By William Mackay: Lamont Peterson received a minor victory earlier today when the International Boxing Federation concluded that Peterson can retain his IBF light welterweight title despite him testing positive for synthetic testosterone last March.

Peterson was under medical supervision for treatment for his low testosterone at the time he tested positive for the banned substance.

According to RingTV, the IBF concluded that the levels of testosterone in Peterson’s blood were at therapeutic levels and not to where he was gaining an advantage over his competition. However, Peterson still hast to meet with the Nevada State Athletic Commission to receive a boxing license if he’s to fight again, and it’s unclear whether they’ll give him the license. If they reject Peterson’s request for licensing, he can always try another state in the U.S., such as Texas. He might have better luck there if he’s denied by Nevada, but that’s not a given.

One area where Peterson may have problems with when he meets with the Nevada Commission is that he failed to disclose that he was using testosterone under a doctors care. Had he brought this out before the testing began, all of this could have likely been avoided.

Peterson’s licensing could come down to that one issue, his failure to let them know about it. In defense of Peterson, he probably didn’t see the ramifications of this. He had legitimate medical problem and he got treatment for it. I can understand that. Since he was under treatment for the problem it wasn’t like he was trying to cheat or anything. The only thing he failed to do correctly was disclose that he was in treatment.