Peterson explained that going to the gym at first he knew a few things about hand placement since he watched his big brother, LaMont fight and studied what he did to win fights. Every since I can remember, I remember LaMont and everything he did I pretty much wanted to do as well and Lamont was a fighter since day one.”Īnthony Peterson explains that in 1995 he met his trainer, who became a father figure to him, in Barry Hunter, who he began to train with. “My big brother (LaMont Peterson), has always been my right hand since I came out the womb. Yet his inspiration to take up the sport of boxing was simple, it was his brother, LaMont Peterson. In fact since 2014, Peterson has only had five fights, with two of those fights being tune-up bouts. Between injuries and trouble getting fights, he has lingered in the background. Peterson explained that it was a perfect series of events that turned him into a ghost as he battled a series of injuries that stemmed from essentially going to any and every fight as an amateur as he began boxing in 1995 while turning pro only nine years later. It would be easy to type cast Anthony Peterson or place a label on him as one who never made it, but Peterson is complex. Everyone who has seen Peterson train or fight knows he is talented, his brother LaMont Peterson might be one of the best junior welterweights of this decade and yet even then Anthony has been patiently waiting for his moment. It seems redundant, but often in boxing we have people who write about the sport who love the sport itself, but the craft of interacting with a human being or understanding motivations and intentions go for not. “When I see people at events they ask me ‘when are you fighting?’ and I literally tell I don’t know”. What I did know was he was a decorated amateur, had a bizarre fight with Brandon Rios (we will get to in a bit) and surfaced on a Premier Boxing Champions card a while back though I couldn’t tell you how long ago.įor Peterson, this is type of response is common. It was a poetic start to an interview in which I didn’t know a lot about Anthony Peterson. I am around, but at the same time I am not.” Every time you were one step closer to putting together the missing pieces, one step closer to solving the puzzle.When asked how he would describe himself, Anthony Peterson (37-1 24KOs), 31, had no hesitation. You remembered it different every time, and every time there was a new detail. The figure grabbed Weston’s head from behind and with a sharp movement, there was a snapping of bones and it was done. You watched as he dropped to he knees, you screamed and out of the dust came a figure. “Come on, (Y/N), they’re getting closer ge-,” Weston was cut off by a barrage of bullets. A blast sent dust and shrapnel flying at you as you tried to free yourself from the wrecked vehicle. “Come on Lieutenant, let’s get you up,” Commander Weston’s voice came again, another blast to your left, you shielded yourself, “Get up girlie, it’s just a flesh wound, we gotta get outta here.” You tried getting up again only to find that your legs were pinned under heavy debris, squinting you realized what it was you were pinned under, a Military Humvee. There was the thunder of helicopter blades over the top of you and ferocious yelling coming from both sides of you. You blinked a few times and tried to get up, but your arms gave out under you.
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