Quote Originally Posted by Silkeyjoe View Post
You also fail to mention that Peterson failed a drug test and the ref was shocking in that fight. I still had Khan winning despite that but yes it was close, a lot closer than it should have been. Khan should have finished him early. If there was a rematch Khan would be a massive fav. Also he was beating Garcia easily before he got caught. Is that even debateable. He won every round and opened a cut that was close to ending the fight. Fair play to Garcia for digging deep but again in a rematch Khan is a strong fav.
Before the Peterson fight , all Khan talked about was what he was gonna do AFTER beating Peterson. It was seen as a really easy fight. I had Khan winning by one point, BUT when the 2 point deductions are factored in, losing by a point. You could say the points deductions were harsh, but the ref could clearly be heard telling Khan to stop pushing Peterson back at least 6 and probably 10 times.Even if Khan won , it was close and must be seen either as a very poor performance or that Khan was perceived as better than he actually was (overrated). If Khan fought him again , maybe he would win, as I said it was close, so it's possible. I can't see that it matters because Peterson isn't that good anyway,so if his level is there or thereabouts, then he clearly is overrated.
Now, how you can talk about winning easily when a fight is 2 rounds old is foolish in my opinion. I don't dispute Khan won the first 2 rounds, but a lot of punches hit Garcia's arms and Gloves, and the ones that did connect we're not discouraging Garcia and had little effect. It also has to be noted that Garcia caught Khan with quite a few counter shots in those rounds before he knocked him down. That should have sent alarm bells ringing, but no. And the cut was caused by a clash of heads, so if it caused the fight to be stopped, it would've been a no contest, so it's irrelevant really.
In The 3rd round, Garcia went to the body a lot more and was winning the round even before he put Khan down. BTW, the fight should've been stopped there. Kenny Bayless was kind to say the least to Khan and probably gave him 20 seconds in total to recover. In hindsight, it was a wrong call because even with a minute more rest, he still hadn't recovered by the start of 4th. And if Khan fought him again, Garcia would knock him out again!