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IBF Junior Welterweight champion Lamont Peterson will defend his title against the number one challenger Dierry "Dougy Style" Jean on Saturday, January 25 at the DC Armory in Washington, DC.
This will be the second title defense for DC native Peterson (31-2-1, 16 KO's) and his first contest since he lost the non-title contest against Lucas Matthysse by third-round TKO on May 18 in Atlantic City, NJ. Peterson defended the title against Kendall Holt on February 22 at the Armory and won by an eighth-round TKO.
The undefeated Jean, a native of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti who lives in Montreal, Canada (25-0, 17 KO's), earned the number one spot by stopping Cleotis Pendarvis in the fourth round on May 10 in Miami, OK.
The announcement on this card has just come out in the past 24 hours so there is no word yet on who the other boxers on the card will be or the ticket prices for the card. There is also no word on who will televise the contest. Golden Boy Promotions, the promoter of this card, have TV contracts with both Showtime and Fox Sports 1 and no decision has been made yet.
7 comments:
Where is Manny Taylor??? He still boxing?
Taylor fights on January 24 on ESPN2 against Chris Algeri. I will officially post that in the next few days.
Where's Thomas K.O Snow
He was supposed to have a bout by the end of the year but I'm not sure that will take place.
I hope they stack this card up with some good local fighters. Maybe match some guys tougher and let the cream rise to the top.
I hear Dominic Wade and Phil Jackson is slated to be on the card, that should make it even more exciting since Dominic left the head bangers.
I have just learned that D'Mitrius Ballard is slated to be on the card. This will be Ballard's first time fighting in the Beltway as a pro. Ballard is a Golden Boy boxer.
Wade is a possibility considering his affiliation with Al Heyman. It would be nice if Phil Jackson Benson would be on the card but I can't confirm either one at this point.
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