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

[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.