August 5 at the Hard
Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida
Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter vs. Jovo Pudar
Juan Urango vs. TBA
Televised live on the Showtime network’s Sho-Box “The Next Generation.”
Co-promoters Duva Boxing and Warrior’s Boxing are proud to announce that on
August 5, the heavyweight division’s dynamic young powerhouse, Samuel “The
Nigerian Nightmare” Peter (19-0 17 KO), will continue his unstoppable march to
the world heavyweight championship live at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in
Hollywood, Florida and televised nationally on Showtime network’s Sho-Box “The
Next Generation.”
Scheduled for a deep sleep that day will be opponent Jovo Pudar (22-2 12 KO).
Peter’s latest exhibition of fistic carnage will serve as the main event of an
action-packed card that will also spotlight undefeated (13-0 10 KO) super
lightweight sensation Juan Urango vs. TBA in the co-feature.
“Samuel Peter is the most exciting heavyweight in the world and we’re very
thankful to Showtime for giving him this opportunity,” said promoter Dino Duva,
who has met with considerable difficulty finding opponents willing to fight the
iron-fisted slugger.
Peter, coming off a dominant pay-per-view win over respectable veteran Charles
Shufford on May 17, has long been tabbed as the “one to watch” in boxing’s big
man division and says he welcomes the chance to broaden his growing army of fans
by flattening Pudar in typically brutal fashion.
“Pudar is a big strong guy and we’re very happy he was man enough to take the
fight,” declared manager Ivalyo Gotzev. Known for his remarkable ability to spot
raw talent, Gotzev claims this fight will finally establish in the minds of
boxing fans what he has known for a long time: that Samuel Peter is the next
true heavyweight king. “We’re finally getting the chance to showcase the best
up-and-coming heavyweight contender in the world on national television,” he
said. “Enough about Dominick Guinn and Joe Mesi and all the rest of them; tune
in August 5. I guarantee Samuel Peter will be explosive!”
Gotzev also confidently stated that after Pudar, a former Olympian coming off an
ESPN2-televised win should step up to the plate. “Just the other week, we saw
Lawrence Clay-Bey beating up on ex-cruiserweight Imamu Mayfield. If he’s feeling
better now, why doesn’t he quit running from Samuel?”
“We had a contract to fight him last December on ESPN, but he got injured
(supposedly) and pulled out,” explained Duva. “Some people were sceptical at the
time regarding his ‘injury,’ so I want to make a personal plea for him to summon
some courage and honor the fight. Pretenders like Clay-Bey and quite a few
others can’t keep running forever. They should retire if they’re afraid of
Samuel.”
Juan Urango made his formidable presence known on American soil almost
immediately after signing with Florida’s Warrior’s Boxing. Having spent his
entire career fighting between his native Colombia and adopted home of Spain,
the southpaw’s USA debut was a rock ‘em sock ‘em affair against formerly
undefeated Russian Sergey Sorokin at Warrior’s Hard Knocks at The Hard Rock show
last June. In what many called the fight of the night, Urango dropped and lumped
up Sorokin on his way to taking an exciting unanimous decision.
To schedule an interview with Samuel Peter, contact:
Ivalyo Gotzev, Tel: 818-266-1211,iggboxing@aol.com or Duva Boxing, 811 Totowa
Rd., Totowa, NJ - 07512, Tel: 973-790-7400 Fax: 973-790-9955