The world champion in two different weight classes Lamont Peterson entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 35-4-1 (17 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since January 20, 2018 when he was defeated by Errol Spence Jr (Errol Spence Jr vs Lamont Peterson); before this bout, in 2017, he had beat David Avanesyan (Avanesyan vs Peterson).
His opponent, the former Ibf light-Ww champ Sergey Lipinets, has an official record of 14-1-0 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.22 welterweight in the world. He fought twice last year losing his first bout, against Mikey Garcia (Mikey Garcia vs Sergey Lipinets), but then he defeated Erick Bone. Peterson vs Lipinets is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-03-24
Where: MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, USA
Division: welterweight (147 lbs, 66.7 kg)
Peterson’s previous fight: Errol Spence Jr vs Lamont Peterson
Peterson vs Lipinets full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Dailymotion and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x74rbm8
Official video
Official highlights
A good tough fight…great performances by both guys.
Four Stars.
I was hoping to see Peterson pull through. If he would’ve stayed boxing,(less inside game) and,included the hook up top after the body,things could’ve been different. Lipnets got granite in the jaw area. He’s gonna be a problem.