It may be freezing in our Nation’s Capitol, but the four fighters competing in this Saturday night’s Showtime Championship Boxing doubleheader at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, braved the cold to sit down with Showtime cameras at the DCB Fit Boxing Gym to discuss their upcoming bouts. In Saturday’s main event at…
Lamont Peterson is adamant he has overcome his devastating knockout loss to Argentine bruiser Lucas Matthysse. The IBF Light-welterweight champion steps back into the ring this weekend, live on BoxNation, when he goes up against the undefeated and big-hitting Dierry Jean at the DC Armory in Washington DC. The bout will be Peterson’s first, following…
Lamont Peterson, IBF Junior Welterweight Champion “I intend to continue to be the champion after my fight on January 25. “I don’t worry about comments from him [Dierry Jean]. At the end of the day he’s got to get in the ring with me. He can say whatever he wants, but he’ll see when he…
World-class championship boxing returns to the nation’s capital on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, when hometown hero IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Lamont Peterson defends his 140-pound crown against Montreal’s unbeaten Dierry Jean as part of a live Showtime Championshp Boxing at, 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, event at the DC Armory in Washington,…
The light welterweight division was shaken up last night as Lucas Martin Matthysse destroyed Lamont Peterson in short order at Atlantic City’s famed Boardwalk hall. Neither Matthysse’s WBC Interim crown or Peterson’s WBA belt were on the line but that failed to make an impression on the fighters, who went at it full bore from…
The action this weekend is at Atlantic City’s famed Boardwalk Hall as Devon Alexander put his IBF welter title at risk and Lucas Matthysse lays his WBC Interim light welter belt on the line. Alexander, 24-1 (13), meets unheralded Englishman Lee Purdy, 20-3-1 (13), while Matthysse, 33-2 (31), squares off with Lamont Peterson, 31-1-1 (16)….
All five of the fighters in attendance at Wednesday’s Peterson vs Matthysse press conference at Lucille’s Bar & Grill (located inside B.B. King’s Blues Club) in New York City were confident and ready for fight night as they discussed their upcoming bouts taking place this Saturday, May 18 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J…
Haroon Khan (1-0) will be starting his American adventure sooner rather than later as he takes on Vicente Medellin (0-5) on the undercard of the Lamont Peterson vs. Lucas Matthysse clash this weekend in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The younger brother of former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan got off to a winning…
The explosive May 18 match-up between unbeaten contenders Shawn Porter and Phil Lo Greco at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey will air as part of the event’s Showtime Extreme telecast live at 7 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. 2012 British Olympic Bronze Medalist Anthony Ogogo will also participate one of the…
Last Thursday’s media conference call featured WBC Welterweight Champion Andre Berto and WBC #5 rated title challenger “Vicious†Victor Ortiz in advance of their “East-West Showdown†event on April 16 from the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, airing live on HBO World Championship Boxing. WBC Welterweight World Champion, Andre Berto: “I caught the end of…
Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander have been on separate paths that were destined to cross at some point, and on the 29th January 2011, sparks will fly. Desert Storm meets Alexander the Great. Both are undefeated, both want to prove they are the best in the division we, as fans, are almost guaranteed a great…
© Carlos Baeza / Thompson Boxing Promotions Unbeaten boxers and former junior national roommates Timothy “Desert Storm†Bradley and Lamont Peterson met the media on Tuesday to discuss their WBO Jr. Welterweight world title mega-matchup Saturday, Dec. 12 live on Showtime at 9p ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.