Washington, DC's legendary Peterson Brothers make their long-awaited return to boxing in a nationally-televised doubleheader on Sunday, March 24th at the MGM National Harbor Casino in Oxon Hill, MD. The two feature bouts will be televised by FS1.
Two-division world champion Lamont Peterson will be in a 12-round welterweight contest against former world champion Sergey "Samurai" Lipinets of Beverly Hills, CA by way of Martuz, Kazakhstan in the main event. Peterson (35-4-1, 17 KO's) returns to action for the first time since losing by seventh-round stoppage to Errol Spence for the IBF Welterweight title on January 20th, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY. Peterson has won three world titles in his career, capturing the IBF and WBA Super Lightweight championships with a 12-round split decision win over Amir Khan in December of 2011 in DC. Peterson would win the WBA Welterweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over David Avanesyan in February of 2017 in Cincinnati, OH but gave up the title to face Spence.
Lipinets (14-1, 10 KO's) is a former IBF Super Lightweight champion who won the title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Akihiro Kondo in November of 2017 in Brooklyn, NY. Lipinets lost the title to Mikey Garcia by unanimous decision in March of 2018 in San Antonio, TX. Lipinets would bounce back to win a 10-round majority decision over Erick Bone on August 4th in Uniondale, NY.
Anthony Peterson (37-1, 24 KO's) will battle former IBF Super Featherweight champion Argenis Mendez of Brooklyn, NY by way of the Dominican Republic in a 10-round encounter. Peterson has won seven straight contests since his only loss to Brandon Rios in September of 2010. However, Peterson's wins have come over a seven-year period in which he did not compete in 2012 and 2017. Peterson last fought on the same January card as his brother and won a 10-round unanimous decision over Luis Eduard Florez in Brooklyn.
Mendez (25-5-1, 12 KO's) is coming off a 10-round unanimous decision over Eddie Ramirez on May 26th in Biloxi, MS. Mendez won his IBF title in March of 2013 with a fourth-round knockout of Juan Carlos Salgado in Costa Mesa, CA. Mendez would lose his title to Rances Barthelemy in July of 2014 by unanimous decision.
Peterson and Mendez actually fought on the same card at the DC Armory in Washington, DC in April of 2016. Peterson would win a 10-round unanimous decision over Samuel Neequaye while Mendez would lose to Robert Easter, Jr. by fifth-round TKO. The card was headlined by Adrien Broner's 9th round TKO of Ashley Theophane.
March is Casino Month in Beltway Boxing. This will be the second card held in a casino in the month. The Jeter Promotions card will be on Friday, March 8th at Live! Casino in Hanover, MD.
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