Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson - Saturday - fight/chat thread

[NuthaPug]

So now can Peterson beat Floyd too ?

don't be silly.

Neither of these fighters beat Floyd.

[captainanddew]

Khan wanted to move up to 147. Why don't they just do the rematch at 147? Peterson weighed 155 pounds tonight to Khan's 149. It isn't as if moving the rematch to 147 would give Khan an advantage.

[Gandalf]

I don't know why some of you are blaming the ref and not accepting that Khan spoiled his way through the fight. Good on the ref for being hard.

The referee was GOOD. Nothing wrong with his performance at all.

[CFH]

So now can Peterson beat Floyd too ?

don't be silly.

Neither of these fighters beat Floyd.

I don't think they could beat Floyd if they both got to fight him at the same time.

[Swice]

The commission not making the ref available for an interview seems shady to me. I have seen refs who have made worse decisions in the ring give their take on the situation, so i don't understand why the ref was unavailable. Transparency is key in situations like this.

[NuthaPug]

Good for Peterson. I missed the entire show. Legit ??

Arguable but definitely legit.

[NuthaPug]

So now can Peterson beat Floyd too ?

don't be silly.

Neither of these fighters beat Floyd.

I don't think they could beat Floyd if they both got to fight him at the same time.

LOL I think you are absolutely right in that regard.

[generalbulldog]

Well all that stuff about Khan beating Floyd and Pacman should be laid to rest now forever.

[killersheep]

If you're not going to call any breaks you CANNOT penalize a fighter for pushing. This is ludicrous and it's cheapening a great fight.

He was warned..............................The end.

I'm not sure if you're serious, he never received anything more than a cursory warning.

This was one of the worst ref jobs I have ever seen. I think Peterson deserves to win, but this is going to cause a stupid amount of controversy if he does get the nod.

How many times do you warn someone before taking a point? I mean I know it's not a foul that's called, but that doesn't make leading with the forearm any less illegal.

You stop the fight, explain to the fighter what he is doing wrong, and then tell him that you're going to take a point next that. That's how it works. You don't randomly yell shit at him while he's in the midst of trading punches.

I know Khan's your boy and everything, but Khan acknowledged to the ref that he understood the warning. He didn't complain when the ref took the point. And now the replays show clearly the Peterson was not leaning over when Khan elbow slapped Peterson.

Beer me.

Fuck off with that shit, I already said I thought Peterson deserved to win. All I'm saying is that the ref completely blew this fight and it's going to overshadow the fight itself.

[Mars_ax]

CFH really ? ref warned Khan about pushing atleast 10 times, and Khan was also holding like an octopus those point deduction's were warranted.

He refused to call a break, what else was Khan supposed to do?

Fight out of it instead of pushing out, would be a good option.

How? The guy comes in with his head down and they tie up and then the ref refuses to call a break.

I was very impressed by Peterson and I thought he deserved to win, but the ref has completely cheapened this victory.

I can't say that I really give a shit that Khan lost, but the fact is, without the point deductions Peterson wouldn't have won this fight. And even with the point deductions, I still believe Khan won by a point, even a draw would have worked.
I thought it might be a dumb move by Khan and Roach to fight Peterson in DC, as it turned out it was, I don't know WTF they were thinking.
I'm glad Lamont finally won a title, but still.....
I wouldn't mind seeing a re-match in Vegas or somewhere besides DC.

[ono]

I don't know why some of you are blaming the ref and not accepting that Khan spoiled his way through the fight. Good on the ref for being hard.

The referee was GOOD. Nothing wrong with his performance at all.

Are you on E's?

Calling a knockdown in the first, which was more of a coming together.

Deciding not to call any breaks after about round 4

Deciding to shout at Khan instead of calling breaks - whilst still letting Peterson throw punches.

Not separating fighters properly when there was a clinch.

[Tam Seddon]

Khan needs to stop being so cocky, he can beat Peterson if they fight again. He just got caught up in petersons pressure and it cost him the fight. With the points deductions khan had too much to do, he made the fighter harder for himself by trying to engage too much. He's shown he could take his punches, but he took far too many. No doubt Khan can take a dig now, but proving that point cost him rounds. Raising his arms too much was disrespectful especially in petersons hometown and it's not going to get him any brownie points in Washington.

It was a good fight though, well done peterson. I'd welcome a rematch.

[killersheep]

Khan needs to stop being so cocky, he can beat Peterson if they fight again. He just got caught up in petersons pressure and it cost him the fight. With the points deductions khan had too much to do, he made the fighter harder for himself by trying to engage too much. He's shown he could take his punches, but he took far too many. No doubt Khan can take a dig now, but proving that point cost him rounds. Raising his arms too much was disrespectful especially in petersons hometown and it's not going to get him any brownie points in Washington.

It was a good fight though, well done peterson. I'd welcome a rematch.

Brownie points in DC earn you a cookie, it's about as low the totem pole of US fights as you can get and still get televised (save Detroit). A new location, Smoger as ref and we settle it. Both fighters have areas they can improve specifically catered to each others styles.

[Mars_ax]

Khan wanted to move up to 147. Why don't they just do the rematch at 147? Peterson weighed 155 pounds tonight to Khan's 149. It isn't as if moving the rematch to 147 would give Khan an advantage.

Why would Peterson wanna do that Capt? He owns two 140 lb. straps now, it wouldn't make sense not to keep the fight at that weight.

[GAME]

Im glad the ref didnt call break everytime Khan hung on. Refs shoukld let fighters work instead of breaking teh action and starting again. Otherwise it would have been too esay for Khan to Jab move and hold. This time he had to fight him off and he showed abit of panic under pressure.

Good fight. Khan proved his chin but needs to learn how to fight a guy whos on him all the time because he hadnt learnt thelesson from Maidana.

I wonder if he will finally fight Prescott now they are both coming off losses.