THE 'SKINNY' ON SAM PETER


 

 

 

 

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

 
 



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