Lamont Peterson got the better of Floyd in Sparring Session...

[ElTerribleMorales]

Roach is talking out of his ass, now any fighter who's not trained by him isn't too hot

[SweetPea]

Maybe Lamont Peterson can fight Paul Spadafora now to settle who's the best fighter in the world.

[ono]

Maybe Lamont Peterson can fight Paul Spadafora now to settle who's the best fighter in the world.

This was my initial thought aswell. It means very little.

[OumaFan]

Who knows what happened but I don't think this was some overall plan by Peterson's team to get his name out, seems like they wouldn't have said anything on their own to begin with but it got out to Doug Fischer from someone else and they either disagreed with the report or didn't want their guy to look bad.

I doubt he got punished or anything, he's a defensively responsible fighter. Its of course possible that he wasn't ready to do more than 8 four minute rounds.

[Mar]

If they gave out belts for sparring champions then this would probably mean something. Besides floyd is crap so what does beating him prove ??

[Spicoli]

I don't put to much into it.Just talking it up with Mayweather/JMM and Peterson/Bradley coming our way.The Peterson's seem to have been in permanent career idle mode forever....bop-bop-bop.

[Taeth]

Who knows what happened but I don't think this was some overall plan by Peterson's team to get his name out, seems like they wouldn't have said anything on their own to begin with but it got out to Doug Fischer from someone else and they either disagreed with the report or didn't want their guy to look bad.

I doubt he got punished or anything, he's a defensively responsible fighter. Its of course possible that he wasn't ready to do more than 8 four minute rounds.

especially with 15 to 30 seconds break thats pretty rough, the big reason I think Mayweather wouldn't lose against Lamont is or are in this case.
1) Mayweather is near to or at fighting shape right now, whereas Lamont isn't.
2) Mayweather with the better stamina not to mention the fact he should be sharper would progressively do better and better as the fight went on.
3) Mayweather is the better fighter, and I can't see him having an off day this close to the fight, his body should be ready for any challenge right now.

[El Kabong]

This was my initial thought aswell. It means very little.

I agree...this sounds to me like the infamous "Lebron got dunked on" video. I think there is a bit of truth to this though. The trainers are looking at different things, Floyd's trainer(s) is/are wanting to make sure he's blocking properly, moving well, and Lamont's trainer is making sure he lands punches and applies pressure...this could be just a case of different points of view.

I think Marquez will give Floyd a hard time, he's rarely if ever been totally outclassed.

[Cortez The Killer]

Maybe Lamont Peterson can fight Paul Spadafora now to settle who's the best fighter in the world.

The I-had-moments-when-sparring-Floyd belt. But i think Floyd was out of shape and spadafora was fresh in training when they sparred.

I'm guessing lamont had his moments and held his own. But sparring is sparring and it doesnt mean anything about a real fight. I'd like to see a video though, if not just for the trash talking.

[Kirkland Laing]

I'd put money on it that it's total bollocks. I agree with what Lyle said funnily enough.

[Nameless]

Roach is talking out of his ass, now any fighter who's not trained by him isn't too hot

I disagree here, especially because Roach said "he heard" that Floyd wasn't looking that great, which implies that he,s not sure himself.

Back on topic, I could imagine the better guy simply having a bad day at the office but in the circumstances, it is very dubious. Matter of fact, before any important match, every 'shocking" rumors' are always dubious, it is simply trying to get into the other's head.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Roach is talking out of his ass, now any fighter who's not trained by him isn't too hot

I disagree here, especially because Roach said "he heard" that Floyd wasn't looking that great, which implies that he,s not sure himself.

Back on topic, I could imagine the better guy simply having a bad day at the office but in the circumstances, it is very dubious. Matter of fact, before any important match, every 'shocking" rumors' are always dubious, it is simply trying to get into the other's head.

thing is this isn't the first time he mouths off about fighters who aren't his, IMO he's become a bit of a douche since Pacquiao's rise

[Nameless]

Roach is talking out of his ass, now any fighter who's not trained by him isn't too hot

I disagree here, especially because Roach said "he heard" that Floyd wasn't looking that great, which implies that he,s not sure himself.

Back on topic, I could imagine the better guy simply having a bad day at the office but in the circumstances, it is very dubious. Matter of fact, before any important match, every 'shocking" rumors' are always dubious, it is simply trying to get into the other's head.

thing is this isn't the first time he mouths off about fighters who aren't his, IMO he's become a bit of a douche since Pacquiao's rise

Actually, most trainers are like that and are saying strange comments here and here, Manny Stewart had has his bad moments with Andy Lee and Jermaine Taylor as well, we'll not mention the Mayweather as it is too easy and I remember James McGirt saying weird things as well. I have nothing, personally, about boosting your fighters here and here but I am clenching teeth when the arguments are getting private and personals.

[blegit]

This can be true. Some days you are just off and others are right on. BUT, there are so many reasons for the Peterson camp to fabricate or embellish. Either of the Petersons are nothing special so I'm not one to buy into it. But sometimes its easy to embellish when you do better than expected. Its seen in live time as a victory and as word of mouth goes on it turns into much more. Its very likely that Peterson held his own and then it was taken as a victory to he whooped PBF and then next week it'll be Lamont made PBF look stupid. If I held up against PBF even in sparring I guess I would like to overcredit myself especially if I had a championship bout ahead to market.

[JazMerkin]

This can be true. Some days you are just off and others are right on. BUT, there are so many reasons for the Peterson camp to fabricate or embellish. Either of the Petersons are nothing special so I'm not one to buy into it. But sometimes its easy to embellish when you do better than expected. Its seen in live time as a victory and as word of mouth goes on it turns into much more. Its very likely that Peterson held his own and then it was taken as a victory to he whooped PBF and then next week it'll be Lamont made PBF look stupid. If I held up against PBF even in sparring I guess I would like to overcredit myself especially if I had a championship bout ahead to market.

True, it reminds me of the stories about Amir Khan or Urbano Antillon beating up Pacquiao in sparring just because he didn't knock them out.