Top boxer Lamont Peterson is the light welterweight champion . Peterson spent part of his childhood on the streets . He and his younger brother met boxing trainer Barry Smith , who began training them . ` Growing up in Washington , things were going well until their father went to prison on a drug offense . ` Just because you got a bad hand do n't mean you 're going lose , '' Peterson says .
Top boxer Lamont Peterson is the light welterweight champion . Peterson spent part of his childhood on the streets . He and his younger brother met boxing trainer Barry Smith , who began training them . ` ` Just because you got a bad hand do n't mean you 're going lose , '' Peterson says .