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

[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.

[amat]

I've met Barry Hunter a couple times and one thing I can say is that he is a straight shooter. I'm sure DC amatuer boxing could confirm that. I'm not sure what that means, what "even" on the first day really means but if anyone is BSing I'm sure it's the king of bullshiters the Mayweathers.

That doesn't mean Peterson would beat Floyd, but the Petersons, especially Lamont, are both very skilled fighters. Taeth you are at it again. What does Paul Spadafora have that Lamont Peterson doesn't? What did Victor Ortiz have for De La Hoya? God forbid the almighty Mayweather 2 years out of the ring might have an off day or 2 against a young, hungry and skilled fighter in his own right. Like blegit said, anyone can have an offday literally anyone. Floyd said himself that Anthony Thompson gave him the hardest time of all when they sparred. What does Anthony Thompson have that Lamont Peterson doesn't? That doesn't mean it actually did happen but it's possible.

Peterson is P4P material.

[fan johnny]

I don't see any speed in Peterson..... if it has truth to it, Mayweather is going to have a very tough time with Marquez.

[Taeth]

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

He's been right about a lot of them, and wrong about guys like Hopkins.

[Taeth]

I've met Barry Hunter a couple times and one thing I can say is that he is a straight shooter. I'm sure DC amatuer boxing could confirm that. I'm not sure what that means, what "even" on the first day really means but if anyone is BSing I'm sure it's the king of bullshiters the Mayweathers.

That doesn't mean Peterson would beat Floyd, but the Petersons, especially Lamont, are both very skilled fighters. Taeth you are at it again. What does Paul Spadafora have that Lamont Peterson doesn't? What did Victor Ortiz have for De La Hoya? God forbid the almighty Mayweather 2 years out of the ring might have an off day or 2 against a young, hungry and skilled fighter in his own right. Like blegit said, anyone can have an offday literally anyone. Floyd said himself that Anthony Thompson gave him the hardest time of all when they sparred. What does Anthony Thompson have that Lamont Peterson doesn't? That doesn't mean it actually did happen but it's possible.

Peterson is P4P material.

I'm at what again? Why are you pointing fingers at me when plenty of other people are saying the same thing? I am saying stylewise, and skillwise it doesn't make sense. Lamont Peterson is a good fighter who will be a very good fighter, but even on an off day Mayweather is Mayweather and I have hard time seeing Peterson pull it off. Then again Cintron according to his manager went many rounds with Bernard Hopkins to a standstill. The point is what goes on behind closed doors is all hearsay, and aside from that hearsay, logic says Mayweather is out of Peterson's league.

[knodaledge]

I've met Barry Hunter a couple times and one thing I can say is that he is a straight shooter. I'm sure DC amatuer boxing could confirm that. I'm not sure what that means, what "even" on the first day really means but if anyone is BSing I'm sure it's the king of bullshiters the Mayweathers.

That doesn't mean Peterson would beat Floyd, but the Petersons, especially Lamont, are both very skilled fighters. Taeth you are at it again. What does Paul Spadafora have that Lamont Peterson doesn't? What did Victor Ortiz have for De La Hoya? God forbid the almighty Mayweather 2 years out of the ring might have an off day or 2 against a young, hungry and skilled fighter in his own right. Like blegit said, anyone can have an offday literally anyone. Floyd said himself that Anthony Thompson gave him the hardest time of all when they sparred. What does Anthony Thompson have that Lamont Peterson doesn't? That doesn't mean it actually did happen but it's possible.

Peterson is P4P material.

I'm at what again? Why are you pointing fingers at me when plenty of other people are saying the same thing? I am saying stylewise, and skillwise it doesn't make sense. Lamont Peterson is a good fighter who will be a very good fighter, but even on an off day Mayweather is Mayweather and I have hard time seeing Peterson pull it off. Then again Cintron according to his manager went many rounds with Bernard Hopkins to a standstill. The point is what goes on behind closed doors is all hearsay, and aside from that hearsay, logic says Mayweather is out of Peterson's league.

True. We have 2 sides of the story. What it boils down to is who would you think would work over who in a sparring session? I'd wager my last dime on Mayweather working Peterson over. It makes way more sense than the other way around. But sometimes the sun shines on a dogs ass & maybe Peterson did get the better. It just doesn't sound that likely of a scenario.

Peterson came in out of shape, used the bigger gloves, fought about 40 minutes with little to no rest AND worked over the best boxer in the world who is in great shape & has been training for a huge fight against the #2 p4p ranked fighter?

Seems a little fishy to me. Alot fishy.

[ElTerribleMorales]

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

He's been right about a lot of them, and wrong about guys like Hopkins.

he's been dead wrong about a bunch of them also

Penalosa-that he'd handily beat Lopez
Lopez-that he was one dimensional and wouldn't step up to the big stage
Marquez-that he was finished after the Pacquiao fights

[JT Rock]

I think that story is complete and utter bullshit, just like the report Doug Fischer got. Rest assured the truth is in the middle somewhere.

Peterson is no slouch, but if you were to put the 2 in the ring together I doubt Peterson would win 3 rounds, just like I doubt Floyd would brutally knock him out.....



Lamont Peterson trying to make a name for himself after reading the initial report

[ElTerribleMorales]

I think that story is complete and utter bullshit, just like the report Doug Fischer got. Rest assured the truth is in the middle somewhere.

Peterson is no slouch, but if you were to put the 2 in the ring together I doubt Peterson would win 3 rounds, just like I doubt Floyd would brutally knock him out.....



Lamont Peterson trying to make a name for himself after reading the initial report

i agree i think it's a ploy, i mean it's not impossible for him to get the best of him in sparring, but sparring and and actual fight are 2 different things

[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.