Lamont Peterson was born on January 24,1984 and is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2019.
53 Facts About Lamont Peterson
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Lamont Peterson held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF light welterweight title between 2011 and 2015, and the WBA welterweight title in 2017.
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Lamont Peterson holds wins over Rock Allen in 2003, who beat him twice 2004 in the Olympic box-offs, Mike Alvarado and Andre Dirrell, as well as 2003 amateur world champion Willy Blain.
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Lamont Peterson made his professional debut on September 25,2004, on the undercard of Glenn Johnson vs Roy Jones Jr.
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Lamont Peterson fought 18 year old Nicholas Dean, who at the time had only one fight on his record, which was a loss.
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Lamont Peterson stopped Dean after just 22 seconds into his debut.
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Lamont Peterson went on to fight a further 3 times in 2004, remaining undefeated.
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In 2005, Lamont Peterson won all his 11 bouts, with 5 coming via stoppage.
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On February 17,2006, Lamont Peterson saw himself fighting for the Vacant WBC United States light welterweight title at the FedEx Forum against Jose Leo Moreno.
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Lamont Peterson was taken the 10 round distance for a second time winning the vacant title.
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Lamont Peterson won the fight via unanimous decision after 10 rounds.
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In November 2007, Lamont Peterson fought his first fight outside of the United States, knocking out Ecuadorian boxer Humberto Toledo in round 1.
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Lamont Peterson would be knocked down again, this time with a left to the body.
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On November 1,2008, Lamont Peterson challenged fringe contender Lanardo Tyner for the Interim NABF title.
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Lamont Peterson was docked a point for repeated low blows in round 4, but did enough to secure a wide decision win.
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However, Lamont Peterson got up and landed hard left hooks to the body.
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Lamont Peterson cut under the left eye from an accidental headbutt in round 12.
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Ortiz landed 96 of 457 punches thrown, while Lamont Peterson was more accurate, landing a total of 111 of 331 shots.
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In front of a near sell out crowd of 8,647, Lamont Peterson defeated Khan for the by split decision in a very controversial affair.
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Lamont Peterson was dropped to the canvas twice, although the first time was counted as a slip instead of a legitimate knockdown.
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Some observers felt it was a hometown robbery as Lamont Peterson is from Washington DC, while many felt that Khan wasn't treated fairly.
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Khan landed 238 punches out of 757 thrown and Lamont Peterson connected on 226 of 573 blows.
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Lamont Peterson admitted to the use of steroids shortly after.
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On December 20,2012, it was reported that Lamont Peterson would fight Timothy Bradley in a rematch, which would take place on March 30,2013.
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Lamont Peterson overcame a sluggish start, floored Holt two times, and forced a stoppage in round 8 to successfully defend his IBF title in front of his home crowd.
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Lamont Peterson sealed the win in the eighth when a barrage with Holt against the ropes caused referee Tony Weeks to step in and end it.
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Lamont Peterson remained down on a knee before getting to his feet at the count of eight.
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Lamont Peterson was knocked down once in round 2 and two more times in round 3.
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Lamont Peterson hit me with a good shot and I guess just finished the job.
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Lamont Peterson stumbled and struggled to get to his feet, but was able to beat the count and was allowed to continue.
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Matthysse came forward and threw a combination and again Lamont Peterson stumbled backward and down.
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On November 19,2013, Golden Boy announced a deal was in place for Lamont Peterson to make a defence in his home town against undefeated contender Dierry Jean.
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Midway through the fight Lamont Peterson became the aggressor and a few rounds later, started to outwork and outland Jean using his speed and combinations.
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Former world champion Paulie Malignaggi, who was working as an analyst for Showtime praised Lamont Peterson, stating he still has a huge claim at light welterweight.
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The highly anticipated bout between Garcia and Lamont Peterson took place at a 143-pound catch weight and was a non-title bout.
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Garcia maintained a steady attack in the last three rounds of the fight while Lamont Peterson began coming forward and throwing everything he had.
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On October 17,2015, Lamont Peterson fought at the EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia, against undefeated welterweight prospect and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Felix Diaz in a scheduled 12 round fight.
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Lamont Peterson won a close 12 round majority decision over Diaz.
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Lamont Peterson was effective with his body punching in most round, but gave away a lot of the rounds to Diaz by not throwing enough punches, and getting hit on the inside.
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Lamont Peterson became a two-weight division champion after defeating Avanesyan via a 12-round unanimous decision.
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Lamont Peterson earned a purse of $250,000 whilst Avanesyan had a purse of $75,000 and winning the fight put Lamont Peterson in position to fight the winner of Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia.
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On October 3,2017, Lamont Peterson wrote to the WBA, officially vacating the WBA 'Regular' title.
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Lamont Peterson was dropped in round 5 from a left hand by Spence.
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Lamont Peterson beat the count and looked unsteady, surviving the round.
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Lamont Peterson took a lot of punishment, but managed to fire back some offence of his own before the round ended.
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Lamont Peterson's face looked swollen and his eyes were puffy from Spence's hard shots.
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At a press conference in Los Angeles on November 13,2018, PBC announced that Lamont Peterson would fight former super lightweight world champion Sergey Lipinets on FS1, as part of their deal with FOX.
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Lamont Peterson had not fought since his one-sided loss to Spence in January 2018.
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Lamont Peterson told reporters that he needed his body to rest and recover after a long career.
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Lamont Peterson was getting the better of the action in the opening rounds, likely taking the lead on the cards.
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CompuBox showed Lipinets landing 264 of his 986 punches thrown, whilst Lamont Peterson landed 303 of 972 thrown.
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On January 3,2023 Lamont Peterson was announced for the non-televised undercard, which would precede the Showtime PPV headlined by Gervonta Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia on January 7 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC He was scheduled to take on 40 year old journeyman Michael Ogundo in a six-round fight at super lightweight.
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Lamont Peterson beat the count, but had taken a lot of punishment leading to the knockdown.