Lamont Peterson defeats Felix Diaz live results

By Boxing News - 10/17/2015 - Comments

PBC Oct 17th VA boxing(Photo Credit: Suzanne Teresa/Premier Boxing Champions) By Tim Fletcher: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (34-3-1, 17 KOs) won a close 12 round majority decision tonight over 2008 Olympic gold medalist Felix Diaz Jr (17-1, 8 KOs) at the EagleBank Arena at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. THe final judges’ scores were 114-114, 117-111 and 116-112.

Peterson fought in spurts in the fight. He was effective with his body punching in rounds 2, 6 and 8. But he gave away a lot of the rounds to Diaz by not throwing enough punches, and getting nailed on the inside. When Peterson was in close, he needed to be throwing punches, but he failed to do that. This allowed the 5’5″ Diaz to win a lot of rounds that he shouldn’t have been able to win.

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In just a little over an hour, former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KOs) will be taking what he hopes will be an easy fight against unbeaten 2008 Olympic gold medalist Felix Diaz Jr. (17-0, 8 KOs) in a fight televised by Premier Boxing Champions on NBC from the EagleBank Arena at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.

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This is a fight that the 31-year-old Peterson cannot lose if he wants to remain as one of the major player in the light welterweight division. Peterson was given a pass for his 12 round majority decision loss to former WBA/WBC light 140lb champion Danny Garcia in his last fight in April because the fight was close, and because he was facing the guy that boxing fans previously recognized as the best fighter in the light welterweight division.

Diaz, 31, isn’t seen as the best fighter at 140 despite the fact that he won a gold medal in the 2008 Olympics. Diaz is clearly not an unbeatable fighter. He’s someone that is very beatable, and Peterson should be able to get past him today if he uses his ring smarts and his long reach advantage of 5 inches to keep the 5’5” Diaz on the outside.

What Peterson doesn’t want to do is to get on the inside against the southpaw Diaz, because that would be giving away all of his advantages.

“I’ve seen Diaz and I think he can fight,” Peterson said. “It’s obvious he can fight. He’s undefeated, but I really think when we get in the thick of this, experience is going to take over and I don’t think he is going to have enough to finish.”

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Diaz is a handful if you try and fight him at close range. He can probably beat a lot of the top fighters at 140 if they fight his fight. But Diaz is nearly helpless when he’s on the outside against a taller fighter like the 5’9” Peterson, and there’s really not much he’s going to be able to do if Peterson chooses to fight him at a distance using his jab. Diaz absolutely needs his taller opponents to give away their height and reach by fighting in close.

“It’s times like this when you’re with kids that you really see how important it is to be around positive role models,” Peterson said. “How you can make a difference by just being there. It is always important for me to give back and fighting in my hometown lets me do that.”



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