Peterson can beat Khan with pressure
November 28th, 2011
By William Mackay: Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KO’s) is the underdog going into his December 10th fight against IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s), but that doesn’t really mean much because Peterson has been proving people wrong for a long time.
A win over Khan will open up a world of opportunities for the 27-year-old Peterson and set him up for life if he can get nice payday fight against either of those two fighters. For Khan, it will be a huge setback for him, although not the end of his career.
Khan is the type of fighter, when carefully matched, can put together enough wins to pick up one of the paper titles. It’ll take a while to come back from a loss to Peterson, but the 24-year-old Khan has a lot of time still.
The way for Peterson to beat Khan is the same way that Marcos Maidana and Breidis Prescott handled him. You’ve got to put immediately pressure on Khan, not let him get a break from being hit and continue to hit him when he invariably starts to grab and clinch.
You don’t let Khan clinch. He’ll try movement and when his opponents get in close, he’ll grab. As long as Peterson has a free hand, he’s allowed to hit Khan. You to hit him hard otherwise he’ll keep grabbing all night long. Peterson has to keep the pressure on, and obviously take some of Khan’s flurries. Khan can’t punch when he’s being pressure.
The only time Khan and punch is when he’s allowed to dictate the pace like he was in the Dmitry Salita, Paulie Malignaggi and Zab Judah fights. Those guys didn’t pressure Khan and force him to fight on the run. Khan’s legs turn to rubber when he’s forced to move a lot and that also lessens his power.
You’ll notice in the Maidana fight, Khan was fighting straight up in the last three rounds. He couldn’t bend his knees because his legs had turned to rubber from the exhaustion of running from Maidana the whole fight. Peterson has talked about wanting to box Khan. That’s the worst thing he can do. You don’t want to box with a taller guy like Khan, who will impress the judges with his flurries, even when most of the punches miss. Peterson has to knock Khan out to ensure he gets the win, and the way to do that is through pressure.
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This is a career defining fight for Peterson… so far, he has not come through in his big fights. He can either emerge a superstar, or a gatekeeper. Not sure he is a superstar.
Peterson should win this match.
Peterson is a good skilled fighter but Khan is a level above…Khan will be the 1st to KO Peterson…
Amir khan will destroy peterson.. it will be a sik fight but i got khan winning by a late knockout.. cant wait what an atmosphere it will be in the arena.. but all i can say is peterson is going to get owned. peterson thinks he can outpoint khan, nah mate you got that rong its the other way round, khan will be too fast, 2 much power nd 2 strong for peterson. REMEMBER NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A FIGHTER. IM NOT UNDERESTIMATING PETERSON HE IS A GOOD FIGHTER BUT IM AFRAID HE WILL LOSE THIS AGAINST THE MUCH BIGGER ND STRONGER KHAN ON 10TH OF DECEMBER.
peterson is no bum i mean come on this guy gave victor ortiz a close fight eventhough i thought victor won.
Not a khan fan,but he will stop this overated spoon in nine.
I had just pointed out that the writer is saying if Peterson wins he deserves a fight with Mayweather, but if Khan wins he’ll need to prove himself and still won’t deserve a fight with Mayweather.
On the Maidana article I tried to point out that even though Khan beat Maidana, he still doesn’t deserve a fight with Mayweather, but Maidana does despite loosing to Khan. Cortez or no Cortez, the FACT is that Khan beat Maidana by UD and also knocked him down on to the canvas.
My comments were posted and then removed, even though they were absolutely polite. That definitely means this site is prejudiced; not just the writers. Same thing happened to my comments on the story about Maidana fighting Mayweather.
khan by ko within 7
william if you was petersons coach hes be stopped within 6 rounds .. theres no way he can walk up to khan like maidaina hes no were near as strong and has the complete rond style to fight tuff on the inside .. he needs to fight on backfoot like marquez did pacman and counter his mistakes if hes going to win … witch he isnt going to win !
we’ve heard it all before from mackay. come after the fight it will be ‘peterson was a handpicked limited opponent’ blah de blah…
Khan will stop him in 5
This should be a walk in the park for Khan, but he always makes it harder for himself. If he does dictate the pace, it will be a stoppage by round 10, khan will be to quick and his combos will destroy peterson. King Khan will go on to face Mayweather
If Petterson trys to walk through Khan and his flurrys then Petterson will be KO’d for the first time.
The sad thing is that when Khan does beat Peterson, you’ll say Peterson was hand picked and Khan proved nothing
Peterson will most likely loose here although I’ve seen his last few fights and I’m impressed with his abilities. Peterson really needs to go at khan from the start if he stands a chance but I’m sure amir knows this already and will be ready to hit run and hold until Peterson gets tired….I don’t care who wins as long as it is a good fight and not another sham khan fight like we have seen in Judah and mccloskey fights!!
No he can’t, if Mackay says win he is sure to lose!
Yeah. Peterson do have a shot but its not that long of one but he will have to keep the pressure on Kwan. If he can do that he has a good chance but I don’t see it happening. Kwan don’t like alot of pressure cause he knows he can’t hold up against a solid puncher and he is also suspect in the later rounds. I look for Kwan to be the aggresser early. Not going to be that good of a fight and not going to be alot of buzz cause everyone wants to see him take on a real challenge. Who really cares about Peterson But never the less…Peterson has a shot but it don’t look good for him.