of the world champion in heavyweight, knocking out Nigerian Samuel Peter.

The confrontation at the Frankfurt stadium ended with the technical knockout of the Nigerian in the 10th round. The opponent of the Klitschko Jr. actively began the battle and in the far appeared miracles of stamina, but he did not have enough strength for the whole duel. After one of the series of attacks by the Ukrainian, Peter could not stand it, and ended up on the floor. The judge stopped the battle. As a result, the Ukrainian won the 13th victory in a row, protecting the IBF world title for the ninth time, and WBO belt in the fifth

Without Povetkin

Initially, Russian Alexander Povetkin was to fight Klitschko Jr., an obligatory contender of IBF version, who won 19 victories in 19 battles in a professional ring, of which 13 were a knockout. However , neither Povetkin himself nor his representatives appeared to the official press conference on the announcement of the battle . The Russian team behaved strangely, since it was possible to abandon the battle in a more civilized way, and not to explain later that "Klitschko offered a slave contract that makes Povetkin’s chances to win minimal." One can argue about the conditions offered by the Russian team, but the fact remains - from the largest fee in his career and the chance to become the world champion Alexander was forced to refuse.

The last five fights of Vladimir Klitschko

July 12, 2008. Tony Thompson (USA). Victory by technical knockout in the 11th round
December 14, 2008. Hasim Rahman (USA). Victory by technical knockout in the 7th round
June 20, 2009. Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan). Victory by technical knockout after the 9th round
March 20, 2010. Eddie Chambers (USA). Victory by knockout in the 12th round
September 11, 2010. Samuel Peter (Nigeria). Victory by knockout in the 10th round

Nigerian Sam Peter, already beaten by Vladimir, who managed to become the world champion according to WBC (victory by Knockout over Oleg Maskaev), but lost his title in 2008, but lost his title in 2005. The winner of the Nigerian “nightmare” was Vitaly Klitschko, who, after a break, decided to resume his sports career and beat Peter to half to death. The Nigerian then stood incomplete eight rounds. In 2005, Sam Peter sent Vladimir Klitschko to the flooring of the ring three times, but all the blows were on the back of the head and did not have a significant impact on the course of the battle - the Ukrainian owned a great advantage and defeated the unanimous decision of the judges.

Since then, both opponents have changed a lot. Vladimir, under the control of Emmanuel Stuard, became a real machine, which destroys rivals, albeit not too spectacular, but convincingly, and Peter turned into a “tactical” fighter who did not have its former pressure and enthusiasm, and a really strong trumper remained. As soon as the rivals began the battle at Kommers-Bank Arena, as it became clear that the Nigerian had no chance at all. Klitschko Jr. and his coach chose just perfect tactics. Unlike previous battles, when Vladimir Jabes exhausted his rivals, and in the end he finished them, tired of the tired, this time the Ukrainian immediately decided to proceed with active actions. The idea is simple - already at the beginning of the battle, in the first minutes, to deprive the opponent of freshness and speed.

Intelligence with a fight

The first round went to reconnaissance. Peter walked forward, bowing the body lowly, and Klitschko calmly fought off his left jab. In the middle of the round, Vladimir struck Sam's right straight to the head of Sam, after which the battle for the Nigerian turned into a real nightmare. He did not succeed in tearing the distance, and if occasionally this happened - thanks to the work of the legs and corps, Klitschko easily moved away from any attempts to strikes. Everything could end in the second round. Vladimir, adapting to how the opponent would fight, simply shot Peter with a convenient distance for himself. The most effective weapon was two left-right deuces.

The champion beat the way he wanted, and as much as he wanted. The Nigerian frankly swam, but Klitschko did not finish him. He clearly did not want the battle to end quickly. The duel was broadcast live on many countries, and what collections from advertising can be obtained in 4 minutes of clean battle time? The Ukrainian played with an opponent for a long time, conducting a pair of powerful attacks for the round. When the time came for a decisive attack, Vladimir spent it effectively and spectacularly. The gong was barely rang, Klitschko jumped up to the opponent, put his next “deuce” in him, after which he inflicted seven more accurate strikes into his head. The last of these blows sent Peter to a deep knockout.

Without rivals

“He missed a lot of blows, although he fought to the end. But already from the second round it became clear that his plan for the battle did not work. I did everything that was required of me to win. I wanted to finish the duel earlier, but it did not work. I spent a lot of effort to send Sam to the knockout, so he definitely deserves respect and applause for his will. In any case, the main task was to win, and I achieved it, ”Vladimir said after the battle.

Compensation of the Nigerian for suffering suffered in the ring will be one million dollars. The exact fee of Vladimir Klitschko is unknown, but it can be assumed that it will be at least 4.5 million. If Povetkin were in the ring - the numbers would be more solid, and for both. And Peter for a worthy opponent for Vladimir did not even consider the American NVO television channel, with whom the Klitschko brothers concluded a contract. NVO refused to broadcast the fight, but the baton picked up the ESPN . Financial losses from such a "castling" were significant. However, the German RTL provided a guaranteed income of three million euros - with this channel, the brothers also have a contract.

The queue for beating

Are there any rivals from the Klitschko brothers who own three of the four most prestigious champion belts? Alas, no one at present can challenge Ukrainians. There are only those whom he has not yet beaten. Among them, the Pole is Tomash Adamek, the Englishman David Hei, the WBA world champion, Russians Nikolai Valuev and Alexander Povetkin. The Pole already refused to fight with the brothers, despite good financial conditions. Valuev replaced the box to poker, and in the best shape he almost did not pose a threat to the brothers . Povetkin will probably run from Klitschko, until Vladimir or Alexander himself will end his career. Well, Hey fights perfectly only with the fake heads of the brothers, in reality, the chances of any of the Ukrainians are negligible.

The born heavyweight of Sam Peter, for example, approached the battle with Vladimir in a brilliant form, with perfect weight, but eventually became ordinary pear. It is scary to imagine what would be, to get the Klitschko Jr. into the chin to the former half-worships and “cruise” Hayu and Adamek. In general, the brothers have no competitors, and in the near future, most likely, will be. And this is not the fault of Klitschko, but the trouble of heavy weight, slowly but surely dying like a competitive boxing class. Something can change only after both brothers end the career.