Chris Strait Breaks Down Klitschko-Peter Fight, September 11th
Wladimir Klitschko (54-3) hasn’t lost since 2004, and while many think that Samuel Peter is the man that will hand the Ukrainian champ his fourth career loss, Chris Strait thinks much differently. Anybody silly enough to think that Klitschko is in a position to lose a fight where he’s a -1400 favorite deserves to lose their money for reasons that Strait outlines in the boxing betting preview below:
The reason that Peter is being touted by some is because of the fight he had against Klitschko in 2005. Peter was able to get three knockdowns on Klitschko during the middle rounds, but was unable to definitively finish him off. This is perhaps one of Klitschko’s defining boxing moments, since he was barely five months removed from his last loss.
Klitschko valiantly rallied back from being put to the mat three times in that fight and outmuscled Peter’s en route to a unanimous decision after 12 rounds. It was Peter’s first loss in a career supposedly destined for greatness. Now he has at a shot at redemption.
Some may look at this fight casually and notice that Peter is just 30-years old and evolving as a puncher. But as Strait points out, he is basically still exactly who he was. Just because Klitschko is 34-years old, it doesn’t mean he’s slowing down. No fight he’s had since Peter has gone the distance and he is now the IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight boxing champion.
As you can tell by the boxing betting odds, nobody in their right mind thinks that Klitschko is going to lose this fight. While Samuel Peter holds some value at +700, that’s only if you think he can win. He earned three knockdowns off of what Chris Strait refers to as, “a rabbit punch, one by a pushdown and one by fatigue”.
That means that Klitschko will enter this fight with the opportunity to finally silence the critics, and Peter for good. The only thing that deserves to be bet on in this fight is whether or not this fight goes the distance. That would be moral victory for Peter, but I think the champ has something else in mind.
This should teach all you boxing betting freaks a lesson: don’t trash talk a 6-foot-6, heavyweight boxing champion!
