Sam Peter W12 James Toney... Sam Peter defeated James Toney for the second time in four months on Saturday, but this time there is no dispute that Peter deserved the decision. Peter sent Toney to the canvas in the second round and went on to win by scores of 119-108 and 118-110 (twice).  Peter is now clearly the world's top heavyweight who does not hold a major title belt and he is now in the enviable position of being the mandatory challenger to the very vulnerable Oleg Maskaev, who will no doubt try to wriggle out of the obligation to fight Peter next. Should that bout happen, Peter will no doubt be a clear favorite in light of Saturday's performance, a victory in which he was unusually active for a large heavyweight. Toney had five career losses coming in (Peter, Roy Jones, Montell Griffin twice and Drake Thadzi) but he had never been knocked out and hadn't even been knocked down since the Jones fight in 1994. That changed in the second round courtesy of a Peter jab that didn't look all that hard. Pretty soon, however, Toney began to find his range and fought on even terms with Peter.  The fourt round ended with an exciting exchange as Toney, leaning back on the ropes, counterpunched an aggressive Peter. The fifth round belonged to Peter and by the sixth, Toney's eye was swelling and his lip bleeding. The eight was another good round for Peter, and so was the eleventh. There was little drama when the scorecards were announced. Now 28-1 with his only loss to IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko, Peter seems destined to claim at least a portion of the heavyweight championship. Toney drops to 69-6-3, and although he looked more muscular than he did four months ago, 234 is a ridiculous weight for a former middleweight to be. source: showtime championship boxing