Browsing Tag Lamont Peterson

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  Method To The Madness?

  I’m moving up two weight divisions, and not just to fight any welterweight, but Errol Spence. At first glance, it seems nuts. –Mikey Garcia Four-division titlist and counter-puncher ...

  On March 15, 2019 / By Rafael García
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  Garcia vs Porter: The Fight City Picks

  As one of our contributors discussed not that long ago, the current version of the welterweight division has all the necessary ingredients to give boxing fans plenty of ...

  On September 5, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  Fight Report: Pacquiao vs Matthysse

  The Event It is easy to forget that Pacquiao vs Matthysse is a match that fight fans have been waiting for since 2013. Before Lucas Matthysse’s trail of ...

  On July 15, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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  The PacMan’s Last Hurrah?

  Yes, it’s hard to believe, but it’s July of 2018 and, for better or for worse, it’s another Manny Pacquiao “Fight Week.” Pacquiao vs Matthysse. It’s going down, ...

  On July 10, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  The Rise of Camille Estephan

  Camille Estephan always makes eye contact. Standing on the press conference podium, his bulky musculature sheathed in a fitted suit jacket, the Eye of the Tiger promoter will ...

  On April 28, 2018 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Let’s Stop Pretending

  Sports is about passion. It’s what fills the stands and sells the tickets. I’m from West Virginia, and the University Mountaineers football and basketball games can reduce people ...

  On March 22, 2018 / By Jeffrey Fuss
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  New Breeds: Boxing’s Weirdest Fans

  Some call them “fanagers.” Others just call them annoying. I’ve always referred to them as boxing’s “new breed of fan.” No matter, it all means the same thing. ...

  On January 23, 2018 / By Sean Crose
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  Don’t Count Him Out

  This Saturday night, Lamont Peterson of Washington, D.C. will be in Brooklyn, New York to face Errol Spence Jr. for the IBF world welterweight title. While the welterweight ...

  On January 18, 2018 / By Jeffrey Fuss
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  Hyped Yet For 2018?

  Time to look forward, fight fans, as we turn the corner with great expectations for a new year of boxing action that will, we hope, at least come ...

  On January 11, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  Dierry Jean Goes To Prison

  On Monday, a judge sentenced Montreal boxer Dierry Jean to 15 months in prison for violently robbing a woman in search of drug money. In the incident, which occurred ...

  On April 7, 2017 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Thurman-Garcia: The Fight City Picks

  Saturday night in Brooklyn, WBA champion Keith Thurman and WBC boss Danny Garcia will unify the same welterweight titles Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns fought over in ...

  On March 2, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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  Dear Paulie

  Dear Paulie, When I first learned you were fighting Danny Garcia, my concern for you almost matched my disappointment in Danny. After all, and despite his recent lackluster ...

  On July 31, 2015 / By Robert Portis
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  The Strange Case of Danny Garcia

  I have to be honest here – I’m not big on disliking people. I’m just not. I’m not saying this to make myself out to be some kind ...

  On July 28, 2015 / By Sean Crose
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  Broner vs Porter: The Battle For Ohio

  “I was not only the coach, I was the jailer. I sat there with a baseball bat. I was only joking, but I told them that if anyone ...

  On June 19, 2015 / By Patrick Connor
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  Manny’s Thoughts! (No. 20)

  Al Haymon is the Man! The Godfather of Boxing! PBC does it again! No one punches harder than Beterbiev! Andy Lee, the Irish Zombie! Last minute Bosse/Rampage machinations! ...

  On April 14, 2015 / By Manny Montreal
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  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Saturday Night

  The Good Rafael Garcia: The best thing about last night, in my eyes, was the fact there was a little bit of everything for fight fans. The non-title fight ...

  On April 13, 2015 / By Rafael García
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  Catchweight 22: Garcia vs Peterson

  If you didn’t yet believe boxing is the greyest of sports, you need look no further than this Saturday’s main event in Brooklyn, NY. At Barclays Center, 140-pound ...

  On April 10, 2015 / By Robert Portis
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  Amir Khan Is Popular On The Internet

  Amir “King” Khan is in vogue this week. He easily beat Devon Alexander last Saturday in a performance which convinced some he’s the man to beat Floyd Mayweather. Is ...

  On December 18, 2014 / By Eliott McCormick
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  “Dougy Style” in Need of Defense

  Montreal’s Dierry “Dougy Style” Jean stopped Daniel Ruiz in the fifth round Saturday at the Bell Center, his second win since losing to Lamont “Havoc” Peterson in January. ...

  On September 30, 2014 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Fight Report: Peterson vs Jean

  The Event Last night’s Showtime card at the DC Armory was headlined by a light-welterweight scrap between Washington’s Lamont ‘Havoc’ Peterson and Montreal’s Dierry ‘Dougy Style’ Jean. At ...

  On January 26, 2014 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Fight Report: Peterson vs. Holt

  The Event Last Friday night, IBF junior lightweight titlist Lamont Peterson returned to the ring after a 14 month hiatus. He faced former WBO champion Kendall Holt in ...

  On February 26, 2013 / By Eliott McCormick