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With nearly 500 pounds combined between their rotund frames, what were the odds that the key word to describe Samuel Peter and James Toney would be “stick”?
Yet even while carrying 257 pounds – one pound less than his heaviest appearance as a professional – Samuel Peter is sticking around the heavyweight division, a contender consistently improving and constantly dangerous.
As Lennox Lewis aged and the search for the next top heavyweight began, numerous prospects and pretenders fizzled out, while promising possibles disappeared before much impact could be made.
But Samuel Peter was all about impact from the moment the cameras were turned toward him. His eye-catching one-punch knockout of Jeremy Williams in December 2004 launched Peter on the path to prominence while unceremoniously sending Williams into retirement as a trainer on The Contender reality show.
While Williams’ face was becoming famous, his name was rarely mentioned. Peter, however, had the buzz building as he stopped Yanqui Diaz, Gilbert Martinez and Taurus Sykes, clubbing them into submission en route to a meeting with former promising possible Wladimir Klitschko. [details]
Yet even while carrying 257 pounds – one pound less than his heaviest appearance as a professional – Samuel Peter is sticking around the heavyweight division, a contender consistently improving and constantly dangerous.
As Lennox Lewis aged and the search for the next top heavyweight began, numerous prospects and pretenders fizzled out, while promising possibles disappeared before much impact could be made.
But Samuel Peter was all about impact from the moment the cameras were turned toward him. His eye-catching one-punch knockout of Jeremy Williams in December 2004 launched Peter on the path to prominence while unceremoniously sending Williams into retirement as a trainer on The Contender reality show.
While Williams’ face was becoming famous, his name was rarely mentioned. Peter, however, had the buzz building as he stopped Yanqui Diaz, Gilbert Martinez and Taurus Sykes, clubbing them into submission en route to a meeting with former promising possible Wladimir Klitschko. [details]