Sam Will Peter Out In The Chamber

This weekend is lacking an HBO or Showtime-worthy boxing main event. However, ESPN comes to the rescue! In an important heavyweight crossroads fight, Samuel Peter (30-2-1, 23 KOs) meets "Fast" Eddie Chambers (33-1, 18 KOs). It is the classic boxer versus puncher confrontation.

The boxer Eddie Chambers has only one loss on his record. His lone defeat came against Alexander Povetkin (16-0, 12 KOs). Early on in his fight against Povetkin, Fast Eddie looked like he was primed to become the next "great American hope" at heavyweight. But then a funny thing happened. He stopped fighting. Well, not anything like sitting on his stool and not answering the bell for the next round. It was as if he just ran out of gas or perhaps was discouraged by the fact that Povetkin walked through his volley of power punches. Whatever it was, that non-performance remains a question mark that needs answering.

Speaking of question marks, Samuel "the Nigerian Nightmare" Peter was always known to be a work-in-progress in the skills department. However, Peter showed uncanny improvement in his boxing ability, after going 24 rounds with boxing savant James "Lights Out" Toney. However, in his last few fights his chin has become a question mark. It’s one thing to be rocked by the Klitchkos (he was stopped in his last fight by Vitali and did a funny little dance after being clocked by Wladimir in his first career loss back in 2005), but being stunned by the smallish Toney and nearly decapitated (early on) against Jameel McCline is troubling.

To me, the more confident fighter will win. Eddie Chambers has strung together three consecutive wins against modest competition. However, that is more than can be said for Sam Peter. Peter was absolutely dominated by Vitali Klitschko late last year. Even worse, he failed to answer the bell. When the bell tolls this Saturday, expect Chambers to meet and beat Peter at the crossroads.