By Allan Fox: IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (32-2-1, 16 KO’s) will be back in the ring on August 9th to defend his IBF title against an opponent still to be determined on the Shawn Porter vs. Kell Brook card at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Peterson, 30, hasn’t fought since last January when he defeated then No.1 IBF contender Dierry Jean by an easy 12 round unanimous decision at the DC Armory in Washington, DC. Peterson draws well in Washington, DC, it’s strange that he’d want to leave that location to fight on a card where he won’t be the main event. Peterson will likely be the chief support on that card unless he’s matched against someone really weak.
In that case the middleweight clash between #4 WBA Daniel Jacobs (27-1, 24 KO’s) and #2 WBA Jarrod Fletcher (18-1, 10 KO’s) will wind up as the co-feature bout. The Jacobs-Fletcher fight will be for the vacant WBA World middleweight title. WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin won’t have to worry about Jacobs challenging for his title anymore if he captures the WBA belt.
Peterson has held down the IBF 140-pound title since he beat Amir Khan three years ago by a 12 round split decision in December 2011. That was a fight where Khan had a chance to win if he would have stopped shoving Peterson around the ring all night long to slow down his attacks. The shoving from Khan led to him getting docked two points from the referee Joseph Cooper. Khan was lucky he wasn’t disqualified because he did a lot more than just shoving in that fight to try and slow down Peterson’s attacks.
Peterson has fought three times since the Khan fight, beating Kendall Holt and Dierry Jean, while losing to Lucas Matthysse.
The No.1 IBF contender is currently Cesar Cuenca. This is a very beatable guy for Peterson if that fight gets made. However, there are a number of contenders that the IBF has ranked in their top 15 who would give Peterson problems, such as Matthysse and Thomas Dulorme.
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