Why does Sam Peter rabbit punch so much?

[Stormin' Norman]

I think he gets frustrated and starts trying to land his big punch wherever he can. Since the cardinal rule to avoid a big right hand is to smother it if the guy is larger than you, he throws it anyway but aims it to the back of the head. It's poor technique, too...But more than anything, it's him getting frustrated and trying to take his guy out however he can.

Look how many times he hit Klitschko there. Klitschko is no defensive master like Toney. He was aiming for the back of his head when he started to feel the pain and pressure of the fight.

[The Hammer]

I think he gets frustrated and starts trying to land his big punch wherever he can. Since the cardinal rule to avoid a big right hand is to smother it if the guy is larger than you, he throws it anyway but aims it to the back of the head. It's poor technique, too...But more than anything, it's him getting frustrated and trying to take his guy out however he can.

Look how many times he hit Klitschko there. Klitschko is no defensive master like Toney. He was aiming for the back of his head when he started to feel the pain and pressure of the fight.

Good post, that's the best explanation for it.

[The Hammer]

Peter is just an inaccurate puncher who clubs with his punches. I dont think its intentional, but still he should get warned about it more often. Just because its unintentional doesnt mean he should be allowed to keep doing it.

You seem to be implying that Sam Peter is not smart enough to aim his punches.

lol

[The Critic]

I really don't think that when he grabbed Wlad and spun him around so he could hit him in the back of the head, that that was entirely Wlad's fault. Especially when Peter is what, 6', 250+ lbs?

No not entirely, it has a lot to do with Peter's clubbing trajectory. But Wlad flinches and turns a little, and did so in that fight. What Toney did against Peter wasn't rolling punches, it was flat out turning and ducking.

I'm not defending Peter, just mentioning that Wlad's timid defensive posture and Toney's illegal tactics were largely to blame on those two occasions

[Ray*]

If he does it so much like Tunney has being crying about WHY dont his Opponents or their Team point it out to the refereee,Organisation,Promoters or whoever is in charge???

Am not encouraging bad fighting in the ring but surely the people who really care about their respective fighter would have call up on it not some internet crybaby.

[Lucky13]

He doesn't know how to throw an uppercut that's why.

[nortguy]

I think the main reason is the relatively slow delivery of Peters shots coupled with the odd angles (looping). Opponents see a punch coming and start to cover up (turn, crouch) and the looping punch keeps coming at the initial tragectory thus hitting a non-target zone.

[BattlingNelson]

If he does it so much like Tunney has being crying about WHY dont his Opponents or their Team point it out to the refereee,Organisation,Promoters or whoever is in charge???

Am not encouraging bad fighting in the ring but surely the people who really care about their respective fighter would have call up on it not some internet crybaby.

Maskaev seems to be prepared. Here is an abstract from ******************:

BC: Many have noticed that one of Samuel Peter’s key weapons in a fight is the coveted shot to the back of the head (Folks this is no joke. It happens in EVERY Peter fight. I’m not even saying it to bash him it’s just that freaking obvious.). Have you prepared to defend against it?

Oleg Maskaev: Well I know what to do in that case, you know when somebody tries to hit you in the back of the head, so I think we’ll be ready. That’s his “ace” so to speak, but I think, god willing we won’t have to deal with it.

BC: Ok, well what if the referee won’t make him fight by the rules. Will you be ready to answer in kind?

Oleg Maskaev: I don’t think it will happen, and I hope the referee will do his job correctly. In any case I’m ready for anything. If the fight will get dirty, or if he will try to do those things to me, or employ a dirty style against me, than he will suffer the consequences before I will.


As our saying goes, “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword (approx. translation.).

[Easy-E]

There's a disagreement on why Sam Peter hits his opponents behind the head.

Some say he doesn't do it deliberately, he is just unable to aim his punches and so they land there.

Others say he does it deliberately, because he's really not that good of a fighter and can't find any other way to win.

There's a good reason rabbit punches are illegal. Joe Mesi's brain injury was from a rabbit punch. Max Baer once killed a man in the ring, with a blow to the back of the head.

I'm a bit worried for old Oleg Maskaev, now in his 40th year. I have a feeling Peter will again resort to using rabbit punches, and Oleg may suffer a permanent brain injury as a result.

I dont think Peter does it on purpose, he just doesnt really know how to punch properly, and his chopping right ands sometimes land behind the head.

[Mike Tyson77]

He's done it in every fight I've seen. He even KOed Taurus Sykes with a rabbit punch.

He was doing it the McCline fight. Dibella complained about it afterwards - Peter was warned by the ref several times, but not deducted points.

In both Toney fights, he kept doing it, and the refs were warning him but didn't deduct points.

And two of his three knockdowns of Wladimir were from rabbit punches.

I've never seen any boxer rabbit punch as much as Peter.

and probly never will...