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Peterson Defends Strategy, Will 'Live With The Results'

•Apr 12, 2015

NEW YORK – Lamont Peterson spent more time defending his strategy Sunday morning than he did disputing the judges’ scoring following his majority decision defeat to Danny Garcia. Peterson doesn’t think he should’ve been more aggressive earlier in their 12-round fight and doesn’t feel as though he gave away too many early rounds Saturday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The Washington, D.C., native contended he simply stuck with his game plan to wear down his opponent and began attacking Garcia at the appropriate time.

Analyzing the Danny Garcia-Lamont Peterson Scorecards

David P. Greisman

•Apr 12, 2015

There actually wasn’t much disagreement among the three official judges when it came to the opening half of Saturday night’s bout between Danny Garcia and Lamont Peterson. While Peterson and his camp feel they deserved to win those rounds due to Peterson’s ability to elude Garcia and make him miss, the judges consistently favored Garcia. All three — Don Ackerman, Kevin Morgan and Steve Weisfeld — gave rounds 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 to Garcia. The only disagreement was in Round 3. Ackerman and Morgan had it 10-9 for Peterson, while Weisfeld was in the minority at 10-9 for Garcia. In fact, Weisfeld gave all six rounds of the first half of the bout to Garcia.

Video: Garcia, Peterson, Quillin Post Fight Comments

BoxingScene Staff

•Apr 12, 2015

BROOKLYN - Premier Boxing Champions on NBC returned with two exciting bouts Saturday night as Danny "Swift" Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) defeated Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KOs) by majority decision and "Irish" Andy Lee (34-2-1, 24 KOs) and Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (31-0-1, 22 KOs) fought to a split draw at Barclays Center. The evening's second main event saw the undefeated Garcia stalk the lightning quick Peterson around the ring while consistently attacking Peterson's body. Peterson moved well in the first half of the fight, but did not begin engaging offensively until the later rounds. The two exchanged blows throughout a raucous twelfth round that stirred the crowd of 12,300 at Barclays Center into a frenzy. The judges tallies ended at 115-113 for Garcia twice and one score of 114-114.

Angel Garcia: Peterson Ran, Can't Win Fight Like That

Keith Idec

•Apr 12, 2015

NEW YORK – Angel Garcia scoffed at the idea Lamont Peterson beat his son Saturday night at Barclays Center. “I thought Peterson ran, man,” Angel Garcia said following Danny Garcia’s majority decision win in their 12-round welterweight fight. “I could tell what the game plan was for them. It was to run for the first half and then try to come strong at the end, steal the round in the last 30 seconds, 40 seconds, maybe [with] a minute [left].

Video: Angel Garcia Discusses Peterson, Postol, More

BoxingScene Staff

•Apr 12, 2015

Bill "Two Scoops" Emes catches up with Angel Garcia, father and trainer of WBC/WBA junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia, to discuss his son's close twelve round majority decision victory over Lamont Peterson, the IBF junior welterweight champion, in their 143-pound catch-weight bout on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Angel talks about mandatory challenger Viktor Postol and his thoughts on a possible fight, the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao clash and more.

Barry Hunter: I Saw Doubt in Danny Garcia’s Eyes

David P. Greisman

•Apr 12, 2015

It was not at all surprising that Barry Hunter didn’t agree with the judges who scored Danny Garcia a majority decision winner over Hunter’s fighter, Lamont Peterson. He’d seen Peterson negate Garcia before taking over down the stretch. “He [Garcia] throw a lot of wide shots, a lot of winding punches. He was aggressive early, but if you look at the fight most of the blows he threw were either glancing blows or he missed the shot,” Hunter said at the post-fight press conference.

Video: Peterson's Trainer of How Garcia Fight Played Out

BoxingScene Staff

•Apr 12, 2015

Bill "Two Scoops" Emes catches up Barry Hunter, trainer of IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson, to discuss their twelve round majority decision loss to WBC/WBA junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia from Saturday night in the Premier Boxing Champions headliner at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Hunter talks about the game plan against Garcia, thoughts on how the fight played out, staying at junior welterweight or going up to welterweight, whether or not he felt the game plan worked out as planned, whether he felt Peterson gave away too many of the early rounds, whether or not Garcia was able to do any real damage, and more.

Lamont Peterson : Did My Part, I Won't Call it a Robbery

BoxingScene Staff

•Apr 12, 2015

Danny Garcia remains undefeated after beating Lamont Peterson on Saturday night. But the non-title catchweight bout in Brooklyn, New York, was as close as the WBC and WBA “super” super-lightweight champion had come to losing in his 30-fight professional career. Two judges scored it 115-113 and the third made it a draw at 114-114 to give Garcia a majority-decision victory that he probably deserved. Peterson, who held the now vacant IBF junior super-lightweight belt and is a former WBA “super” champion, finished strongly after Garcia had made a profitable start. The result took Garcia’s record to 30-0, including 17 wins inside the distance. Peterson’s fell to 33-3, with one draw and 17 knockouts. The 27-year-old Garcia, from Philadelphia, capitalised on his ability to beat most opponents to the punch as his 31-year-old opponent struggled to score enough points in the first half of the fight.

Danny Garcia: I Told Peterson You Can't Win By Running!

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•Apr 12, 2015

PBC on NBC Ratings News For Barclays Double

Jake Donovan

•Apr 12, 2015

The theory behind the big investment in the initial Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) series on NBC in March was to build an audience and allow the event to grow to where such shows are in demand by the networks. Results from Saturday’s offering – the second PBC on NBC – offer hope for such a trend, though with work still to be done. The April 11 show from Barclays Center in Brooklyn saw its audience grow over the course of the evening, topping out at 3.07 million viewers according to Nielsen Media Research.