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

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I like Peterson, certainly think he is better than he showed against Bradley. Bradley's style of rushing in and being careless with his head makes a lot of fighters uncomfortable and look worse than they are. Alexander may have been a bit overrated at one time but I think he looked especially poor to people after the Bradley fight by how uncomfortable he looked in there. He didn't like/handle the pressure in the Kotelnik fight but didn't look nearly as frustrated to me as he did in the bout with Bradley. Without saying who he would win/lose to against in fights with people like Mallinaggi or Judah, I think he would look much better against them. I think Peterson is the same way, when he was put under real pressure by Ortiz he didn't handle it extraordinarily well but didn't look nearly as troubled by it as he did against Bradley. Khan lunges in awkwardly sometimes but I don't think it will take Peterson out of his element nearly as much, Khan being relatively responsible with distance and spacing helps Khan but I think also helps Lamont in this fight. I figure it to be a relatively competitive fight with Khan winning on points.

Good post, I like the way Bradley looked against Alexander, pretty much dominating him, and I realize Casamayor was old & shot, but Tim did what he was suppose to do in there. In a lot of ways, Khan is being overrated and Bradley is being underrated.
Khan figures to win a close, even controversial fight against Peterson Saturday night, but I wouldn't be shocked to see Lamont pull off the upset in front of his homies.. This should be a good fight.

P.S. I hope if Khan does win, Khan vs. Bradley gets done next..