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Q&A: Leonard discusses child sex abuse, today’s fighters

30
Oct

Q&A: Leonard discusses child sex abuse, today’s fighters

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

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28
Oct

Arum, Peterson may attend ‘Fight Night For Children’

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.

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22
Oct

IBF orders Peterson to face Holt

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

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03
Oct

Broner: “It’s so hard for us (African American fighters)” to get credit

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.”

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10
Sep

Peterson-Judah in D.C. in November?

IBF junior welterweight Lamont Peterson aims to secure the first defense of his belt against southpaw Zab Judah.

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10
May

Peterson: “I did not take a performance enhancing drug”

“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.

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09
May

Doctor: Peterson was treated for testosterone deficiency in November

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.

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09
May

Peterson’s camp: testosterone was ‘justified, strictly medical’

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.

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08
May

Peterson tests positive for banned substance

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.

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30
Apr

Peterson vows to defeat Khan more convincingly

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.”

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