"I think that's the next step that we should take and hopefully after that, we move to welterweight and start all over again and hopefully become the #1 guy at welterweight," stated IBF jr. welterweight champion Lamont Peterson, who would love an opportunity to unify his title with undefeated WBC & WBA jr. welterweight champion Danny Garcia. According to Peterson, it's the only fight left at jr. welterweight that makes sense.
"I believe it's going to be a good fight. I don't think that it couldn't be a good fight. You have two young guys at the top of the division; it only makes sense for us to fight. It would be an entertaining fight, but I just think overall, my experience and overall skill would be the key to victory for me," Peterson explained during a recent interview with FightHype.com. He also made it clear that he's not shying away from a rematch with the only man to stop him, Lucas Matthysse.
"I feel like after I fight Danny Garcia, if I get a chance to fight him, the only other fight that I would stay at 140 for is Matthysse. So hopefully both of those fights can happen this year and I can move up," he added. "I don't surrender to no one and I know, deep down inside, that I'm a better fighter than Matthysse. The fight happened the way it happened, but I know I'm the better fighter. If we were to fight again, I believe I would win."
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