Gamer
10-14-2010, 09:08 PM
c/p By Lem Satterfield
According to manager and trainer Barry Hunter, junior welterweight contender Lamont Peterson has accepted an offer to fight Victor Ortiz on December 11 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. The fight will be the HBO televised co-feature to Amir Khan's defense of the WBA 140-pound title against interim-champion Marcos Maidana.
Peterson (28-1, 14 KOs) has only suffered one defeat in his pro career, to current WBO king Tim Bradley. Ortiz (27-2-1, 21 KOs) has won four in a row since suffering a sixth round TKO loss to Maidana in June of 2009. If Peterson wins, Hunter says they will target the Khan-Maidana winner.
According to manager and trainer Barry Hunter, junior welterweight contender Lamont Peterson has accepted an offer to fight Victor Ortiz on December 11 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. The fight will be the HBO televised co-feature to Amir Khan's defense of the WBA 140-pound title against interim-champion Marcos Maidana.
Peterson (28-1, 14 KOs) has only suffered one defeat in his pro career, to current WBO king Tim Bradley. Ortiz (27-2-1, 21 KOs) has won four in a row since suffering a sixth round TKO loss to Maidana in June of 2009. If Peterson wins, Hunter says they will target the Khan-Maidana winner.