Another Brother, Another Grimm Night for Peter

LOCAL LEGEND LAND – Once upon a time there were two boxing brothers who became globally gloved citizens and found themselves lost amidst the tall forest legends of past heavyweight greats. As they made their way behind the footsteps of true giants, the brothers heard piercing, protesting shrieks from the underbrush. No one kept up with the brothers for many, many rounds now and theirs was often a lonely journey as a cold, bitter wind blew through the rankings.

But the brothers, as in Klitschko, persevered and through years of hard training and natural blessings built a record of excellence. And they saw the horizon of greatness.

The moral of that story is that a third time in the ring against one of theKlitschko boys figures to hold little charm for the USAs Nigerian transplanted heavyweight contender Samuel Peter, who meets consensus champion Wladimir in Frankfurt, a fascinating realm where the Brothers Grimm collected folk tales and built a kingdom of childrens cautionary tales and fantasy.

Many critics act like any mention of quality conking in the extra-large division is a fairy tale.Indeed, potential punchouts in too many of either Klitschko brothers recent bouts have taken observers on a Pied Piper stroll from slugfest sugarplum visions into the dull, murky waters of one-sided slogs in which opponents either crumble or give up. That’s not the Klitschkos fault but it is their promotional problem.

The lack of fresh, mauling meat meant a rematch for Peter, who seems faded but stayed busy enough to keep a moderate overall ranking and had the three knockdowns against Klitschko in their first fight that served as good promotional points.

Still, unless Klitschko, who has done well in rematches, suffers from some reversal of fortune jinx or gets too cocky it figures to be an easier night for him than the first fight when he took a unanimous decision despite the trifecta dumping. All he has to do is follow brother Vitali’s example and keep some sort of lead in Peter’s mug.

Wladimir’s much improved jab and overall offensive technique should be the big story here.

Its more likely that Peter will be busted up or broken down into a TKO than it is he’ll get splattered for a ten count, but its got to be at least 5 to 1 odds against him going the Deutschland distance.

A respectable effort loss won’t hurt Peter’s status, but if he looks like he did against Vitali this could be his last A level appearance.

A respectable effort win won’t help Klitschko’s status. He needs to look much better than he did last time against Peter, and he needs to be more aggressive than he was in his last fight against Eddie Chambers if the haters are to be silenced.

Many traveling testimonials consider Frankfurt to be the most Americanized type city, with the German skyline that most resembles iconic city silhouettes of Manhattan. Perhaps no man is an island anywhere, but once the bell rings for the main event, Klitschko and Peter will definitely be alone inside the strands.

Its likely that between their initial 12 round encounter and subsequent sparring and video reviews, the contestants probably know each other a little too well for Peter’s good on Saturday.

The evil step-mother of all one-sided battles could make the scorecards a snow whitewash that turns Peter into a dwarf named Punchy.

Critics try to point out that similar to a plot line in Sleeping Beauty, the fight will be probably be meaningless enough to dump observers into a snoring dreamland.

Its more likely that strong, willing, but inconsistent Peter, the latest Cinderella man,will give it his best shot but find himself in some stage of hopefully harmless unconsciousness before the final frame.

If Klitschko scores a knockout without looking too wary of Peter’s strength,a larger than life Rumpelstiltskin reinforces his good name and spins gold from those some proclaim straw dogs.

Peter could be one high overhand hook away from A Frog Prince kiss of further fame and fortune, but very probably not.

Remember.

The heavyweight forest may not seem so deep and daunting but the reigning wolf at the head of the pack is big and bad, and we didn’t make that up.

Klitschko KO 8. May everyone live happily ever after.