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... I know people get excited over a puncher, but I'm still not convinced he's that yet.
Come on, who has he knocked out? His career was on the skids after Wlad beat him (and, despite what Wlad's detractors like to claim, Wlad NEVER looked like being KOed, his problems in that fight were psychological... he was dropped, not hurt).
Then along comes Julius Long - Audley Harrison's fourth pro opponent, for God's sake - and he's back in contention.
Yeah, he's exciting, and yes, he sells, but he's also one of the most technically limited boxers I've ever seen fighting at this top level. I mean, we all used to s****** at Frank Bruno, but big Frank looks like Ali compared to this crude, lunging clubber.
What really shocks me - shocks me, I tells ya! - is that supposedly learned, intelligent boxing fans on a boxing website could ever have predicted he would beat Klitschko.
What shocks me further is that those same fans who predicted he could beat one of the three most technically gifted fighters in the division are now predicting that he could beat the most technically gifted. Sure, Toney was in a bad shape last time out - he looked like a sack of **** to be frank - but, to use the old expression, Toney has "forgot more than Sam knows". JT is a boxing genius... Sam Peter doesn't even have a boxing brain.
James isn't a big guy and there's always the chance - bearing in mind that over 90% of his bouts have been fought OUTSIDE the heavyweight division - that he could get clocked. But against lunging Peter, who can probably punch, but doesn't know how to? Whatever the weight disadvantage - and Peter coming in so overweight will make this a party for James - Toney will never be so old, so vulnerable or so uninspired that he won't handle Peter with ease. If anything, it will be embarrassing to watch.
So please, I know the guy excites when knocking out D and even E class fighters, but after tomorrow let's forget serious talk about him being a champ. I like the guy, but the only time I really expect to see Sam Peter shouting "Who next?? WHO NEXT??" is when he's serving at the local McDonald's counter.
Come on, who has he knocked out? His career was on the skids after Wlad beat him (and, despite what Wlad's detractors like to claim, Wlad NEVER looked like being KOed, his problems in that fight were psychological... he was dropped, not hurt).
Then along comes Julius Long - Audley Harrison's fourth pro opponent, for God's sake - and he's back in contention.
Yeah, he's exciting, and yes, he sells, but he's also one of the most technically limited boxers I've ever seen fighting at this top level. I mean, we all used to s****** at Frank Bruno, but big Frank looks like Ali compared to this crude, lunging clubber.
What really shocks me - shocks me, I tells ya! - is that supposedly learned, intelligent boxing fans on a boxing website could ever have predicted he would beat Klitschko.
What shocks me further is that those same fans who predicted he could beat one of the three most technically gifted fighters in the division are now predicting that he could beat the most technically gifted. Sure, Toney was in a bad shape last time out - he looked like a sack of **** to be frank - but, to use the old expression, Toney has "forgot more than Sam knows". JT is a boxing genius... Sam Peter doesn't even have a boxing brain.
James isn't a big guy and there's always the chance - bearing in mind that over 90% of his bouts have been fought OUTSIDE the heavyweight division - that he could get clocked. But against lunging Peter, who can probably punch, but doesn't know how to? Whatever the weight disadvantage - and Peter coming in so overweight will make this a party for James - Toney will never be so old, so vulnerable or so uninspired that he won't handle Peter with ease. If anything, it will be embarrassing to watch.
So please, I know the guy excites when knocking out D and even E class fighters, but after tomorrow let's forget serious talk about him being a champ. I like the guy, but the only time I really expect to see Sam Peter shouting "Who next?? WHO NEXT??" is when he's serving at the local McDonald's counter.
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