We take pleasure in answering prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our immense gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of Maxboxing:
Dear Maxboxing?
I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say that Lamont Peterson has no chance against Amir Khan. Papa says, ?If you see it at Maxboxing, it?s so.? Please tell me the truth, does Lamont Peterson have a chance?
–Virginia
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a boxing media in a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they see of the past. They think that nothing can be accomplished in the ring, which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men?s or children?s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere underdog, a James Braddock against Max Baer.
Yes, Virginia, Lamont Peterson has a chance this Saturday. His chance exists as certainly as his heart and devotion exist, both enabling him to rise from homelessness as a child to an accomplished fighter and, more importantly, an accomplished person. Alas! How dreary would be the world if Lamont Peterson didn?t have a chance? It would be as dreary as if there were no gyms in the inner city, providing hope to the hopeless. There would be no childlike dreams of becoming a world champion, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence.
Not believe Lamont Peterson has a chance?! You might as well not believe in what he?s done to earn this title fight.
