Klitchko Peter After Fight Analysis

So it's been almost a week since "Dr. Ironfist" made a major comeback to the heavyweight boxing scene and recaptured his WBC heavyweight title from Sam "The Nightmare" Peter. The fight went pretty close to how I envisioned it, only I thought Vitali would actually finish Peter with a referee stoppage, or KO, but instead Peter quit on his stool. I am confident though if the fight had gone on, Peter was doomed and would have lost by stoppage in the next couple rounds.

As far as the fight goes I think Peter might have been psyched out by the atmosphere(German crowd, hologram images of boxing greats wishing Klitschko luck, etc), and he may have had a slightly better performance had the fight took place in his home country of Nigeria. I still think Peter would have lost in Nigeria only his aggression might have cost him more than it would have helped, but he would have put on a better fight and probably would have not quit.

I believe Peter needs to use his smarts a little and train more appropriately for a taller fighter in the future, or he will always fall victim to a taller fighter who follows a similar strategy to Klitschko's. He says he never watches tape of his opponents. Bad idea. He needs to start.

I think Vitali did an excellent job coming back after almost 4 years, although he says he's been working out, etc, it's still a different story actually being in the ring in front of a live crowd, and for that accomplishment of coming back in a real live professional fight and a heavyweight title fight at that, is simply amazing.

Vitali had a great strategy in this fight and stuck to it. I think his strength, feet movement(which surprised me), chin, and overall boxing skill seem to be exactly where they were before. But, to be honest, I can tell that there may be a slight slowing of his hand speed, and power. I remember when he fought Danny Williams and bounced him around the ring with his punches, and Peter is no bigger than than Williams and was easier to hit. But, this was Vitali's 1st fight back technically and if he knows he is going to fight at this optimum level he will focus more on such things and is bound to improve.

Overall great performance by Vitali, and great achievement by both brother in becoming the 1st brother in history to hold simultaneous belts in the heavyweight division. Good luck to Wladimir this December against Alexander Povetkin. This should be a perfect match up for him to showcase his skills.