Editing Samuel Peter (section)

==Early life and amateur career==
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Originally, Peter's preferred sport was [[association football|football]]. In 1992, some boxers came to his school to train. The curious young 11-year-old stopped by and asked if he could train along with them. He was put up against an experienced amateur and knocked him out. This marked the beginning of a successful amateur career for Peter.

He won the Nigerian Amateur Heavyweight Championship and the Africa Zone 3 Heavyweight Championship. He faced stiff competition as an amateur (including a knockout victory over 2000 silver medalist [[Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov]] of [[Kazakhstan]]).  However, he prevailed and was given the opportunity to represent Nigeria at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]], Australia.

Peter lost in the quarterfinals to Italian [[Paolo Vidoz]] by decision. However, his performance was noted for being very impressive from such a young pugilist and hence more excitement was generated for him than the eventual gold medalist, [[Audley Harrison]], to whom Peter had lost a very close decision just a few months before the [[Olympic Games|Olympics]].