I am pleased to announce that according to laboratory results I am not under suspicion of having taken a banned substance in connection with my bout against Lamont Peterson. We have received an email from Dr. David Eichner, Director of the WADA ac...
For the second time in as many fights, a notable win by Lamont Peterson has been followed by a negative light cast up on the D.C. Boxing and Wrestling Commission as it pertains to drug testing. Only this time, there appears to be more to a story...
For the first three rounds against Kendall Holt on Friday, Lamont Peterson appeared to be doing little on offense, leading many of his fans in attendance in his native Washington, D.C., to yell for him to let his hands go. But that was all part of...
Defending champ Lamont Peterson shook off the rust in round four and proceeded to outland Kendall Holt 167-51 before the end came in round eight. Peterson landed 64% of his power shots in the last two frames. Holt landed just 22% of his total punch...
For 33 fights, Kendall Holt claimed, he had never come into a boxing match with a certain strategy in mind. That wasn’t going to be the case for his bout this past Friday with Lamont Peterson. “This is going to be the first fight where I've walked...
Kendall Holt has tried not to think about Lamont Peterson’s performance-enhancing drug incident last year while preparing for their title fight Friday night. The former WBO junior welterweight champion would’ve felt more comfortable if pre-fight,...
DC Armory, Washington, District of Columbia - IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (31-1-1, 16KOs) stopped mandatory challenger Kendall Holt (28-6, 16KOs) in the eight round. Peterson dropped Holt with a right hand in the fourth and had h...
When two veterans with established world class chops square off, and there is reason to believe they are well matched, it’s a good thing. When both fighters are in a position where winning is a desperate need, and not just a healthy want, it’s a bet...
Lamont Peterson, fighting to defend his reputation as well as a world title after a positive doping test, ends a 14-month layoff Friday in a hometown bout against fellow American Kendall Holt. Peterson, once a homeless child on the streets of Wash...
Lamont Peterson and Kendall Holt both made the junior-welterweight limit on Thursday afternoon for their title fight airing tomorrow night on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights from the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C. Peterson, who will be defending his...
Kendall Holt and his promoter, Gary Shaw, know all about what occurred the night Lamont Peterson took the IBF and WBA junior welterweight titles from Amir Khan by winning a controversial split decision in Peterson’s hometown. They’re still complet...
WASHINGTON - Lamont Peterson, who is finally set to defend the title he took from Britain's Amir Khan in controversial fashion 14 months ago, says his long layoff will not be a problem against Kendall Holt next week. Peterson won a controversial s...
IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs) continues to prepare for his first title defense and fight in 14 months as he takes on former WBO Light Welterweight Champion Kendall Holt (28-5, 16 KOs). The 12-round main event takes...
Former junior welterweight champion Kendall "Rated R" Holt joined us on the latest edition of The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene's official audio show. Holt is scheduled to face IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson on February 22nd in an ESPN F...