{"id":33416,"date":"2014-01-14T02:18:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T06:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=33416"},"modified":"2014-01-14T02:18:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T06:48:31","slug":"lamont-peterson-ready-for-war-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=33416","title":{"rendered":"Lamont Peterson READY for WAR – Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson held a media workout ahead of his January 25 title bout against Dierry Jean, which will take place at the DC Armory and headline a live Showtime telecast.<\/p>\n

Lamont Peterson: \u201cI intend to continue to be the champion after my fight on January 25. I don\u2019t worry about comments from him [Dierry Jean]. At the end of the day he\u2019s got to get in the ring with me. He can say whatever he wants, but he\u2019ll see when he gets in there that it\u2019s not an easy task. It\u2019s always a great thing to fight at home. When the crowd is cheering for you, it gives you the extra energy to pull out the close rounds and close fights. I\u2019m glad to be fighting at home. I never really left the gym since my last fight. I\u2019ve been doing a lot of strength and conditioning, although at this point it\u2019s mostly boxing. Right now, I\u2019m working on the game plan and making sure I execute when I get in the ring.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to put that [loss] behind me. Boxing is for a thinking sportsman. [Boxing] It\u2019s not a sport where you should be letting those things get to you. You have to fight smart and the best way to do that is to clear your mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know much about Dierry Jean when the fight was announced. He\u2019s a pretty good fighter, but at this level when you fight for championship belts, I\u2019ve done it and he never has. I know my first time fighting for a world title was more difficult than I thought. I\u2019m expecting him to stumble because of the bright lights and the type of pressure. People don\u2019t normally deal with it well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s scheduled for 12 [rounds] and I\u2019ll be prepared to go that distance. But if it ends before that I\u2019ll be happy.<\/p>\n

[On making on weight] \u201cI miss eating pizza and things I like to eat, but for the most part I do pretty well with it. I come into the gym at 8:30 in the morning and I don\u2019t leave until 7:00 at night. I probably spend about 4-5 hours a day working out. The fact that I\u2019m fighting at home and a majority of the crowd will be cheering for me, that helps me. He\u2019s [Jean] going to have to deal with that crowd too.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be 30 the day before the fight. I\u2019m still a kid but the clock is ticking. Eventually the hard exercising will take its toll. So I just have to stay smart and pay attention to my body.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciate things much more than I did when I was younger. Going through a whole training camp at this point is the happiest time of my life. I know it won\u2019t last forever but I try to enjoy every moment of it and I\u2019m thankful to be in this position. \u201d<\/p>\n

Barry Hunter, Petersons\u2019 Trainer: \u201cLamont may have a slight chip on his shoulder [following his recent loss], but its all business with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the times even though he\u2019s reserved, when he gets close to a fight he does get anxious. We see it in the gym, and I spoke to him and just told him to never act like anyone but himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is something that we haven\u2019t seen before but he\u2019s been resilient so I won\u2019t worry about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt bothered me that moment during the last fight. But I said to my wife on the way home, \u2018I must have matured a lot because I don\u2019t feel as devastated as I normally do after a loss,\u2019 I understand somebody has to win and somebody has to lose. It\u2019s not about losing; it\u2019s about what you do after the loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cI gave the man my word. We\u2019ve been through everything and we never really had the chance to fight at home. I told the Mayor, what would be better than bringing the world title back to DC.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time since DC had something to shout about and we want to bring it back.<\/p>\n

[On Dierry Jean] \u201cI think he\u2019s a good little fighter. I\u2019m not a huge film guy. We usually make adjustments in fights, but based off what I saw he\u2019s not great in one area but he\u2019s good in a lot of areas. He\u2019s hungry and he wants a title so it should make for a good fight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson held a media workout ahead of his January 25 title bout against Dierry Jean, which will take place at the DC Armory and headline a live Showtime telecast. Lamont Peterson: \u201cI intend to continue to be the champion after my fight on January 25. I don\u2019t worry about comments […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9384],"class_list":["post-33416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-lamont-peterson-ready-for-war-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33416"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}