Comments Thread For: Peterson-Jean Bout Set For 1/25 at The D.C. Armory

[-Mustang-]

Ehhhh.... is this the same one with the leveled seating?
If so, screw this place

DC Armory is stadium seating


The DC Convention center, where they held Peterson vs Khan was the Level seating venue

[Drunk Punch]

Peterson can take steroids, get KTFO'd and still be 'champ'? How much are Golden Boy paying the IBF?

[PunchyPotorff]

Ehhhh.... is this the same one with the leveled seating?
If so, screw this place

That what I was thinking. Why these promoters don't think things thru for the fans is beyond me. Either that or the venue is way cheap and the promoter is a cheapskate and doesn't give a **** azzzzzz.

[El Angel]

Not true. Golden boy CEO Richard Schaefer who promotes both fighters had already confirmed before the fight Lamont wanted his IBF title on the line and they wanted to unify it with Lucas Matthysse's WBC interim belt but the IBF refused to unify with another organizations interim belt so they fought at a 141 catchweight to keep both happy. Both fighters was happy to unify the belts and fight whenever and wherever, nobody was ducking or hiding anything in this fight just boxing politics

Like somebody said above it all come down to Lucas obsession with his WBC world title shot.

Exactly. IBF didn't want a unification. Has absolutely nothing to do with Lucas' so called "obsession" with that interim title. If IBF allowed it, both belts would have been on the line.

Lucas lost, no need to keep hating on him.

[Mr. Philadel]

I got nothing against Lamont....I hope he gets the W in this fight...BUT that IBF strap should be Swift's....just saying!!

[El Angel]

I got nothing against Lamont....I hope he gets the W in this fight...BUT that IBF strap should be Swift's....just saying!!

It should be Garcia's. He's the clear 140 champion and this would have been another step towards being undisputed. That a belt, IBF, would be against unification, is sickening IMO.

[-PBP-]

Peterson didn't want his title on the line. That goes both ways. It's still BS that he's champion when he got destroyed by a legit 140 pounder in his last fight.

All that would happen is that Dierry Jean would be Danny's mandatory right now and the IBF would force that fight because they stick to their rules.

So in all actuality this is just a fight to become a contender for a shot at Garcia of he decides to stay put. And no he's not rematching Matthysse any time soon. Lol

[DoktorSleepless]

Is he going to duck the testing again like he did with Matthysse even though he said he was going to do it?

[El Angel]

All that would happen is that Dierry Jean would be Danny's mandatory right now and the IBF would force that fight because they stick to their rules.

So in all actuality this is just a fight to become a contender for a shot at Garcia of he decides to stay put. And no he's not rematching Matthysse any time soon. Lol

Lamont shouldn't be recognized as champion, period. Garcia taking a soft touch early in the year like Jean wouldn't have been a terrible thing. He's obviously thinking of leaving the weight class soon and it would have been nice if he could have gotten closer to recognition of the undisputed champ.