Valero to fight Lamont Peterson in June or July – News
February 19th, 2010
By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) will be moving up in weight and facing light welterweight contender Lamont Peterson (27-1, 13 KO”s) in either June or July, according to Boxing Fanhouse. Both Valero and Bradley fight for Top Rank, so putting this fight together shouldn’t be too much of a problem. Valero, 28, wants to move up in weight to get his feet wet to see how he does against light welterweights.
Against the 5’7” Valero, Peterson might do a lot better. Valero isn’t as quick as Bradley and not as good on the inside either. Peterson could make it very tough for Valero and possibly cause an upset if he can focus on boxing Valero and not get caught in any wars with him.
Valero recently defeated WBC lightweight interim champion Antonio DeMarco by a 9th round stoppage earlier this month. Valero’s power was too much for DeMarco to deal with, as he wore the younger fighter down with heavy shots. Surprisingly, Valero showed good movement, hand speed and boxing ability in controlling the fight and making DeMarco miss with many of his shots.
That was a side of Valero that few boxing fans had seen before in his other fights. Valero has a reputation of being a slugger who wastes little time in trying to get his opponents out of there as fast as possible. Valero is going to have to continue to show improvements in his ability to box and defend because in moving up in weight, he’ll be facing bigger and better fighters than he’s had to deal with as a lightweight.
The knock on Valero is that he still hasn’t’ faced many quality fighters during his eight year pro career. The 26-year-old Peterson is a step in the fight direction for him. If Valero can get by Peterson and not take too much punishment, he could find himself on the fast track for a fight against Pacquiao in the not too distant future.
Valero has been given the title of “Champion in recess” by the WBC. They gave him this title for him to recover from the huge gash on his forehead that he sustained in the DeMarco fight. Additionally, they also wanted him to have time to move up in weight and experiment with a fight in the light welterweight division before deciding whether he wanted to stay at lightweight and continue to defend his WBC crown or not.
Arum says “We don’t know how Valero can handle a really good boxer like Peterson, and we don’t know if Valero can handle the extra weight. And as far as Peterson is concerned, you just look at a picture of Valero, and if it was me, I wouldn’t be going within a hundred feet of him. He looks terrifying.”
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Velero will kill him. Can’t beleive he would take this as his next fight. If Bradley had more power he would have beat him apart. Arum must be forcing this on the peterson camp. After the Bradley fight he probably doesn’t think his investment will pay off in the long run.
@Morsatum
I was simply pointing out the fact that Arum would simply doesn’ care about negotiating with other promoters, even if doing this makes a better fight. This is the most plain case
he stepping into a trap by facing peterson. he may have lost against bradley, but bradley had to box from the fourth round on. i don’t think valero can do that and he’ll have to brawl with the taller peterson who is more than able to handle himself on the inside. peterson by UD.
Wasnt really impressed by Valero in the Demarco fight. I was waiting to see this guy Mike Tyson Power, that every one was talking about. Didnt really see it, he hit Demarco with some good punches, but never floored Demarco or was he ever close to knocking Demarco down.
Also, Demarco didnt even fire back, he just stood there took 3 or 4 shots, ducked the 5th and moved away. The couple of times he did throw punches, he landed.
Is Valero ready for Pacquiao? No
LET THE INCAMAN GET TO WHERE HE DESIRES AFTER HE HAS FLOORED HIS OPPONENTS!! BUT AT THIS MOMENT HE STILL HAS TO EAT A LOT OF YUCA AND PAPAS (SPUDS) AND ARROZ!! HE NEEDS MORE ENSAYOS!! ALRIGHT HE HASN’T SUFFERED A DEFEAT YET BUT WHAT KIND OF FIGHTERS DID HE DEFEAT HUH??? IT’S NO BRAINER!! HE’S AFTER BIGGER MOOLAH!! HE CAN HAVE MORE OF THEM-OF WHAT MCOTTO SUFFERED-A SEVERELY BLOODY BATTERED CARA!!
SouthPaw learn how to read. Peterson will be knock out ,That means valero will win. Sent back to the amatuer’s is a joke. Peterson was an amatuer with USA boxing he lost the Olympic box off.
Valero showed good head movement against De Marco and lets his hands go fast. Those who think Bradley is quicker might be in for a surprise as Valero’s shots come in sharp and in combinations… if he continues to improve (which he will) then the sky is the limit.
It will be great for all boxing fans to have a star with a perfect record and long may it last.
Valero will get exposed by Peterson. Any fighter who can use the jab and keep Valero away will outpoint him easily. Valero may be exciting, but he’s so one dimensional it’s hilarious. Lol Mosquera is considered to be the best fighter that Valero has faced up to this point….and that’s really laughable considering that some think Valero is one of the best fighters in boxing.
