Do not expect to see as much of Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter when he fights James "Lights Out" Toney in Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood on Saturday.

Peter  has lost a considerable amount of weight. He tipped the scales at a career-high 257 pounds before he won a controversial decision over Toney in their exciting slugfest televised on SHOWTIME on Sept. 2.

In recent weeks Peter has been quietly peeling off and redistributing poundage at his Deerfield Beach-based training camp as he prepares for Saturday's World Boxing Council heavyweight elimination bout.

"This is the best and hardest training camp of my career and I am solid as a rock,'' Peter said. "Much has been made of Toney's new, super-training regimen and supposed low-calorie diet, but I don't care and it won't matter what he weighs.

"I have been running four miles every day here in South Florida in addition to my usual hard, gym workouts. I am in the shape of my life. Toney will pay the price on Saturday.''

In non-weighty matters, Peter, 26, is the youngest heavyweight in the consensus world Top 10; Toney, conversely, is the oldest at 38.

A quick rundown: Wladimir Klitschko, 30; Oleg Maskaev, 37 (born 3-2-69); Samuel Peter, 26; James Toney, 38 (8-24-68); Shannon Briggs, 35; Sergei Liakhovich, 30; Lamon Brewster, 33; Nicolay Valuev, 33; Ruslan Chagaev, 28, John Ruiz, 35.

1-4-2007