Is Samuel Peter Overrated ??

[Lords Gym]

Peter showed that he can rise from adversity. a very dangerous fighter Sam Peter. Hats off to McCline for having class after the match.. no excusess. did himself proud

didnt like the ref in that match.. allowed way to much holding by MCcline. never warend for it. . kills the flow of a match. if a fighter is out of condition, thats his problem. .

[El Kabong]

I was just browsing through boxingrec and I was looking at Thompson record...I'm baffled that he is completely unknown and basically untalked about. He must only pay WBO fees, cuz he's the #1 for that belt but not rated for the others. The only thing I can figure is that's he a good, big southpaw and nobody wants to face that combo, and from his record, it looks like he was kinda a club fighter for a long time. He's put together some good wins. I would like to see this guy get good fight. I mean, shouldn't he be getting a shot at Ibragamov soon? That's gotta be his mandatory now.

Southpaws are trouble and southpaws that can box effectively and have decent power are BIG TROUBLE.

I would love to see Thompson fight one of the top level guys....IMO he would give Sam Peter fits as would John Ruiz....and hell anyone with a pulse if he fights like he did the other night. Sam Peter needs to learn to punch INITIATE THE CLINCH and then most importantly BREAK THE CLINCH....if he did that he'd be able to KO more guys just by catching them offguard on the break....which is legal as long as the ref isn't the one who says 'BREAK'

The big question now is where does Jameel McCline go from here If he's able to keep that kind of fighting up he just may be someone!

[BoomBoom]

I think Peter may have been overratted by some but McCline is a big awkward guy and he caught him with some good shots early.

Peter survived and came back to dominate the second half of the fight. He's still a work in progress and it wasn't his best night but it made for a fun fight.

It's kind of funny that Pavlik got hailed a hero despite being almost KTFO out last week and Peter is overratted for coming back from similar adversity to win this weekend.

I think McCline has been underratted by a lot of people, at 6 ft 5 he's a big guy whose got some decent tools.

Peter will never be a great heavyweight as he's too limited and slow but he's still an entertaining fighter to watch, is doing Africa proud and always gives 100%.

I think he remains one of the biggest threats in the division although I have been saying for months that Tony Thompson is the real threat to wlad in the division.

Thompson has been a nice little roll. But I don't think he has any chance of beating Wlad. I would give him a good chance against Peter. If he can take Peter's shots (which I think he can) than I think he beats him.

I think Thompson beats everyone out there apart from Wlad. It completely baffles me how the American media who are desperate to find an American hope completely overlook him. They hype up guys like Eddie Chambers and Chris Arreola, Chazz Witherpsoon etc and still talk about Rahman, Brewster and Hoylfield when its clear to anyone that realistically none of these guys can unify the divsion or beat Wlad yet Thompson who really does have the size, skill, power and general awkwardness to pose a threat to anybody has to travel to Germany to get fights.

Although it's probably better for him to slip under the radar without any weight of expectation on his shoulders.

2008 will be a big year for him though. He'll probably start it by ending Evander Holyfield's career.........

I was just browsing through boxingrec and I was looking at Thompson record...I'm baffled that he is completely unknown and basically untalked about. He must only pay WBO fees, cuz he's the #1 for that belt but not rated for the others. The only thing I can figure is that's he a good, big southpaw and nobody wants to face that combo, and from his record, it looks like he was kinda a club fighter for a long time. He's put together some good wins. I would like to see this guy get good fight. I mean, shouldn't he be getting a shot at Ibragamov soon? That's gotta be his mandatory now.

Thompson is the most dangerous and feared heavyweight in the division. I think thats why none of the other heavyweights ever mention him. Hes 35 so he probably doesnt have too much longer in the sport and the other heavys probably know that so they are waiting for him to lose to call him out or to get old. He does deserve a good fight but it shows a lot abouth the division where the supposed best fighters are running scared. He is a good solid fighter with very good power and a good chin, but hes not a big name so he is big risk little reward.