Peter and Toney Clash Again
The first meeting between Peter and Toney on Sept. 2 was an action-packed affair that featured excellent exchanges and few clinches. The match aired live on SHOWTIME from Staples Center in Los Angeles and was an elimination bout to determine who would be the mandatory challenger to the WBC heavyweight champion. Toney-Peter I will be available for fans to relive on SHOWTIME On Demand beginning in mid-December.
While Peter won the contest by split decision, the WBC Board of Governors voted 21 to 10 on Sept. 26 in favor of an immediate re-match. In their ruling, the WBC cited divided opinions among the media and fans—not to mention the judges. Two scored the match for Peter 116-111, while the final judge had it 115-112 for Toney.
Peter vs. Toney II will also have the added intrigue of being an elimination bout with the winner becoming the WBC mandatory challenger to the winner of Oleg Maskaev vs. Peter Okhello without any intervening bouts.
“We are very excited about this highly anticipated rematch between Samuel Peter and James Toney being held at the beautiful Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Showtime with the Seminole Indians and our co-promoters, Don King, Goossen Tutor, and Warriors Boxing,” Duva Boxing President Dino Duva said. “This is going to be a historic event and the outcome of the Peter-Toney rematch will be extremely significant to the division.”
Co-promoter Dan Goossen thinks Toney deserves the re-match.
“We are looking forward to starting 2007 with the Toney-Peter rematch, Goossen said. The media, fans and all of us were convinced that Toney was victorious in their first match. Come January 6, I promise James will be quicker and stronger, resulting in typical James Toney fashion “Light's Out” for Peter.”
Co-promoter Don King is looking forward to promoting the event in sunny and warm South Florida.
“This is the biggest prizefight ever staged at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and I think the Seminole Indians and boxing fans in South Florida deserve it,” promoter Don King said. “It will be a spectacular inspired by the unconquered lifestyle of the Seminole Warrior.”
For everyone who has been waiting for the next Mike Tyson, Peter could be that heavyweight. His lone loss came by decision last year against Wladimir Klitschko after Peter had knocked him down three times. Every time he enters the ring, Peter exemplifies unsurpassed courage and delights fans with intoxicating excitement.
The 26-year-old from Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, now living in Las Vegas, felt he clearly won the first fight with Toney. Regardless, fighting the Old School boxer may have been the best thing that ever happened to the young puncher if it helps his boxing skills catch up with his proven punching power. If that were to occur, Peter could become the dominant heavyweight in the world.
“The first fight was not even close,” Peter (27-1, 22 KOs) said. “I won by five points on two of the scorecards—and that included me losing a point. Toney never hurt me.
“No boxer, including Toney, can deal with my power. Toney likes to talk but I am going to shut him up once and for all. I am solid like a rock and will do whatever it takes to become world champion. If that means beating Toney again, I will. Nothing has ever come easy for me, but I will beat Toney easier this time.
Toney (69-5-3, 43 KOs), of Los Angeles by way of Ann Arbor, Mich., said, “Justice has been served. No way he beat me last time and he knows it. The only times he hurt me was when he hit me on the back of the head.
“He did not do a thing. I took everything away from him. I showed I was not old or fat and out of shape. I beat him up. He did not leave a mark on me. I will whip Peter worse this time.”
At age 38, Toney has probably forgotten more about boxing than his young Nigerian nemesis has had time to learn. He is a living relic from the past, his ring skills learned over a lifetime. They have served him well from middleweight to heavyweight.
While Peter won the contest by split decision, the WBC Board of Governors voted 21 to 10 on Sept. 26 in favor of an immediate re-match. In their ruling, the WBC cited divided opinions among the media and fans—not to mention the judges. Two scored the match for Peter 116-111, while the final judge had it 115-112 for Toney.
Peter vs. Toney II will also have the added intrigue of being an elimination bout with the winner becoming the WBC mandatory challenger to the winner of Oleg Maskaev vs. Peter Okhello without any intervening bouts.
“We are very excited about this highly anticipated rematch between Samuel Peter and James Toney being held at the beautiful Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Showtime with the Seminole Indians and our co-promoters, Don King, Goossen Tutor, and Warriors Boxing,” Duva Boxing President Dino Duva said. “This is going to be a historic event and the outcome of the Peter-Toney rematch will be extremely significant to the division.”
Co-promoter Dan Goossen thinks Toney deserves the re-match.
“We are looking forward to starting 2007 with the Toney-Peter rematch, Goossen said. The media, fans and all of us were convinced that Toney was victorious in their first match. Come January 6, I promise James will be quicker and stronger, resulting in typical James Toney fashion “Light's Out” for Peter.”
Co-promoter Don King is looking forward to promoting the event in sunny and warm South Florida.
“This is the biggest prizefight ever staged at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and I think the Seminole Indians and boxing fans in South Florida deserve it,” promoter Don King said. “It will be a spectacular inspired by the unconquered lifestyle of the Seminole Warrior.”
For everyone who has been waiting for the next Mike Tyson, Peter could be that heavyweight. His lone loss came by decision last year against Wladimir Klitschko after Peter had knocked him down three times. Every time he enters the ring, Peter exemplifies unsurpassed courage and delights fans with intoxicating excitement.
The 26-year-old from Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, now living in Las Vegas, felt he clearly won the first fight with Toney. Regardless, fighting the Old School boxer may have been the best thing that ever happened to the young puncher if it helps his boxing skills catch up with his proven punching power. If that were to occur, Peter could become the dominant heavyweight in the world.
“The first fight was not even close,” Peter (27-1, 22 KOs) said. “I won by five points on two of the scorecards—and that included me losing a point. Toney never hurt me.
“No boxer, including Toney, can deal with my power. Toney likes to talk but I am going to shut him up once and for all. I am solid like a rock and will do whatever it takes to become world champion. If that means beating Toney again, I will. Nothing has ever come easy for me, but I will beat Toney easier this time.
Toney (69-5-3, 43 KOs), of Los Angeles by way of Ann Arbor, Mich., said, “Justice has been served. No way he beat me last time and he knows it. The only times he hurt me was when he hit me on the back of the head.
“He did not do a thing. I took everything away from him. I showed I was not old or fat and out of shape. I beat him up. He did not leave a mark on me. I will whip Peter worse this time.”
At age 38, Toney has probably forgotten more about boxing than his young Nigerian nemesis has had time to learn. He is a living relic from the past, his ring skills learned over a lifetime. They have served him well from middleweight to heavyweight.
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