Garcia vs. Peterson

PBC on NBC April 11th Post-fight reviews and analysis

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lee1By Daniel Reed:

Andy Lee vs. Peter Quillin
The first televised fight of the night here in the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn was an intriguing Middleweight match-up between the very popular “Irish” Andy Lee (34-2, 24 KO’s) of Limerick, Ireland, and Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (31-0, 22 KO’s) of Brooklyn by way of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The red hot Lee was coming off two impressive come-from-behind, Gatti-esque knockout victories over John Jackson of the Virgin Islands at 154 lbs., and the former Olympian and amateur standout from Russia, Matt Korobov.

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Did Danny Garcia really win against Lamont Peterson?

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garcia665By Juni: Was I watching another fight last Saturday night when WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia defeated IBF 140 pound champion Lamont Peterson at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York? Usually I have a paper and a pen to score fights, but I was sure this fight was not going to last.

I felt the only way for Lamont to win is to box (which he did). But my question was (while I was watching the fight), how long can he box till he goes back to his old way of fighting? I had thought once his legs tire, he will stand and try to fight Garcia which will result in making it an easier fight for Danny.

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Danny Garcia vs. Lamont Peterson had 3.4 million viewers on PBC on NBC

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garcia25By Dan Ambrose: Last Saturday’s fight between WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) and IBF 140lb champion Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KOs) was a huge success on Premier Boxing Champions on NBC. The fight brought a peak of 3.4 million viewers on NBC, according to Fight news.

The fight averaged 2.9 million. That figure makes the Garcia vs. Peterson fight the second highest watched fight in the last 17 years. That’s pretty impressive to say the least.

The Garcia-Peterson fight took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia won the fight by a somewhat controversial 12 round majority decision by the scores 114-114, 115-113 and 115-113. Even if you agreed with the decision, and there were many boxing fans who didn’t, you have to agree that Garcia did not shine in the fight.

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Highlights and Review of Garcia vs. Peterson, Lee vs. Quillin, Spence Jr vs Vargas

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vd4tk9N0Z0
Wimar Patino (Boxing’s Finest) Welcome to another edition of Boxing News with highlights and a quick review of the fights that took place on April 11th 2015. As you know Errol Spence Jr fought on the untelevised portion of the PBC undercards. He scored an impressive 4th round TKO of Samuel Vargas leaving Vargas with a record of 20-2-1 while Spence Jr. advances his own record to 16-0 with 13 KO’s.

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Danny Garcia: I need a couple of fights at 147 before I face Mayweather or Pacquiao

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By Dan Ambrose: After narrowly getting by IBF 140lb champ Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KOs) in a tougher than expected fight last Saturday, WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) says he’s interested in facing superstars Floyd Mayweather Jr and/or Manny Pacquiao at 147, but he feels he needs to take a couple of fights first at the weight.

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Maidana: Nobody will Save Danny Garcia if we Fight

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garcia74By Raj Parmar: Argentinean welterweight slugger Marcos Maidana (35-5, 31 KO’s) is eager to step inside the ring with Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KO’s) following Garcia’s majority decision win over Lamont Peterson (33-3, 17 KO’s) last night. Garcia is a champion at super lightweight and is considering a move to welterweight in his next fight.

“I don’t care who won tonight but nobody will save Danny if we fight,” Maidana stated on his twitter account following the fight (which many disputed that Peterson had actually won), “I’ll give Danny the real welcome to the Welterweight division. Let’s do it.”

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Danny Garcia had doubt in his eyes, he got exposed, says trainer Barry Hunter

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garcia677By Dan Ambrose: While WBA /WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) is busy congratulating himself and saying how he thinks he deserved the decision last Saturday night over IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KOs), trainer Barry Hunter says that he saw doubt in Garcia’s eyes when the going got tough in the 2nd half of the fight when Peterson began walking Garcia down and battering him with punches.

Hunter feels that Garcia was broken by Peterson mentally or physically in the second half of the fight. From that point on, Garcia was running for safety in pure survival mode and not pushing the fight like he had in the first part of the fight.

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Garcia beats Peterson – You can’t win a fight running

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garcia444By Bill Gabay: The game plan was good and the effort in the later rounds even better, but Lamont Peterson fell short in his match against Danny Garcia tonight on PBC on NBC losing a 12-round majority decision.

A win against the undefeated Garcia would have been impressive as the fighter from Philadelphia is well-coached (by his father-trainer), has great technical skills and possesses power in both hands. Garcia has beaten the likes of Lucas Matthyse, Zab Judah, Amir Khan and Erik Morales (twice).

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