James Smith a.k.a. "Smitty" schrieb:
The past weekend’s so-called “big heavyweight showdown” between former WBO Champ Wladimir Klitschko and then unbeaten knockout artist Samuel Peter was supposed to tell us something concrete about the future of one of these 2. When all was said and done and Klitschko lifted himself up off the canvas not once, or twice, but three times to pull off a unanimous decision we found out little. Well wait let me stop. Let me tell you what I found out, some of which I already knew and some of which I suspected. First off, Wlad still has no chin and a very, very suspect heart muscle. If he doesn't get his act together I'm not even gonna try to spell his name correctly any longer. He really seemed to want out of that ring the other night on several occasions but Sam just didn't have the know how to accommodate him, which is what I had wondered about Peter.
He just does not have the experience at this point, or and this is even more critical, the ring skills, and proper technique, not to mention an actual fight plan other than just to knock his opponent out. Peter needs to revamp his camp and get someone in there to take him to the next level. He has the power and showed a fairly good chin, although Wlad never really attempted any real offense, it was more of a deer in headlights offense in my opinion. Emanuel Steward is a great trainer, but he can't teach or apply heart or a chin to any of his pupils. Both Klitschko now 45-3 (40kos) 29 years of age, and Samuel now 24-1 (21kos) 25 years of age, are young enough to still improve and with the heavyweight division being what it is today, which I can't say in case children are reading, well both can and probably will win titles. Hopefully neither felt good about their performance the other night. By the way, the announce team can do anything and everything they wish to embellish Wladimir's performance, but it was still dreadful for a guy of his size and experience, and Sam looked like he was right out of the amateurs with no game plan. Here's the good news, they can only get better, right???.
Another heavyweight who apparently did not look that good was WBO Heavyweight Champ Lamon Brewster as he struggled before stopping Luan Krasniqi in round 9 before a very partisan Krasniqi crowd in Germany. Brewster trailed on all 3 score cards before putting Krasniqi down in round 8 and then finishing him off in round 9. Lamon who is up and down as a fighter at times really does live up to his nickname “Relentless” when he gets his opponents hurt and smells the blood. He showed us that against Wladimir, Golota, and again this week in hostile Germany coming from behind. If only Brewster could be more consistent, but hey, in an otherwise boring division he at least brings some excitement doesn't he?
Ok more heavyweight action this weekend as Chris Byrd defends his IBF title against over matched DaVarryl Williamson, and James Toney is back in action taking on overmatched Dominick Guinn. Both Byrd and Toney should win, but it actually may be tougher for both than you might think. Look for Byrd and Toney to be finally fighting each other soon. Although both are very, very good fighters, the stylistic match up there could be about as exciting as watching tumbleweeds blowing in the desert. Well maybe not quite that bad. Don't kill me guys when you see me! I love you both!
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James E. Smith (a.k.a. Smitty) has been a boxing commentator for various television companies for over a decade. He has done work for CSI Sports, Showtime, HBO/TVKO, Fox Sports, Event Sports, CKP Sports, Don King/Kingvision, TV 3 New Zealand, and many others. He is currently owner, co-producer, and host of "In This Corner," America’s only syndicated half hour televised boxing show.
(--> Peter 100 / 74). Oder andersrum: Peter hatte einen Rundenschnitt von 8 Treffern (6 Powerpunches), Brewster von 8 Treffern (6 Powerpunches).
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