Golden Boy Promotions won the purse bid for junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson’s mandatory title defense against Dierry Jean on Tuesday and has 90 days to put on the fight. Golden Boy, which promotes Peterson, won with an offer of $156,000 at the auction at IBF headquarters in Springfield, N.J., beating the only other bid, which was $111,121 by Jean promoter Eye of the Tiger. As the titleholder, Peterson is entitled to 75 percent of the winning bid ($117,000) with Jean to receive the remaining 25 percent ($39,000).
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