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Mandatory Eight Count: Steward Gives Peter "Five or Six Rounds"

Emanuel Steward doesn't see Samuel Peter lasting more than five or six rounds on Saturday. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Emanuel Steward doesn't see Samuel Peter lasting more than five or six rounds on Saturday. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)
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Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006.

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