Peter, Klitschko squabble before heavyweight fight
Published: Tue, Oct. 07, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Tue, Oct. 07, 2008 01:45AM
E-Mail
Print
tool name
closeSamuel Peter ripped the WBC belt from Vitali Klitschko's hands and stormed off the stage Monday at a news conference in Berlin to promote their heavyweight title fight.
The two fighters -- both called champions by the WBC -- were engaged in the routine pre-fight stare-down with both holding the belt. Peter, urged by trainer Stacy McKinley, then snatched it from Klitschko's grasp. Klitschko looked surprised, then bemused.
"What happens here is a show," said Klitschko, who fights Peter on Saturday at O2 World Arena. "The real fight is in the ring."
More Sports
HATTON PREPARES DEFENSE: Ricky Hatton had no time to celebrate his 30th birthday Monday. His new trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr., made sure of that.
Mayweather Sr. joined Hatton's camp Friday in England, but wasn't wasting any time before the fighter defends his IBO light welterweight title against Paulie Malignaggi in Las Vegas on Nov. 22.
All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.
Get it all with convenient home delivery of The News & Observer.
The News & Observer is pleased to be able to offer its users the opportunity to make comments and hold conversations online. However, the interactive nature of the internet makes it impracticable for our staff to monitor each and every posting.
Since The News & Observer does not control user submitted statements, we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted on our website. In addition, we remind anyone interested in making an online comment that responsibility for statements posted lies with the person submitting the comment, not The News and Observer.
If you find a comment offensive, clicking on the exclamation icon will flag the comment for review by the administrators, we are counting on the good judgment of all our readers to help us.
