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Former World Boxing
Council (WBC) heavy weight champion, Samuel ‘the Nigerian nightmare’
Peter, is confident his upcoming fight against three times world
heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko, will not last the distance.

Peter, who lost his
WBC crown to the older of the Klitschko brothers, Vitali, in Berlin,
Germany, back in October 2008, had in September 2005 fought against
Wladimir in an elimination bout for the International Boxing Federation
(IBF) and International Boxing Organization (IBO) world titles.

The Nigerian,
however, lost the bout on points, despite knocking Wladimir down on
three separate occasions over the course of the 12 round contest.

That inherently
makes the September 11 rematch in Germany one of the more interesting
fights that can be made in the heavyweight division, especially since
Wladimir has not been involved in a tough fight ever since their 2005
bout.

Five years in the making

It’s almost five
years since Peter’s painful loss to Wladimir in Atlantic City and the
Nigerian now has a chance to get back at the Ukrainian for inflicting
what, back then, was his first career loss. He has promised his fans
that “it’s going to be a short night” this time around.

“You are going to
see a very good exciting fight this time around,” said Peter. “No
bullshit, I’m ready. I’m ready to go. I know my fans are going to be
really happy with me this time around because it’s going to be a short
night.”

Following his loss
to Vitali, Peter went on to suffer defeat at the hands of Eddie
Chambers in March 2009, but returned with a bang afterwards by
recording four straight wins, with the longest of them lasting just
four rounds, against journeyman, Gabe Brown, in September 2009.

The underdog

Irrespective of
that, Peter will be coming into the bout against Wladimir as the
underdog. He, however, insisted he is not bothered by that.

“I like when people keep on thinking like that because some people, they are thinking with their legs,” he said.

“They are not
thinking with their heads or brains. They don’t see what I see. They
don’t know what I know. Let them keep on thinking. I love that,” added
Peter, who then went ahead to boast that he would be prepared to give
Wladimir the opportunity of fighting him all over again right after
their upcoming rematch.

“Definitely,”
exclaimed Peter. “Even that same night, they better be ready because
it’s not going to be long. I would still beat him again that same
night,” said Peter, who represented Nigeria at the Sydney 2000 Olympic
Games.

Wladimir, a gold
medallist at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, hasn’t lost since his April
2004 loss to Lamon Brewster, and knocked out Chambers in his last title
defence in March this year.

He, however,
admitted in a recent interview that he will be prepared for the
hardhitting Nigerian by the time they meet in Frankfurt next month.

“The first fight
against Samuel was one of the hardest combats in my career. He is a
hard puncher who developed further. I know what to expect at the 11th
of September, but I will be prepared,” Wladimir said.