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Ronnie Peterson Jr Fight Recap
By Jesse Kelley
November 11th, 2008

Coon Rapids, Minnesota's Ronnie Peterson (1-0, 1 KO) made his professional debut on October 4th in Rochester, MN. Peterson outboxed and stopped Allante Davis of Wisconsin in round number four of a super featherweight contest. MinnesotaBoxing.com was not able to make the trip to Rochester so decided to talk with some of the fighters who boxed that night to get a recap of what took place. Peterson discusses the fight with Davis and also talks about fights he is looking for down the road in this first of three interviews which will also include heavyweights "Boris" Shisporenok and Raphael Butler.

Can you run us through your fight with Bobby Connors...
Actually the guy I fought was Allante Davis. Everybody keeps saying Bobby Connors but it was Allante Davis. He was a southpaw which I didn't know going in. I reinjured my arm early also in the fight. I think it was the first or second right hand that I threw. I looked over at my dad right when it happened and just shook my head. I kept using it though in the fight because once that adrenaline gets going you really don't feel it. It felt a little awkward though during the fight and it hurt like a bitch afterwards! He wasn't a real difficult opponent though. He ran a lot. The first round, he came at me a little but that was about it. He ran alot after that. I dropped him towards the end of the second round. I kept hurting him in the corner but just couldn't take him out with one hand. Finally in the fourth, I got him with some nice punches and the ref stopped it.

Your pro debut was at 130. What weight do you plan on fighting at as a pro?
I am just going to go with the flow. I want to say I can fight at anywhere from 112 to 135. I really don't know. I have a couple of tall brothers so I really don't know how much taller I am going to get. For now I will be fighting between 120-130. 130 is pushing it right now. I could definitely feel the difference at 130. The guy I fought hit pretty hard. I promised myself I wouldn't get dropped though! I spar with my brother (Dave Peterson) all the time and a lot of heavier guys. I sparred with the other guy that made his pro debut on that show (Malcolm Cowans) who fought at 192. So basically I get most of my sparring from bigger guys. I feel like I have a pretty good chin.

Minnesota is not exactly known for smaller weight fighters but are there any fighters you would like to face? Also what is next for you?
There are a few fights that would be fun. I would like to fight Brad (Patraw). There was talk about us fighting even before he turned pro. I had mentioned that it would be a good fight and he took it the wrong way. I am not one to be cocky or whatever but I was always raised not to back down from anybody. If somebody pushes you then you push back. He said a lot of bad stuff about me and ever since then I just got a negative vibe from him. After the Upper Midwest Tournament he was just being kind of rude to me behind my back. Saying that I looked bad. He said I was faking my shoulder injury, stuff like that. That is one fight I want.
Another fight that could be good is between me and Antwan (Robertson). We fought an exhibition but I am not sure if that fight will ever take place. He said I am too big for him but a lot of my friends that were there thought he was bigger then me! But like I said, I will go down to 112 if that is the case. But other then that, I'm not trying to mess with the big boys in the state yet (laughing)!
As for what is next, I think there is a possibility of getting on the Walker (Minnesota) show in December but nothing set yet.