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Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
...also if you look at who Jameel McCline has KO'd they don't have the best chins in the division

Marcus Rhode - KO'd 27 times in 32 losses

Dan Ward - KO'd 14 times in 19 losses

Andy Sample - KO'd 16 times in 16 losses

Steve Panell - KO'd 12 times in 12 losses

Wayne Llewelyn - KO'd 5 times in 6 losses

....you get the picture, and so being able to HURT and KNOCKDOWN Sam Peter is a faaaaaaar bigger deal than Sam Peter knocking Wladimir down or Corrie Sanders stopping Wlad.....it's something if I was a Sam Peter fan I would be very worried about.....here's a guy who knows how to punch but isn't blessed with the boxing skill of a Chris Byrd or Wladimir Klitschko and now his chin has been compromised by a feather fisted fighter....so this means without a solid defense (something that could take years for him to master or even be comfortable with) he just cannot fight and beat the top teir fighters in the division.
Or is it a bigger deal that Wlad could not hurt a one dimensional fighter like Peter? Don't get me wrong I too believe Wlad (and Vitali) are on another level than Peter skill wise....The one thing I got from this last fight with JM is that Sam Peter has taken far too many heavy punches and now looks more like David Izon than the fearsome beast that fought Wlad...
Not only did wlad hurt peter, but he hurt him bad towards the end of the fight, after 3 rabbit punch knockdowns.
The one thing i think wlad is guilty of is buying into the Sam Peter Hype, he boxed defensively, and looked for his spots. If there was a rematch, i think wlad would be alittle more aggressive.