Saturday, April 25, 2009

L. Peterson Wins Interim WBO Junior Welterweight Title!

DC's Lamont Peterson captured the interim WBO Junior Welterweight championship with a seventh-round TKO over Willy Blain at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico tonight.

There were no official knockdowns in the bout, but Blain hurt his right thumb during the contest and he was unable to continue. The bout was stopped at 1:49 of the seventh.

Peterson was able to land most of his power shots throughout the match. Blain landed shots but lacked the power of his opponent. Peterson remains undefeated at 27-0, 13 KO's while Blain falls for the first time in his career and he is 20-1, three KO's.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Them vicious body shots might make my finger hurt to.

Anonymous said...

Congrats to Lamont. This day has been coming for you for a long time. Lead the way for the rest of the HBs. Your turn Anthony!!! The brothers from DC doing it big!!!

ACW said...

Nice work Lamont!
So Digital, what's next?

Anonymous said...

big up's lamont keep up the good
work coach kenny upton boxing.

Anonymous said...

Congrads to Lamont & The Head-Bangers Camp. Keep up the good work!

Anonymous said...

blain was 2004 olympian that won two fights and lost to guy who won gold. blain was also world champions (amateur) in 2003 with about 130 fights. this was a good solid victory.

Anonymous said...

Fight vid is here:

http://dailymotion.virgilio.it/video/x942e7_willy-blain-vs-lamont-peterson_sport?from=rss