Q: Lamont, and Barry if you want, can you shed light on the rumored legendary sparring session you had with Floyd Mayweather?
Barry Hunter: That was in August, if I’m not mistaken. The first day, it was even. The second day, Lamont was down to his business. I’ll just say that it was some of the best sparring that you’ve ever seen.
And after it was over, they were in a nose-to-nose type of deal like, ‘I can go one more round,’ and ‘We can go right now,’ that kind of deal.
And it was sort of getting out of the realm of sparring, so I went and got Lamont. In the end, there was a lot of respect. They shook hands. Floyd told him, ‘You know, hey man, you’re a good fighter.’
Lamont told him the same thing. There were some words, back and forth. But, overall, when they got out of those ropes, you knew that they respected each other.
Q: How many days and how many rounds did they go?
BH: It was about two days for eight-to-10 rounds, and each day they went, they were sparring like four minute rounds with like 15 or no more than 20 seconds rest in-between.
Lamont Peterson: To me, that sparring was just another day at the gym. I got that with my brother every day, and I get that at the gym every day.
Going at it with Floyd was the same old thing. It was good work, but I’ve had harder days with my brother than him. It was just pretty much just sparring to me.
Mayweather-Peterson spar session - Ring TV