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THE RING's No. 1-rated junior welterweight Lucas Matthysse faces No. 2-rated Lamont Peterson in a non-title, 141-pound bout, with the winner to possibly challenge RING champion Danny Garcia on Sept. 7.

Lamont Peterson's trainer believes that a victory over Lucas Matthysse could "put him in the lotto for a fight with someone like Floyd Mayweather."

Barry Hunter, the long-time trainer of IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson, tells RingTV.com that Peterson has been joined in training camp by WBC lightweight titleholder Adrien Broner in Peterson's hometown of Washington D.C.

RING junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia could soon rise into the welteweight division if he is successful on Saturday night against Zab Judah.

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said of IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson, "I think that there are going to be many great fights ahead for him."

Barry Hunter on Lamont Peterson: "We figured that the city needed a hero and we didn't mind stepping up and taking that on."

IBF junior featherweight titleholder Lamont Peterson will defend his belt against ex-titleholder Kendall Holt on Friday. Peterson once sparred with Floyd Mayweather and his trainer, Barry Hunter, says his fighter would be honored to fight the pound-for-pound king.

IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson said "I think that VADA is a good thing for the sport," adding, "hopefully I'll use VADA after this fight." Peterson failed a VADA-administered drug test going into his scrapped rematch with Amir Khan.

WBO middleweight titleholder Peter Quillin is in the mix of a division that includes RING/WBC champ Sergio Martinez, WBA and IBF counterparts Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Geale, as well as ex-beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Current IBF and former WBA junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson has signed a contract with Golden Boy Promotions.

IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson will defend his crown against ex-titleholder Kendall Holt on Feb. 22 in Peterson's home town of Washington, D.C.

IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson could face Kendall Holt on Feb. 22 at the D.C. Armory.

Tim Bradley-Lamont Peterson II and the anticipated Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado rematch could be in the works for March, according to Top Rank CEO Bob Arum.

Only a few years after being released from prison for armed robbery, Dusty Harrison's father and trainer, Buddy Harrison, started his son shadowboxing while he was still in diapers.

Sugar Ray Leonard on being sexually abused as a teenager: "It knocked me down, but it didn't knock me out."

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson, and former undisputed 140-pound champion Aaron Pryor are among those expected to attend Thursday's "Fight Night For Children" charity event at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.

Former titleholder Kendall Holt is the next in line to face IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson.

Adrien Broner on his anticipated showdown with WBC lightweight titleholder Antonio DeMarco and his critics: "They will never give me the credit when it's due...even if I go in and I knock this guy out in the first round."

IBF junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson has been given until Oct. 2 to land a defense against mandatory challenger Zab Judah.

IBF and WBA junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson's camp has requested a June hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission to argue their case for being licensed.

"Don't be so quick to judge me. Let the facts come out first," says Lamont Peterson, who does not believe he should be stripped of the IBF and WBA junior welterweight belts he won from Amir Khan in December.

Lamont Peterson was injected with testosterone before his title fight with Amir Khan because his levels were abnormally low, according to the physician who treated him.

Lamont Peterson has admitted to taking a banned substance but claims it was for medical reasons and had nothing to do with the outcome of his first fight against Amir Khan, which he won last December.

IBF and WBA junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson has tested positive for a banned substance in advance of his rematch with Amir Khan on May 19.

Lamont Peterson on his upcoming rematch with Amir Khan: "If it comes down to a knockout, then I'll win by knockout. If it's a decision, then I'll be winning a decision. I just know that I'll control the figtht all the way."

Adrien Broner: "For Eloy Perez, this is the biggest night of his life. For me, this is just another night of boxing. For me, it's just the same s--t, different toilet."

Amir Khan: "Lamont Peterson and his people were really playing hard to get. To me, I don't think that they really wanted the fight. To me, they were afraid to take the fight."

Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan have inked their names on the dotted line for an HBO-televised rematch on May 19 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.

Manny Pacquiao against Tim Bradley may be close to being finalized, Juan Manuel Marquez-Lamont Peterson could be in the works, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. chides Pacquiao as he preps for Miguel Cotto. 

Lamont Peterson and trainer Barry Hunter give their thoughts on Golden Boy Promotions dropping their IBF appeal of his title victory over Amir Khan. "Now that this is over I am ready to move on," Peterson said.

Lamont and Anthony Peterson will be the Grand Marshalls of the Martin Luther King Day Parade on Jan. 16. 

Lamont Peterson must take a return bout against Amir Khan in accordance with an official letter from the WBA.

Barry Hunter: "Khan blames everyone and everything but his performance and lack of ability to make adjustments in the ring for his loss."

Manny Pacquiao's advisor Michael Koncz said "Lamont Peterson is another option" among those being considered as an opponent in the wake of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s legal issues.

Lamont Peterson on his victory over Amir Khan: "Things are always going to be rough for me. I never get anything easy. So I'm always prepared for a backyard fight, and that's what it was. I was victorious."

IBF Champions Chairman Lindsay Tucker told RingTV.com that his organization will not order an immediate rematch between Lamont Peterson and dethroned former titleholder Amir Khan.

Lamont Peterson: "If I fight Amir Khan again, it's going to be a cleaner victory, or I'm going to knock him out."

Now that Lamont Peterson has scored the Upset of The Year over Amir Khan in perhaps The Fight of The Year, how about a rematch?

Source: Amir Khan could defend his belts against Lamont Peterson on Dec. 10, with Detroit, Washington, D.C., and, Montreal being considered for the site

Although negotiations with Amir Khan failed the first time, it appears that an IBF defense against Lamont Peterson is 'going to go down,' said Peterson's manager.