Who won the Khan vs. Peterson fight ?

[Otley]

just watched the fight and scored it 115-113 Khan

Good fight and Khan proved he has the mental and physical attitude to reclaim his title....Well done Peterson u took the fight to Khan and fought very well

Job Biscuit (had no sound so wasn't influenced by crappy commentary)!!!


eh eh!!!

[denilson200]

Even if you give Khan the 2 points and he get's the majority decision.

Should a guy who claims to want and be a legitimate contender to Money Mayweather be having life and death battles with the likes of Lamont Peterson ?

NO

Don't get me wrong. Khan will probably have the rematch against Peterson in the spring and he may well win but all the fancy talk of Mayweather has gone up in smoke. All the fancy talk of retiring early will not happen either. In a way I think this defeat is worse than the Prescott defeat. Anyone can get KO-ed.

But when someone is there toe-toe with you for 12 rounds and still standing and pushes you all the way, then that tells me, that Khan is not as good as he or F.Roach or Golden boy promotions thinks he is.

[ono]

Even if you give Khan the 2 points and he get's the majority decision.

Should a guy who claims to want and be a legitimate contender to Money Mayweather be having life and death battles with the likes of Lamont Peterson ?

NO

Don't get me wrong. Khan will probably have the rematch against Peterson in the spring and he may well win but all the fancy talk of Mayweather has gone up in smoke. All the fancy talk of retiring early will not happen either. In a way I think this defeat is worse than the Prescott defeat. Anyone can get KO-ed.

But when someone is there toe-toe with you for 12 rounds and still standing and pushes you all the way, then that tells me, that Khan is not as good as he or F.Roach or Golden boy promotions thinks he is.

To be fair, it was life and death because the fight took place in a very small ring, with a referee who stopped....well refereeing after about 5 rounds.

In a bigger ring, in a neutral venue, with neutral judges and a neutral referee, you'll struggle to find many who'd back Peterson to pull off the same result.

[Boxer4life]

Pushing happens alot in boxing, i never tought it was illegal, i see fighters do it ALL the time, sometimes its part of the gameplan, cotto pushed tony a few times, no said nothing lol, a lot of guys do it,its a technique to create space. So i learned something new ...no pushing allowed

[Pugilistic]

I thought Khan pulled away down the stretch but Peterson put up a great effort and it was close.

There needs to be a rematch, great fight.

[Galaxy]

With the point deductions I had Peterson winning

[CFH]

Peterson, but the point deductions were a joke and that's what ended up costing Khan his title.

I feel that the right man won, but in the wrong way.

[Violent Demise]

Had Peterson winning. Without the point deductions had Con winning. Without the point deductions and KD call had it a draw

[rjj tszyu]

I think that Peterson deserved the W. Although they may seem a little harsh to some people, Khan deserved to be dropped the points, he clearly has never been taught how to deal with a boxer who is strong enough to get on the inside put his head on your chest and pretty much stay there pressuring you throughout so all he did all night was push Peterson away or hold his head down. Both are fouls and when used excessively deserve to have points taken away. It's not as though Khan wasn't warned.

Without losing the 2 points I would have given Khan the win but he did lose the points and as a result I had Peterson just edging it.

[ACEA]

I had Peterson winning it by one point I felt he was the aggressor and he really threw khan off his game plan. The 2nd point deduction was fine with me he actually cracked Peterson after the ref stepped in to break them up as well.

In truth is was Amir's own fault that he lost, he could have got his shots off and moved out of range like he was doing in spurts but he decided to fight Peterson's fight. For me Khan will never be an elite fighter until he learns to deal with pressure fighters, can see why he didnt want to rematch Maidana. I worry for Khan if he moves up to 147 cause he still seems shaky when taking shots even from someone like Peterson who isnt a massive puncher, someone like Miguel Cotto would have him in all kinds of trouble.

[Carl9234]

Never seen a point deducted for pushing, never mind 2!! I did think the first knockdown should have stood as well. (although I was pretty drunk by the time I watched the fight)

Taking the points off it probably wasn't a bad result, although I still honk khan won, just! But fair play to Peterson, fought really well. I think khan will come back from this, hopefully learn from a few mistakes and come back stronger from it.

[Dropanuke]

I've just watched the fight again this morning, those pushes were self defence! Peterson was bulldozing Khan all night, with no warning. When Khan pushed him back he got told off.

Na khan lost, he was on his a game against a lesser fighter and khan had all the goldenboy advantages, khan just can't win without lucky speed!
He might get a real belt soon and it's green

[terrorsid]

I've just watched the fight again this morning, those pushes were self defence! Peterson was bulldozing Khan all night, with no warning. When Khan pushed him back he got told off.

Peterson kept the distance close!!! He didn't head butt or anything!!! Khan gasses out PERIOD!!! He's good but not great. And Khan used dirty tricks the whole fight, Khan Wont Survive @147 unless he handpicks his opponents.

[Kev]

I thought the point deductions were terrible. Without them Khan won the fight imo, and the first knockdown was not being valled was dubious as well.

Nonetheless the judges have to factor in referee's decisions and taking the deductions into account I though the scores were perfectly fair.

Khan had a weird night. He really impressed me with his ability to take shots, his chin looks fine now, but boxing wise I was really disappointed that he let Peterson bully him around the ring.

I do think the referee played the deciding factor, not just the two points, but never breaking them up either. Khan's pushes looked like self dfence to me, trying to get Peterson off of him, I've never seen anybody have points deducted for that before.

Also, it's noticable that on here all those who hate Khan totally felt the point deductions were justified, whereas all the Hopkins haters felt Hopkins milked it when Dawson literally picked him up and threw him to the floor.

If it goes to a rematch I think Khan will beat him, but knowing the popular appeal of Khan he may not even chase a rematch.

It's just as likely that he will fight somebody like Marquez next, win that and fight Floyd anyway. The manner of the defeat means he hasn't lost anything, he's still the biggest non Pacquiao money earner for Floyd and certainly for Marquez.

I expect some good matchmaking now, a big win over a huge name and then right back in the elite leagues again.

A wrod on Peterson though, he fought a great fight, showing that Khan can be outboxed and that he isn't ready for the likes of Floyd Mayweather.

I like Peterson, the point deductions shouldnt overshadow what was a career best, all heart effort from Lamont.

[Mark TKO]

no one would have been surprised which way verdict when Buffer read out that third score so how can it be controversial unless you are Team Khan ? It can't


Does Khan have the power to trouble the main men ? Certainly doesn't seem so so I guess we best get used to this type of fight with Khan. And I'm not complaining if thats what gets served up.

If its big fights from here on in for him then I think we will see Khan sparked again before too long.