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January 25, 2007

EXCLUSIVE:

WBC Says Vitali Return Puts Peter's

Fate In Hands of Its Governing Body

By Will "The Thrill" Trillo
Klitschko/Peter Photos: Bret "The Threat" Newton
 
 

Duva is threatening lawsuits & Sam Peter is furious . Everybody wants to know what the WBC will do.

 

So what did Pound4Pound.com do?

 

We contacted WBC President Jose Sulaiman and let him detail what will happen in the next Chapter of 
“The Nigerian’s Nightmare Is Coming True!”

 

The finale has not been written yet but it looks like the moral of the story is clear, the WBC, which stands to collect huge sanctioning fees from a proposed Vitali-Maskaev fight in Moscow, is giving the Vitali bid a serious look, and a vote by the board will decide Peter's fate.

 

Check out Jose’s exclusive letter to Pound4pound.com:

 

Dear Mr. Trillo :

   We are putting it to the consideration of the Board of Governors , some of the precedents are :

Samuel Peter refused to fight as a final eliminator for the WBC and decided to go and fight for the      IBF title instead ,

Stepping out of the WBC´s heavyweight tournament.     He lost to Wladimir Klitschko in that IBF fight.

Thus, the WBC included in the tournament Rahman , Owen Beck, Monte Barret , James Toney, Oleg Maskaev , and Samil Sam, With the winners being Rahman , Maskaev and Toney.
     Rahman defeated Barret to win the interim championship and was declared the undisputed WBC champion after the retirement of Vitaly Klitshcko, who did it in agreement with the WBC , with the promise that he would have a mandatory Opportunity if he would ever return to boxing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this was a press release that came out to the public by the media.   Oleg Maskaev defeated Samil Sam and Rahman made his first defense mandatorily against James Toney, with who he had a draw, for which the WBC ordered a rematch , after Rahman fought Maskaev, with who he lost the title.

  

     In the interim Toney requested to fight Samuel Peter not to be inactive ; the WBC did not approve it originally for 12 rounds as in a 10 rounder if Toney lost to Peter , that would have been the end of the situation, but finally the WBC approved a 12 round elimination bout , which was won by Peter , but because of the controversy, the WEBC ordered a rematch , which Peter won clearly , gaining the official challenger recognition,

          After the announcement that Vitaly was returning to boxing to reclaim the title that he didn’t lose in the ring, and based on a WBC rule that gives  a returning champion with world recognition the opportunity to fight for the title when he returns , the WBC after seeing that there is no agreement between the parties, is following its rules by sending the matter to its Board of Governors or seeking any other step as indicated in the rules.  

     Best regards  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, José Sulaimán

                                Jose Sulaiman Ch.

                                     President

 

Look’s like The WBC & Vitali have more than one healthy leg to stand on here and it seems only a miracle will stop the WBC Board from clearing the way for Vitali to take on Oleg in Russia in a fight that should not only bring a huge gate, but a pretty hefty sanctioning fee as well.

 












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