Lamont Peterson on Danny Garcia: I'm The Better Fighter

By Edward Chaykovsky

On April 11th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Lamont Peterson (33-2-1, 17 KOs) will headline an NBC televised Premier Boxing Champions showdown against Danny "Swift" Garcia (29-0, 17 KOs). Between the two of them, they hold three world titles at junior welterweight but the fight takes place at a catch-weight of 143-pounds.

Peterson feels a lot of confident in his skills and anticipates that he'll be capable of beating Garcia in any manner possible.  

"The plan might be to just go out there and fight him. Regardless of how I choose to fight, I feel like I can win. I do have quicker feet, but I can use them to do other things too. I can go forward. I don't always have to be going backwards. I will stick to the game plan, but we don't know what the game plan is right now," Peterson said.

He expects a very tough contest which may go a lot of rounds as the bout plays out. Like he has in several of his other contest, he plans to rally strong in the second half of the contest.

"My mentality always shows in the ring, especially in the late rounds. You ask a lot of your body in that ring and a lot of times it goes to what it knows. So your personality definitely comes out, and I think that's where I shine more than other fighters. The later rounds are when I normally take over the fight. A lot of the time I wish we could go more rounds," Peterson said.

"The fans wanted to see this fight so I wanted to make sure that it happened. I never really call out names or talk about who I want next. I leave it up to the fans and to the media because there are lots of fights that the fans want to see that never happen. At the end of the day, I'm fighting for the fans and the media so why not fight who they want me to fight?"