DENVER – Most in Colorado will remember WBC World Champion Stevie Johnston, who rode a southpaw hook to a decorated career in boxing. But a new punch-out artist from Denver with a left-handed hook of his own is taking the sporting world by storm. David Peterson, ace of the Oregon Ducks, is college baseball’s premier strikeout southpaw, and his rise to the top has been quicker than his 94 mph fastball.
The 6-6, 235-pound Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, given annually to baseball’s top amateur player, has used that hook, a jabbing changeup, crossing slider and the uppercut fastball to ‘punch-out the world.