Undefeated welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. retained his IBF title with an impressive stoppage of former two-division champion Lamont Peterson in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Saturday night from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®.
By Allan Fox: IBF World welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence (23-0, 20 KOs) looked cool, calm and composed in taking apart former 140 and 147-pound world champion Lamont Peterson (35-4-1, 17 KOs) in stopping him at the end of the 7th round on Saturday night in their fight on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Jeff Aranow: WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo is predicting a 4th round knockout win for IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) tonight in his title defense against Lamont Peterson (35-3-1, 17 KOs) in their fight on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Jeff Aranow: IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) weighed in at the limit for the division at 147 pounds for his first defense of his title against Lamont Peterson (35-3-1, 17 KOs) for their fight this Saturday night on Showtime at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
FRIDAY, JAN. 19 – 1 p.m. ET Official Weigh-In from Brooklyn Bridge Marriott
SHOWTIME Sports will stream two live boxing undercard bouts featuring Marcus Browne and Adam Kownacki this Saturday on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING PRELIMS prior to the IBF Welterweight World Championship between undefeated champion Errol Spence Jr. and two-division champion Lamont Peterson. The live stream, which begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, will be available for all media and online outlets to embed via the SHO Sports YouTube channel.
By Allan Fox: IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr. (22-0, 18 KOs) still feels like he has a chip on his shoulder despite being a world champion now, and he wants to make sure he gets contender Lamont Peterson (35-3-1, 17 KOs) out of the way this Saturday so that he can move on to bigger fights against the likes of Keith Thurman and Terence Crawford.
By Sean Jones: Errol Spence Jr. says he would move up to 160 to face Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in his next fight if the match is offered to him after his title defense this Saturday night against Lamont Peterson.
By Jim Dower: Undefeated 2008 Ukrainian Olympian Sergiy Derevyanchenko (11-0, 9 KOs) has pulled out of his fight against journeyman Dashon Johnson (22-22-3, 7 KOs) this Saturday night on the Errol Spence Jr. vs. Lamont Peterson card at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Dan Ambrose: IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence (22-0, 19 KOs) is ready to solve the Lamont Peterson (35-3-1, 17 KOs) puzzle this Saturday night and then look to clean out the entire 147 lb. division of the top names. For starters, the names that Spence is interested in beating [after Peterson] are WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman and Danny Garcia.
By Chris Williams: Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) made it clear today that Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) is afraid to fight him. Spence says he’s been trying to get Thurman to fight him since he was 15-years-old.