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

[smashup]

Khans gonna stop him

Some of you lot need to appreciate he is the real deal and has proved it ...The Maidana fight sealed it for me..yeah he hung on for his life but he took some heavy blows and come through!!

Prescott done him a HUGE favour..!

I think Amir will shine in this one

[Mars_ax]

Khans gonna stop him

Some of you lot need to appreciate he is the real deal and has proved it ...The Maidana fight sealed it for me..yeah he hung on for his life but he took some heavy blows and come through!!

Prescott done him a HUGE favour..!

I think Amir will shine in this one

Let's see how Khan does tomorrow night, perhaps then, we might appreciate him more.

[Gandalf]

Come on Peterson, knock him out!

[OumaFan]

Bad matchup for Peterson in the sense that he isn't a big puncher. Otherwise he's a good fighter but Khan will keep distance and can afford to be caught here and there. I think he can definitely hurt Lamont too. I would say late TKO for Khan.

I've watched a lot of Lamont's fights. I'm a big fan of both Peterson brothers. I think his power is being a bit overrated. If he was even a good puncher he would have a lot of KO's because he throws a lot of power shots (he disregards the jab at times) and he's pretty accurate. But he's still only got 15 KO's in 29 fights and outside of a couple of fights (Berto, Bradley) he hasn't fought a bunch of good fighters. He can wear you down if he just catches you time and again but I don't see that here. Not because of Khan's natural defensive skills but because of his movement. Lamont's probably a better puncher to the body than head actually. I would love for him to win but just don't see it, it's just not a great matchup for him. He's going to have to press the fight and I don't think he has hail mary power if he gets behind, and I'm pretty sure he'll get behind. Even against Khan who I still think has a below average chin.

[Beanz]

Come on Peterson, knock him out!

Miles what is your problem with Khan? just curios. I think he has shown great heart against Maidiana , had the common sense to grab an opportunity and move abroad to better his game and has continued to improve, facing every challenge and ducking nobody. While I have no problem with Peterson, as an Englishman and a fan I shall be getting behind Khan. As a boxing fan I would also like to see him face Bradley before moving up to welterweight and testing himself at that level. People do perceive him as arrogant but I think he is learning how to express himself more eloquently in today's times he says

"I don't think I have reached where I want to be yet. That's why I have to try and win this fight convincingly. I am in touching distance of the super fights and these next three years are going to be a good time for me...My time will come. After this fight if things go well, maybe I will have one more fight at light-welterweight and then move up to welterweight.That's were i will prove myself against the world's best. I am already being ranked in the top ten pound for pound by some websites and i want to go on from here and win more titles at different weights"

[ICB]

Just been looking at a few Lamont Peterson fights again to refresh my memory, as Ouma said decent body puncher. But he also does have some underrated pop, he did land some good solid punches on Victor Ortiz that would of troubled Amir Khan somewhat IMO.

The thing about Lamont Peterson though, is that he isn't special in any one category. He's got pretty average speed, power, footwork, ETC. So that's slightly worrying for Lamont Peterson, having said that though he isn't a bad boxer and hes got some technical ability and he should make it competitive.