By Jason Kim: There’s no shortage of potential opponents for interim World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (26-1, 25 KO’s) for his next bout on November 28th. As of now, former WBO light welterweight champion Kendall Holt (25-3, 13 KO’s) looks to be the leading candidate to get the much coveted fight against the 26-year-old Maidana.
Anthony Peterson
Peterson Defeats Arceo
By Dave Lahr: Lightweight contender Anthony Peterson (29-0, 19 KO’s) defeated journeyman Luis Antonio Arceo (21-9-2, 14 KO’s) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Peterson, 24, was fighting for the first time since last August because of a knee injury he sustained while training last year, had a lot of problems with the high work rate of Arceo, 30, and ended up not looking very impressive in getting the 10 round victory.
Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry’s Fight Cancelled! – News
The Edner Cherry vs Anthony Peterson fight that was scheduled to take place on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto vs. Mike Jennings fight, has been cancelled due to a knee injury by Anthony Peterson.
Jones vs. Sheika on March 21st; Wladimir vs. Haye in 20 ft Ring
Roy Jones Jr., Eight-Time World Champion, returns to Pensacola to fight for the first time since January, 1999 when he battles Omar Sheika at the Pensacola Civic Center on Saturday, March 21, 2009. The fight card will also feature a bevy of Mixed Martial Arts stars headlined by Seth Petruzelli, who most recently knocked out Internet legend and previously undefeated Kimbo Slice. The event is being promoted by Square Ring Promotions in association with Hirsch Borao Boxing and the Pensacola Civic Center and will be broadcast live on pay-per-view.
Pavlik-Rubio, Cotto-Jennings, Duddy-Vanda – A Tale Of Two Cities
World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK (34-1, 30 KOs), from Youngstown, Ohio, is in his last 10 days of training for his rumble with No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (43-4-1, 38 KOs), of Torreón, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico. The Pavlik-Rubio world championship fight will headline an exciting card at soldout Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown on Saturday, February 21, and will be broadcast live on pay-per-view, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
Taylor Comments On Calzaghe & Froch; Cherry-Peterson – News
“First, it would have been one of the highlights of my career to be in the ring with a champion who has proven himself like Joe Calzaghe!
Prescott – Who’s Next For Breidis?
By Nate Anderson: In less than a minute, the hard-punching knockout artist Breidis Prescott (20-0, 18 KOs) destroyed the highly touted lightweight Amir Khan in the 1st round in September 2008, taking him out with powerful left hooks and exposing Khan’s weak chin in the process. The win elevated the 25 year-old Colombian to the 5th spot in the WBO while also moving him up to the #12 position in the IBF and #13 in the WBA rankings.
Anthony Peterson Defeats Javier Jauregui
By Tony Krebs: Undefeated lightweight contender Anthony Peterson (28-0, 19 KOs) had a tougher time than expected in winning a hard-fought 10-round unanimous decision over former IBF lightweight champion Javier Jauregui (53-15, 36 KOs) on Saturday night at the Palms Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Peterson, 23, a former 2003 National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion and the brother of top light welterweight contender Lamont Peterson, won almost every round of the fight against the tough 34 year-old Jauregui, yet in doing so Peterson took a lot of punishment along the way while winning. The final judges’ scores were 99-91, 100-90 and 100-90.
Peterson, ranked number #3 in the WBO, #8 in the WBC and #9 in the IBF, used a jab, hard combinations and hooks to the body to pound out the decision. Jauregui, however, made it tough on him by giving him hell in every round, especially early in the fight when he often hit Peterson with power shots to the head, causing his right eye to swell up. As he usually does, Peterson grunted loudly with every punch thrown, whether it is a weak or a hard shot. Peterson appeared to be trying to use his right hand more often with power, perhaps wanting to show that he’s more than a left hand fighter. In fact, his right hand looked measurably improved since his last fight, almost to the point where it was his best asset against the slow, plodding Jauregui.
Anthony Peterson Defeats Fernando Trejo
By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated lightweight contender Anthony Peterson (27-0, 19 KOs) won a workmanlike 12-round unanimous decision last night over Fernando Trejo (30-14-4, 18 KOs) to win the interim NABF lightweight title at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 120-108, 119-109 and 120-108. Despite winning the fight by a huge margin, Peter looked far from a future champion, showing little power, enthusiasm or any real fluidity, as he fought almost like a robot for much of the fight. He often grunted loudly with every punch he threw, for what reason I have no idea.
His punches had little power to speak of on them, and it seemed that he was trying to scare Trejo into submitting by grunting loudly each time he attempted to hit him. By the 3rd round, I was officially sick of listening to the squeal of Peterson, and was thinking strongly of placing cotton in both of my ears to drown out his noises. A fighter that mainly uses his left hand, lacking any power at all in his right which he chooses to use as only a token weapon, he was supposedly going to use his right hand more in this fight – to show that he had a right hand.