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After edging out James Toney by way of a close controversial decision in September, Nigerian Samuel Peter was thinking about his championship challenge to WBC holder, Oleg Maskaev. But, a funny thing happened on the way to fighting Maskaev, the WBC ordered Peter to face Toney in a rematch to appoint the mandatory challenger to Maskaev's WBC crown.
Originally, Peter thought his last bout was a WBC eliminator in the byzantine world of boxing, he found out the hard way that his first bout with Toney bout was a mere eliminator to fight yet another eliminator.
The WBC based their decision on mandating a Toney-Peter rematch one the public outcry over the controversial nature of the first bout's decision.
Now Peter readies himself to fight Toney again and if he wants to fight for a title, he has to beat Toney impressively or he may be fighting Toney a third time. There was no doubt that the first fight was close and there was a case to be made for the decision being scored for the wrong man. Boxing is full of close controversial decisions and Toney's draw with Rahman was just as controversial because the majority of ringside observers felt that Rahman won the fight, but no one made Rahman fight Toney a second time. [details]
Originally, Peter thought his last bout was a WBC eliminator in the byzantine world of boxing, he found out the hard way that his first bout with Toney bout was a mere eliminator to fight yet another eliminator.
The WBC based their decision on mandating a Toney-Peter rematch one the public outcry over the controversial nature of the first bout's decision.
Now Peter readies himself to fight Toney again and if he wants to fight for a title, he has to beat Toney impressively or he may be fighting Toney a third time. There was no doubt that the first fight was close and there was a case to be made for the decision being scored for the wrong man. Boxing is full of close controversial decisions and Toney's draw with Rahman was just as controversial because the majority of ringside observers felt that Rahman won the fight, but no one made Rahman fight Toney a second time. [details]