Sergey Lipinets commented on his victory over the former champion in two weight categories Lamont Peterson. The fight, which took place in Oxon Hill ended with the victory of the Russian in the 10th round by technical knockout.
Former world champion Sergey Lipinets (15-1, 11 KOs) scored technical knockout victory in the tenth round over the former world champion in two weight categories Lamont Peterson (35-5-1, 17 KOs). Their bout was the main event of the Premier Boxing Champs' Boxing Night at Oxon Hill.
Live broadcast of the boxing evening from the MGM National Harbor arena in Oxon Hill, Maryland, in the main event of which two former world champions - Lamont Peterson and Sergey Lipinets will collide. As part of the same evening, Anthony Peterson, brother of Lamont, will meet the former world champion Argenis Mendez.
Errol Spence, Jr. clearly demonstrated that he is getting better from battle to battle, and that even the masters, who became world champions in two weight classes, like the veteran Lamont Peterson, are not able to give any problems. Spence had a test of more experienced opponent and literally beat him up for seven rounds. If it was required, even more, but for the break of buzz, there are seconds for such cases.
In the main event of the evening at the Barclays Center in New York, IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (23-0, 20 KOs) scored a TKO victory over former world champion Lamont Peterson (35-4-1, 17 KOs), when after a one-sided beating Peterson's team decided to stop the fight after the seventh round. Peterson was knocked down in the fifth round. By the time of the stoppage, both Peterson's eyes were practically closed from hematoma.