By Rick Reeno
Only one man will be left standing at the end of the most anticipated heavyweight encounter in quite some time. Wladimir Klitschko (44-3, 40KOs), once thought of as the heir apparent, will go up against the undefeated Nigerian Nightmare, Samuel Peter (24-0, 21KOs). The winner will be the mandatory contender for the IBF and WBO heavyweight titles, the loser will go to the back of a long line of contenders waiting for title shots. Klitschko has much more to lose than Peter, because his career is at stake in this fight. Peter is young enough to start over if he loses. Klitschko has two strikes against him, Lamon Brewster and Corrie Sanders, a third strike and he is out.
On the undercard, undefeated WBO junior welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (24-0, 20KOs) faces undefeated rival, Ricardo Torres (28-0, 26KOs) of Columbia. Torres is a tough knockout artist with a tough chin, or so they say, but he never faced an opponent on the level of Miguel Cotto. As we learned from last Saturday's Shane Molsey bout, an undefeated record with a string of knockouts does not mean the fighter on the opposite end is any good. Mosley's opponent Jose Cruz was undefeated, stopped 27 of his 34 opponents and was easily beaten in a one-sided affair. We have to sit back and see what Torres has in store for Cotto.
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