Lamont Peterson: I’m going to be in control of Amir Khan the entire fight

By William Mackay: Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KOs) sees himself being in control of his December 10th fight against IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) from start to finish at the Convention Center in Washington, DC.

Peterson, 27, says he feels very confident that he’s going to take care of business against Khan in this fight and move on to bigger and better things.

Speaking with Sky Sports Ringside, Peterson said “I see me being in control of the whole fight, never getting out of control. It won’t be an easy win, but a clear victory…Just seeing him so vulnerable [against Marcos Maidana] just makes me confident I can get him to that point.”

When Peterson was asked about having been beaten easily by Timothy Bradley two years ago by a 12 round decision loss, Peterson said that the loss didn’t mean anything because he’s learned from the defeat. He also pointed out that he believes he would beat Breidis Prescott, a fighter who took Khan out in only one round. Peterson says “Styles make fights.”

Anthony Peterson, Lamont’s younger brother, said “I believe he [Lamont] is going to win the championship in KO fashion.”

Bradley was asked to give his opinion about the fight, and said “I think Khan has a really good chance to win that fight, but it’s going to be really tough for him.”

I’m in agreement with Bradley. I see this as a really hard fight for Khan because Peterson knows how to fight and has a lot of sparring experience against the best fighters in boxing, including Floyd Mayweather Jr. In fact, Peterson gave Mayweather a lot of problems in their sparring sessions and was one of the few fighters that Mayweather couldn’t dominate.

Peterson is smart and a lot of the tricks that Khan like to use, such as pushing down on his opponents’ heads and nailing them while they’re vulnerable, won’t work against Peterson. He’ll nullify that gimmick, and hopefully the referee will be on his job and will prevent Khan from shoving Peterson when he tries to work on the inside.

Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach said “He’s [Peterson] a very strong inside fighter.”

Roach went on to say that he’s got a strategy to take away Peterson’s inside game. Obviously, Roach is going to have Khan holding when Peterson gets in close and/or shoving him hard. And, of course, Roach will have Khan moving a lot to keep the fight on the outside so that Khan can try to dominate with his jab and flurries.

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