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by David P. Greisman - He and his brother overcame homelessness and poverty, battling through a tougher life than most ever have to experience, all while still a child. They found an opening to a better life through an unforgiving sport where other men not only stood between them and victory, but opportunity, too.
He spent years fighting into contention, only to lose in his first big bout and have to work his way back up. Yet after fighting past setbacks and through obstacles for nearly his entire life, he had another chance at the title, performing in front of his hometown crowd, coming off the canvas to defeat Amir Khan and win two world titles.
Lamont Peterson’s story was a compelling one. And now it is being overwritten as a disappointing tale — one of a man who earned so much respect for how he fought so hard to get to the top, only to lose that respect and be toppled without a fight.
Now Peterson has a new biggest fight: the battle to save his reputation.
That is not how the 28-year-old from Southeast Washington, D.C., expected to spend last week and this, when he was supposed to be wrapping up readying himself to defend those two world title belts and all that they meant for him, preparing himself for a rematch with Amir Khan, the man to whom those belts had belonged. [Click Here To Read More]
He spent years fighting into contention, only to lose in his first big bout and have to work his way back up. Yet after fighting past setbacks and through obstacles for nearly his entire life, he had another chance at the title, performing in front of his hometown crowd, coming off the canvas to defeat Amir Khan and win two world titles.
Lamont Peterson’s story was a compelling one. And now it is being overwritten as a disappointing tale — one of a man who earned so much respect for how he fought so hard to get to the top, only to lose that respect and be toppled without a fight.
Now Peterson has a new biggest fight: the battle to save his reputation.
That is not how the 28-year-old from Southeast Washington, D.C., expected to spend last week and this, when he was supposed to be wrapping up readying himself to defend those two world title belts and all that they meant for him, preparing himself for a rematch with Amir Khan, the man to whom those belts had belonged. [Click Here To Read More]
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