Peters was losing a controversial decision to eventual gold medallist Nurbek Oralbay in Paris last year<\/a>, Garcia had just finished up a three fight run appearing on two Gervonta Davis undercards and one Canelo Alvarez blockbuster at venues including T-Mobile Arena and the MGM Grand.<\/p>\nIn his most recent bout, Garcia battled back from a knockdown to defeat one-time Tim Tszyu opponent Terrell Gausha by decision. <\/p>\n
Peters shrugged off the sparring showdown when asked about it in Vegas as he prepares for his second fight in five weeks.<\/p>\n
His main goal is to showcase his talents on another televised card on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
But the ironic thing is that those same talents \u2013 which include an abnormally high punch output, and some deft footwork courtesy of his now trademarked indoor football shoes \u2013 mean he hasn\u2019t actually had the opportunity to display his skills.<\/p>\n
None of his three opponents to date have made it out of the first round. <\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus looks like a hard boy, he\u2019s fought some hard opponents and he\u2019ll bring a good show,\u201d he said. \u201cHe should make it past the first round. <\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully people get to see more of me. <\/p>\n
\u201cI like to throw a lot of volume, there\u2019s always punches going.\u201d <\/p>\n
There were questions raised when Peters was spotted in Vegas just a week and a half before his fight with Heywood.<\/p>\n
But the amateur star is no stranger to disrupted fight prep. <\/p>\n
His first scheduled opponent in Cairns in June pulled out with Covid, and a Kiwi replacement was forced out just three days before the fight when he wasn\u2019t allowed in the country. <\/p>\n
Another replacement was found just two days before the bout, with local Muay Thai fighter Luca Lanigan copping three heavy knockdowns before the referee mercifully waved it off. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve just got back from Vegas, I\u2019m prepped and I\u2019m ready to go,\u201d Peters said. \u201cWatching Tim and Manny Pacquiao got me thinking it could be me one day fighting in front of all those people and showing everyone all the hard work I\u2019ve been doing in the gym.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peters has called out a who\u2019s who of domestic fighters from middleweight to light-heavyweight, but after this week\u2019s fight will turn his attention to the amateur world championships in September. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a win in Wednesday\u2019s main event will propel Aussie-based Kiwi Floyd Masson (15-2) into world title contention. <\/p>\n
Masson takes on John Parker (11-1) \u2013 the younger brother of former heavyweight world champion Joseph Parker \u2013 and the 33-year-old year-old has his sights on the very elite of the cruiserweight division. <\/p>\n
And that could mean a potential domestic world title blockbuster. <\/p>\n
\u201cJai (Opetaia) is the best cruiserweight in the world,\u201d Masson said. \u201cAt the end of the day, you\u2019re here to fight the best and prove yourself against the best. <\/p>\n
\u201cThose are the opportunities I\u2019m chasing. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs a fighter, you back yourself against anyone, and I believe I can beat anyone. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re ready to chase down another world title.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He has travelled the world boxing as an amateur, but rising star Callum Peters (3-0) turned a few…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[28363,28358,2095,28357,64,63,689,802,3534,28350,651,72,28361,28367,28352,28371,28351,28368,28347,28356,2057,28360,2592,2105,28366,28354,28348,27657,17734,28349,2623,28364,2795,28369,2789,11850,2627,2041,2067,677,2591,28365,701,28362,1124,28355,85,28353,5942,28359,2614,2062,11836,2836,28370],"class_list":["post-29843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-amateur-star","tag-amateur-world-championships","tag-america","tag-american-super-middleweight","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-boxing","tag-breakout-performance","tag-brendan-bradford","tag-brisbane","tag-cairns","tag-calvin-jensen","tag-controversial-decision","tag-cruiserweight-division","tag-deft-footwork-courtesy","tag-disrupted-fight-prep","tag-domestic-fighters","tag-domestic-world","tag-elijah-garcia","tag-europe","tag-eventual-gold-medallist","tag-france","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-heavyweight-world-champion","tag-indoor-football-shoes","tag-jack-gregory","tag-john-parker","tag-joseph-parker","tag-ken-atkin","tag-las-vegas","tag-limit-boxing","tag-manny-pacquiao","tag-matthew-hosking","tag-mgm-grand-inc","tag-michael-zerafa","tag-nevada","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oceania","tag-paris","tag-professional-fights","tag-queensland","tag-rising-star","tag-south-australia","tag-sparring-stint","tag-sports","tag-televised-card","tag-tim-tszyu","tag-trademarked-indoor-football","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-western-europe","tag-world-boxing","tag-world-title","tag-world-title-contention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}