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Samuel Peter is
confident of scoring a knockout victory over reigning IBF and WBO
heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko, when both get to slug it out
on September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Five years ago,
Peter had Klitschko in big trouble, having knocked him down three
times, including twice in the fifth round, during their heavyweight
fight in Atlantic City, United States. But in the end, Klitschko
rallied to win the bout, with winning scores of 114-111 on all three
judges’ cards. It has been a long wait for the Nigerian, but he now has
a chance to redeem himself and become a world champion when he takes on
the big Ukrainian five days after his 30th birthday.

Proving a point

“I have a lot to
prove. I have a chance to redeem myself from the 2005 fight. It is
going to be a great fight. I am getting another chance to prove that I
am the best heavyweight champion in all,” said Peter, who will turn 30
on September 6. “The loss was a bad mistake. This time I am going to
prove that I can become a champion again,” said Peter. “For sure, on
September 11 in Germany it is going to be a great fight. I don’t have
much to say because I know that my gloves will speak for me in the
ring.”

With a record of
34-3 that includes 27 knockouts, the Nigerian Nightmare’s resume
includes victories by split decision and unanimous decision over former
world titlist, James Toney, as well as a March 2008 sixth-round
knockout of Russian Oleg Maskaev that earned him the WBC belt. In his
next bout after beating Maskaev, Peter was dethroned as WBC champion
via a knockout loss to Wladimir’s brother, Vitali Klitschko, in October
2008. That bout saw Peter churning out a lacklustre display against the
older of the Klitschko brothers which he followed up with yet another
uninspiring performance in March 2009 against Eddie Chambers, which the
Nigerian Nightmare described as the low point of his career.

Thinking ahead

“I will be looking
for that boy again after this fight,” said Peter. “I don’t know how
that boy did what he did but after this fight I will take care of him.
Everything was frustrating at that time. I had lost the championship,
and the promotion was so bad. But I am okay now, and everything is
straight up. I have the best promoter in the world, and the best coach
in the world. I have the best manager in the world, and I am going to
be the best.” Peter, who has been training with his trainer Abel
Sanchez in Big Bear, California, said he is enjoying his training.
“Everything in Big Bear is great,” he said. “It is a great place to
train. It is very peaceful. I didn’t know about Big Bear for all these
years, but it is a great place to train. Abel brought me up here, and
he doesn’t take my nonsense. He doesn’t take ‘No’ for an answer. He
wants to see working. I am happy about being here.”

German factor

Klitschko has never
lost a fight in his adopted nation, Germany. It was also in the
European nation that Peter lost by TKO to Wladimir, but he is confident
the upcoming title fight will not last the distance thanks to his
punching power. “The victory and my judges I have in my right hand and
the judge is my left hook,” he declared.

“There will not be a decision
this time around. This time he will not get up from my left hook. I am
ready and I am prepared and I will not need a referee or a judge. This
time around anyone I touch will not be standing up. I don’t think
Wladimir will be able to stand me after four rounds.”