Lamont Peterson ready to move on and face Felix Diaz
A tight split decision, where four total rounds across three cards proved the margin of victory, is the kind of haunting loss that could leave you sitting alone in the dark at 4 a.m. watching fight replay after fight replay.
Lamont Peterson grinds to get the mental edge in the ring
When Pope Francis came to Washington, D.C., at the end of September, it was the kind of thing that shut the city down. Presidents? Oh, the nation's capital has presidents to spare. Those guys are always hanging out on Pennsylvania Avenue.
To be (140) or not to be (140)—that is the question for Lamont Peterson
Lamont Peterson is a soft-spoken man who can grind you into dust. He hails from Washington, D.C., the seat of the federal government where residents don’t have a voting member of Congress. It’s the most meticulously planned city in America, but was forced to cede half its land back to Virginia in the 1840s over the issue of slavery, stymieing planners’ designs to bound the city to a perfect 10-mile-by-10-mile square.
Lamont Peterson looks to get back in the win column against Felix Diaz
The beard is back in town.
Slow jams and fast hands: Inside the soundtrack of Lamont Peterson’s life
Stevie Wonder’s voice is as warm and radiant as the sun shining through the windows of Lamont Peterson’s black SUV.
Check your head: Lamont Peterson explains what it feels like to get your bell rung in the ring
Lamont Peterson smiles and makes a sound that nobody wants to hear.
Danny Garcia eyeing move to 147 after win over Lamont Peterson
After 36 minutes of back-and-forth, anybody’s-ballgame boxing, it was down to the scorecards. Danny Garcia stood in the ring, face sticky with blood, and squinted his eyes. Worry, some said. Concentration, maybe. The first score rolled out: 114-114.
Danny Garcia powers through Lamont Peterson's defense to earn majority decision
Danny Garcia was frustrated and frazzled by Lamont Peterson for five rounds of a fast and furious track meet. In the end, it didn’t matter, as Garcia earned a narrow majority decision Saturday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to stay undefeated.
