How Big A Threat Is Lamont Peterson To Errol Spence?

In less than two weeks, rising star Errol Spence will take on Lamont Peterson for Spence's IBF welterweight crown in Brooklyn. The fight will essentially ring in the year 2018 for the sport of boxing and features two highly skilled individuals plying their craft. Spence, however, is the rising star, while Peterson is the vet who fights infrequently and has never attained the glory he may have hoped to - at least not yet. What kind of threat, then, is Lamont Peterson to Errol Spence?

A fairly significant one, if you ask me. While I certainly favor Spence in the fight, I've always liked Peterson, a man who knows how to play chess in the ring. I felt, for instance, that Peterson won his battle with Danny Garcia back in 2015 and that he didn't get the decision simply because Garcia was on a run as one of boxing's favored children at the time.

Still, this is Errol Spence we're talking about here, a man who might well be one of the more unique talents in boxing today. He's young, he's hungry and he's very serious about his craft. All those things will give the Texas native the edge coming into this battle. I won't be thoroughly stunned, however, if the crafty Peterson rises to the occasion and pulls off the upset...and, frankly, neither should  anyone else be.