The night of December 10th, 2011 will always be special to trainer Barry Hunter. On that evening, Hunter?s fighter Lamont Peterson, who the coach has been with since the amateurs, scored a huge upset over Amir Khan at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in his hometown of Washington, D.C. Peterson?s pressure and relentless body-punching helped pave the way towards a split-decision victory over twelve fast-paced rounds and he now holds the IBF and WBA junior welterweight titles that used to belong to Khan.
I caught up with Hunter recently to get his take on what Peterson?s victory meant to him, his reasons why he isn?t rushing to make a decision on their next fight until after some down time, and also why he thinks that a move up to welterweight may eventually be in the cards for Lamont.
Hunter also touched on some other storylines and matchups in the sport, including the possibility of a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight coming off, the heated rematch between Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto, and why he is favoring Devon Alexander over Marcos Maidana come February 25th?
