
by Jabran Bilal Khalid
Last week, Lamont Peterson surprised the boxing world as he outpointed Amir Khan to win the WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles in his home town of Washington DC.
Many boxing fans including myself are pondering what Lamont and his team have installed for us in 2012.
Lamont Peterson stated that he is open for a rematch against Amir Khan but also has his eyes on a rematch against WBO light-welterweight champion Timothy Bradley.
Bradley out boxed Peterson in 2009, beating him in the WBO scrap; Peterson is hungry to avenge the loss and become a three time world champion.
He may wait for Mexican legend and reigning WBC light-welterweight champion Erik Morales who is scheduled to face undefeated challenger Danny Garcia on January 28th 2012.
All three fights are appealing to me as a boxing fan but I would prefer to see a rematch against Amir Khan because of the electricity and controversy that surrounded their bout last week.
Andre Berto- On June 21, 2008, Berto became the WBC welterweight champion by defeating Miguel Rodriguez by seventh round technical knockout. He lost his WBC welterweight title on April 16, 2011 to Victor Ortiz via unanimous decision. Berto bounced back in his very next fight on 4th September 2011, to defeat Jan Zaveck and became the IBF welterweight champion, until he vacated it.
Melvin Guillard- He debuted with the UFC on The Ultimate Fighter 2 television series, losing in the first welterweight elimination bout to Josh Burkman. Guillard received his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ricco Rodriguez in 2008.[1] He is currently ranked the 10th best lightweight fighter by Bloody Elbow and 7th by MMAWeekly