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By Jake Donovan - It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon.
The phrase is the perfect metaphor for preaching the lost art of patience. It’s hardly a lesson that needs to be taught to Lamont Peterson. He and his younger brother Anthony lived it every day throughout their childhood.
As anticipation builds for Saturday’s title fight showdown with Amir Khan, the elder Peterson gets to stroll down the same D.C. streets he was once forced to run – and at times seek shelter. There were points in his childhood where tomorrow must have appeared to be a lifetime away.
But patience has now led to the biggest opportunity of his still promising career, one that comes mere miles from his home rather than on the other side of the Atlantic.
The latter scenario was once sold as possibly the last shot he’d ever receive at the big time, when the prospects of a Khan showdown were first on the table. A six-figure payday was offered for Peterson (29-1-1, 15KO) and his team – headed by trainer and father-figure Barry Hunter – to travel to jolly old England, a deal to which Hunter declined. [Click Here To Read More]
The phrase is the perfect metaphor for preaching the lost art of patience. It’s hardly a lesson that needs to be taught to Lamont Peterson. He and his younger brother Anthony lived it every day throughout their childhood.
As anticipation builds for Saturday’s title fight showdown with Amir Khan, the elder Peterson gets to stroll down the same D.C. streets he was once forced to run – and at times seek shelter. There were points in his childhood where tomorrow must have appeared to be a lifetime away.
But patience has now led to the biggest opportunity of his still promising career, one that comes mere miles from his home rather than on the other side of the Atlantic.
The latter scenario was once sold as possibly the last shot he’d ever receive at the big time, when the prospects of a Khan showdown were first on the table. A six-figure payday was offered for Peterson (29-1-1, 15KO) and his team – headed by trainer and father-figure Barry Hunter – to travel to jolly old England, a deal to which Hunter declined. [Click Here To Read More]
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