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The battle between David and Goliath in Los Angeles' Staples Center, saw Goliath prevail as Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter gave James "Lights Out" Toney his first loss in nine years by way of a split-decision. The scores were 116-111 for Peter, 115-112 for Toney and 116-111 for Peter.
The fight was close and the drama was heavy. There were plenty of close rounds as Toney would start fast in each round with his jab, which saw hard right hands follow behind them. Peter would use his power to take over the second half of each round.
Neither man was down, but Peter did manage to land several clean shots on Toney, some of them appeared to stun Toney on more than one occasion. The chin of Toney should be commended for a man that started in the middleweight division and took punches on the chin from arguably the hardest punching heavyweight in the sport.
The scores were bit wide for Peter, considering that a point was deducted for punching Toney behind the head. After the scores were read, a skirmish broke out in the ring as Toney and ex-manager, now Peter's manager, Ivailo Gotzev, began to argue in the ring over the scoring.
This may have been the last hurrah for Toney with respect to landing a title shot, now 38-years-old, a former champion at 160, 168 and 190, but lost a fight after going unbeaten in his last 16 over nine years. Sam Peter is now positioned for a crack at a major world title. [details]
The fight was close and the drama was heavy. There were plenty of close rounds as Toney would start fast in each round with his jab, which saw hard right hands follow behind them. Peter would use his power to take over the second half of each round.
Neither man was down, but Peter did manage to land several clean shots on Toney, some of them appeared to stun Toney on more than one occasion. The chin of Toney should be commended for a man that started in the middleweight division and took punches on the chin from arguably the hardest punching heavyweight in the sport.
The scores were bit wide for Peter, considering that a point was deducted for punching Toney behind the head. After the scores were read, a skirmish broke out in the ring as Toney and ex-manager, now Peter's manager, Ivailo Gotzev, began to argue in the ring over the scoring.
This may have been the last hurrah for Toney with respect to landing a title shot, now 38-years-old, a former champion at 160, 168 and 190, but lost a fight after going unbeaten in his last 16 over nine years. Sam Peter is now positioned for a crack at a major world title. [details]