And please don’t tell me that Valero would beat Pacquiao.
its ducking when you call a man out and then cower away in fear when he takes you up on your crap!!! Valero loses all respect in my book. Shaw got the fight cleared with showtime, got a date agreed upon by the network, found a location for the fight in Mexico just to accomadate lil Valero, and Bob’s immediate response is “well its not urgent” where was that when he was calling the guy out…ridiculous!!! utterly ridiculous! Arum is such a fraud that he wants to have Gamboa fight Caballero just to save Juanma’s pretty smile!!! After all the money this guy has made in this sport you would think he cared more about bringing good fights to the fans than lining his wallets.
so thats 3 in-house Top Rank fights already scheduled for this quarter:
-Pac-Cllottey
-Cotto-Foreman
-Valero-Peterson
…how long will this continue?? this is whats destroying the sport.
I dont think it is ducking when you move up in weight and have a tune up fight to see how you are strengh, speed and power is at that weight.
However, when you have been at that weight for 1 or 2 fights and still fighting lower level fighters or turning down your mandatory challengers i do concider that to be ducking or cherry picking or whatever you want to call it.
I dont see how anyone can begrudge Valero a tune up fight.
Peterson will be knock out and sent back to USA Amatuer boxing.
@ Box29
are you sure about that? did he go up to lightweight and fight the best? no, he fought David Diaz, the worst of all the title holders in that division.
He fought Ricky Hatton who wasnt the same since the Mayweather loss and i could say the same for Cotto. ( anyone who says Cotto is the same fighter that he was after Margarito is delusional ) So i wouldnt go on like Pacquiao has fought the best.
I dont even know why you are mentioning his name.
pacquiao has been moving up in weights in recent years and fought the best fighters without tuneups. if valero wants pacquiao, then he needs to fight the best and prove himself instead of trying to get the best pay day by going straight to pacquiao without proving himself
So in valeros first fight at 140 he will be facing better opposition than khan has his entire career, and khans supposed to be a champion!
Since Valero hasnt fought at light welterweight before i dont think he should be thrown in with Bradley or Pacquiao just yet. Whats wrong with letting him have a tune up fight at that weight? Just because Peterson lost to Bradley doesnt mean he wont be a hard test for Valero does it? I know everyone wants to see the best always fight the best but that doesnt always make for exciting fights, it will however shorten the careers of any boxer who has war after war after war. Personally if the fighters are evenly matched i dont care about their level of skill, with evenly matched fighters you nearly always get a good fight. The best fighter at lightweight against the best fighter at lightwelter for me is not necessarily an even fight is it? Lets see how good he is moving up for at least one fight before he is thrown in with the big boys.
@ Duvo
Spot on, Bob Arum has well and truely taken over from Don King as the sports biggest scum bag. This guys puts on second rate fights repeatedly because he cares only about the size of the cheque he gets. It sucks, because I firmly believe Valero would be more then willing to step up and fight anyone they put in front of him and Bradley would be great for his career win or lose. Pacman and Cotto are the same yet these guys are fighting second rate opponents in the form of Clottey and the seriously over hyped Foreman to line Arum’s pocket. The guy sank the biggest fight in the sport because of his ego.
On that note Golden Boy are not much better. Top Rank and GBP continually deprive fans of the best match ups because of ego and money. Surely someone can come up with a way to cut these bottom feeders out of the equation. Let the fighters fight and the money go to the fighters instead of the greedy, dishonest, narcissistic promoters.
@lex
bradley beat pacman????
what planet are you on joker!!!!!!!!!
valero will destroy peterson no problem.
WOW what a coward move by Valero and Arum. First they call out Bradley, Shaw straight up puts all the ducks in a row, sets up a date and finds a location in Mexico to host the fight and Arum goes…..lets fight the guy you beat. How can you seriously trust a single word that comes out of Arum’s mouth???? Like seriously, just habitually lies.
If I recall correctly he’s the man who had this quote to say:
“Yesterday I was lying, today I’m telling the truth”
*facepalm*
go valero go…..practice hard boy! learn to do box in and out, protect ur head better! u’ll get ur shot with Manny, and please dont go for PBF if u getting better next, he is not that worth.
Bob Arum should’ve had Valero and Bradley right away. Especially while boxing is now taking away some of the viewers of MMA. The boxing public is interested right now. Bob should be taking advantage of it. And the rest of the promoters out there, such as Golden Boy, should take advantage as well. It could very well be boxing’s golden age once again. As long as you put the best against the best and exciting fighters like Valero, Pacquiao, Shane, Sergio Martinez, Paul Williams, Cotto, ect…are still around to truely entertain us.
Peterson by UD. Valero is a one dimensional fighterr and he relay on his power punch.. Valero vs. Pacman.
Pacman wins by BKO (Brutal Knock Out)hehehehe
Top Rank is trying to hype up Valero bigger than he is, so Manny can fight him and get good PPV numbers. Arum knows very well if he puts him in their with Bradley Valero would lose. For that matter Pacquiao would probably lose against Bradley too. Arum called out Bradley right away and had to eat his words once he realized what he was actually offering. This should be good, definitely the toughest test of Valero’s career, but still a notch below the top guys.