unbeaten Peters (8-0) is rising fast and will move into the world rankings<\/a> if he beats the \u2018Bomber\u2019 in the co-feature to the Nikita Tszyu-Ben Mahoney main event.<\/p>\nIt is a measure of Peters\u2019 talent that the 23-year-old, who won silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, is ranked second in the world out of more than 3500 amateurs at middleweight.<\/p>\n
Since turning pro 18 months ago, the South Australian sensation has knocked out seven of his eight opponents and victory over Wells, 33, will have him poised for bigger fights overseas.<\/p>\n
Peters\u2019 promoters, No Limit, regard \u201850 Cal\u2019 as Australia\u2019s finest Indigenous prospect in 20 years and are positioning him to fight for a world title in 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cCallum will be fighting for a world title in the next 12 months, that\u2019s how quickly he has progressed,\u201d No Limit CEO Matt Rose said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no doubt he is good enough to win a world title.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Australia, we haven\u2019t seen a fighter like him in a long time. He is probably our best Indigenous fighter since Anthony Mundine.<\/p>\n
\u201cDenzel Bentley is the WBO middleweight world champion and I believe Callum can beat him right now. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe plan is for Callum to be in a world title fight in the next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cCallum is already fighting at a level where he is on a path to global stardom. The Americans are going crazy over him. They are keen to see more of him after what he has done in his last two fights.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the past three months, Peters dominated classy American Joeshon James over 10 rounds, before stopping unbeaten Argentinian Ivan Actis (13-0-1) in a seven-round flurry of punches.<\/p>\n
Now standing in his path is tough-as-nails Victorian Wells, who hasn\u2019t been stopped in his 15-fight career.<\/p>\n
\u201cCallum\u2019s pace and workrate is incredible. He suffocates opponents,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWells is a fantastic fight for him. He is strong, awkward, a southpaw and he is No.15 in the world, so this is the perfect fight for Callum to show us if he is ready to fight in America.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He is rated Australia\u2019s best Indigenous boxing talent since Anthony Mundine. Now Callum Peters is ready to conquer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[434096,434086,434073,434065,434085,434079,434076,434090,424920,309513,89838,241634,434094,434083,377114,429869,376766,434102,434072,378244,402058,434097,434068,391224,434069,2095,43476,64,63,434061,216325,9746,288473,434082,129712,434098,434099,434089,394114,434081,434093,434101,434105,434106,434109,44,434062,434088,43766,434074,434078,239187,434104,434103,258147,61466,434064,12431,5285,19023,434087,423087,434060,434084,434070,46675,401033,434077,434107,426761,384293,434091,406102,434059,391683,434071,386391,434066,434063,434095,54798,434108,434100,434075,434067,10593,46294,434080,170730,434092],"class_list":["post-865385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-50-cal","tag-s-best-indigenous-boxing-talent","tag-s-finest-indigenous-prospect","tag-s-next-world-champion","tag-s-pace-and-workrate","tag-10-rounds","tag-13-0-1","tag-13-2","tag-18-months","tag-20-years","tag-89838","tag-241634","tag-8-0","tag-a-fantastic-fight","tag-a-fighter","tag-a-level","tag-a-long-time","tag-a-maiden-world-title-shot","tag-a-measure","tag-a-path","tag-a-pro","tag-a-seven-round-flurry","tag-a-southpaw","tag-a-world-title","tag-a-world-title-fight","tag-america","tag-anthony-mundine","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigger-fights","tag-bomber","tag-callum","tag-callum-peters","tag-classy-american-joeshon-james","tag-denzel-bentley","tag-fellow-aussie-blake-wells","tag-global-stardom","tag-his-15-fight-career","tag-his-bid","tag-his-eight-opponents","tag-his-last-two-fights","tag-his-path","tag-just-21","tag-middleweight-since","tag-more-than-3500-amateurs","tag-news","tag-next-mundine","tag-nikita-tszyu-ben-mahoney-card","tag-no-limit","tag-no-limit-ceo-matt-rose","tag-no-15","tag-opponents","tag-our-best-indigenous-fighter","tag-overseas-peters","tag-peters","tag-promoters","tag-punches-now-standing","tag-rose","tag-silver","tag-talent","tag-the-2022-commonwealth-games","tag-the-23-year-old","tag-the-americans","tag-the-boxing-sensation","tag-the-co-feature","tag-the-gold-coast","tag-the-ibf","tag-the-ibf-pan-pacific-middleweight-title","tag-the-indigenous-ace","tag-the-next-12-months","tag-the-next-year","tag-the-nikita-tszyu-ben-mahoney-main-event-it","tag-the-paris-olympics","tag-the-past-three-months","tag-the-path","tag-the-perfect-fight","tag-the-plan","tag-the-south-australian-sensation","tag-the-unbeaten-peters","tag-the-wbo-middleweight-world-champion","tag-the-world","tag-the-world-rankings","tag-the-world-the-2024-paris-olympian","tag-tough-as-nails-victorian-wells","tag-unbeaten-argentinian-ivan-actis","tag-victory","tag-waves","tag-wednesday-night-wells","tag-wells","tag-world-title-mission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}