A thumbs up for Samuel Peter – thank you for doing us Proud!!

I’m not a boxing fan, but I gotta give it up to Samuel Peter, for doing us proud:

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Samuel Peter won a unanimous decision over American Jameel McCline to retain his WBC interim heavyweight title on Saturday, despite being knocked down three times. Reuters story here

“When I was knocked down I said to myself, ‘no, no, no I am the champion and I have to defend the belt,’” Peter said in the ring after his victory.

Called the Nigerian Nightmare, our boy is truly making his own waves in his own style. I got this pic from nigeriantribune.com.ng and I kind of like seeing Don King beside Samuel Peter.

In a post-fight conference, the Nigerian said: “I am the champion and I needed to defend my belt, so I put up a fight to subdue him.” “When I went down I knew I had to stand up,” Peter said, adding that he did not underrate McCline, but entered the fight with a broken left hand, an injury, which he said he sustained during training. “Both of my hands were hurting me tonight,” he stated. more from NigerianTribune

“I am happy to bring the WBC heavyweight belt to Nigeria and indeed to the African continent,” he told a crowd of newsmen and fans. “I give glory to God and also to my manager and trainers, as well as my fans who supported me and cheered me to win, in spite of my falls in the early rounds,” the Nigerian pugilist said.

Links:
Official website of Samuel Peter here
Samuel Peter – info on Wikipedia
His Fight-by-Fight carreer record here