Former heavyweight champion Samuel Peter hits the pads with trainer Abel Sanchez at The Summitt Training Center in Big Bear Lake, California. Peter (34-3, 27 KOs) challenges IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KOs) in a highly anticipated rematch on September 11 at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt/Main, Germany read more ...

This morning on Big Bear Lake in Big Bear, California, former WBC Heavyweight Champion Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter (34-3, 27 KOs) took a fishing break during preparations to rematch IBF, WBO and IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko. “I waited years to catch this big fish again,” laughed Peter. “And this time when I catch him, he’s going to stay on the deck!” The two will meet at the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany on September 11 read more ...

IBF, WBO and IBO World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko and challenger Samuel Peter of Nigeria attended a press conference today at the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Klitschko will defend his titles against Peter on September 11. Wladimir Klitschko: “Peter is very experienced and a very good puncher. He has improved a lot in his last fights read more ...

The Nigerian Nightmare, heavyweight Sam Peter, today signed a contract to fight for the world heavyweight championship. Peter will take on IBF Champion Wladimir Klitschko on Sept. 11 in Frankfurt, Germany. Peter signed his contract in the Top Rank headquarters in Las Vegas. Bob Arum made the announcement today read more ...

"Sam Peter Will Fight for the World Heavyweight Championship" -- Hall of Fame Top Rank promoter Bob Arum announced today that Heavyweight challenger "The Nigerian Nightmare" Sam Peter signed the contract to take on IBF World Heavyweight champion Wladmir Klitschko on Saturday,September 11 in Frankfurt Germany. Peter signed his contract in the Top Rank headquarters in Las Vegas. Peter will leave this weekend to be at a press conference in Germany read more ...

Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and former titleholder Samuel Peter will meet in a rematch on Sept. 11 in Frankfurt, Germany, their representatives told ESPN.com Wednesday. "The Sam Peter thing has been agreed to," Top Rank's Bob Arum, Peter's promoter, said. "They're coming into the [Las Vegas] office to sign [on Thursday]. It was a relatively easy negotiation read more ...

Trainer Emanuel Steward said he wasn't concerned with the switch in opponent for Wladimir Klitschko's next fight on September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany. The original opponent Alexander Povetkin was replaced by Sam Peter after a dispute over the contract terms between Povetkin's promoter Sauerland Event and Klitschko's company K2 Promotions read more ...

Some of the contract terms for the heavyweight fight between IBO/WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and previous mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin have been revealed. Their fight was scheduled for September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany. The bout cracked wide open after Povetkin failed to appear at last Monday's press conference in Frankfurt and because Povetkin failed read more ...

The rematch with Peter (34-3, 27 KOs) is an intriguing one because of their first fight. Klitschko was only in his third fight since being knocked out by Lamon Brewster in a title bout a year earlier and there were many questions about his toughness and how he would react when opposing a fearsome puncher such as Peter read more ...

The IBF has confirmed that mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin will be removed from the IBF top ten and that Wladimir will now face the top available opponent on September 11 in Frankfurt, expected to be Sam Peter. Klitschko-Peter would be a rematch of a 2005 bout where Wlad overcame three knockdowns to claim a twelve round decision read more ...