After only fighting twice since October 2015, D.C. native Lamont Peterson selected a tough opponent for his return into the squared circle. Unfortunately for Peterson, undefeated welterweight champion Errol Spence proved too tall an order on Jan. 20 at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Spence dominated from the start, and forced Peterson’s trainer to […]
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Peterson Gives Up WBA Welterweight Title to Fight Spence for Fans and IBF Welterweight Title
One-year-old Lenox Peterson picks up a five-pound weight and begins his regimen of deep knee-bend exercises following his dad and uncle’s final local workout at the famed Headbangers boxing gym at Bald Eagle Recreation Center in southeast Washington, D.C. Since he was born, the young Peterson has watched; as his dad, two-division champion Lamont Peterson, […]
