{"id":69956,"date":"2018-01-11T18:36:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T23:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=69956"},"modified":"2018-01-11T18:37:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T23:37:47","slug":"lamont-peterson-stuns-boxing-world-with-press-conference-comments-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=69956","title":{"rendered":"Lamont Peterson Stuns Boxing World with Press Conference Comments – Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Two-division world champion Lamont Peterson hosted a media workout in his hometown of Washington, D.C. Thursday as he prepares to take on unbeaten welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. Saturday, January 20 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING\u00ae and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.<\/p>\n

The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING begins at 9 p.m. ET\/6 p.m. PT and features lightweight world champion Robert Easter battling former champion Javier Fortuna.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by DiBella Entertainment and TGB Promotions, are priced starting at $50, and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com, barclayscenter.com, at the American Express Box Office at Barclays Center or by calling 800-745-3000. Group discounts are available by calling 844-BKLYN-GP.<\/p>\n

Also in attendance at the workout was Peterson\u2019s brother, once-beaten contender Anthony Peterson, who competes in undercard action on the January 20 event.<\/p>\n

Here is what the workout participants had to say Thursday:<\/p>\n

LAMONT PETERSON<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel great. I\u2019m already close to weight. I\u2019m happy and eating up to five times a day. I feel strong and I\u2019m ready for this fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to look at this as really just another big fight. When you\u2019re at the top, you try not to make too much of each fight. We know what\u2019s at stake. I know that when I keep it simple, that\u2019s when I perform best.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now my body feels better than ever. I\u2019m comfortable with everything that\u2019s gone on in camp and I think you can see it in my body.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always trained hard since the first day I came here as a child. That\u2019s been instilled in me since a young age and it\u2019s carried me throughout my career.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything I do is for D.C. I\u2019m trying to get as much recognition for this area the best way I can. That\u2019s what we all strive for in this gym. This is the biggest one that\u2019s been on the schedule for a while and I\u2019m ready to bring it home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gets easier and easier the more championship fights I\u2019m in. I was in shape for all of them, but I definitely put more pressure on myself when I was young. I\u2019ve improved each time and now I feel like I\u2019m really at the perfect place in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

ANTHONY PETERSON<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI have to make a statement. I never feel comfortable with a decision. I think that\u2019s a good thing because I have to be special under the bright lights.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone knows I like to go to the body. You know I\u2019m going to make him work so you can look out for me to break my opponent down on the January 20.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been sparring with a variety of experienced fighters over the last year and they\u2019ve helped me out even while I haven\u2019t had a fight. Ring rust is all mental. It\u2019s up to you to put the work in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t gotten the fights that I want, but I\u2019ll always stick to my game and stick to my craft. I know if I persevere, things will work out for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that I love this sport. I know that eventually I will be a world champion. I believe in my future and I\u2019m looking forward to big fights.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s inspiring to watch Lamont do his thing and succeed. He\u2019s going to beat Errol Spence, even if people don\u2019t believe it. I think he\u2019s going to take care of business.\u201d<\/p>\n

BARRY HUNTER, Peterson\u2019s Trainer<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long grind in camp for these guys. When I think back on how long we\u2019ve been on this journey, I\u2019m very proud of them. They were 9 and 10 when they first came into the gym.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have the weight monster to deal with fighting at welterweight. Lamont is in a great place mentally and physically. I\u2019m looking forward to an explosive fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at the Spence-Brook fight, early on Brook had a lot of success. Down the stretch Errol imposed his will and broke Brook down. I know Errol well and I\u2019ve coached him. He has a strong will. He\u2019s not great in one area, but he\u2019s good in a lot of areas. This is a different kind of guy he\u2019s facing. Heart is something Lamont is nowhere near short on. I think this might start off tactical, and then turn into a war.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy job is to go in there with part of a plan, but it\u2019s always about adjustments for us. Whatever Errol brings to the table, we\u2019ll figure it out and put everything in motion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis last week is a lot of game plan and mental preparation work. A lot of fighters don\u2019t train the mind. You have to train the mind even more so than the body. We have to be ready for every scenario.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if Anthony goes in there and does his job there are a few vacant titles at 140-pounds and that\u2019s a track for us. We want to get a strap around his waist and we\u2019ll face anyone to get it.<\/p>\n

\u201cLamont, along with Anthony, Gary Russell Jr., Jarrett Hurd and Gervonta Davis, have been holding down boxing in this area for a long time. It would be huge to bring this title home. There are a lot of young Lamont Petersons in this area who want to reach this level. It would be a beacon of light shining down and showing these people the way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two-division world champion Lamont Peterson hosted a media workout in his hometown of Washington, D.C. Thursday as he prepares to take on unbeaten welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. Saturday, January 20 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING\u00ae and presented by Premier Boxing Champions. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING begins at […]<\/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":[17631],"class_list":["post-69956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-lamont-peterson-stuns-boxing-world-with-press-conference-comments-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69956","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=69956"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}