Khan: Peterson is afraid I’ll knock him out in a rematch
December 31st, 2011
By William Mackay: Amir Khan is frustrated that he can’t get a rematch with IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and is under the impression that Peterson is afraid of him because of his reluctance to sign on for an immediate rematch.
That was actually a kind of funny interview. How Khan can make anything different in a rematch is beyond me. Peterson had no problems taking Khan’s shots to get to him to land his power punches. It was Khan that was in the full panic mode and running and fouling like mad from the 5th round on. Peterson had zero problems handling Khan’s punches, and if anything, it was Khan who was the one troubled from heavy shots.
Peterson kind of exposed Khan for not being a big puncher and it’s strange that Khan is still talking as if he’s a slugger when he couldn’t even take this guy out. Khan had problems with Peterson’s body attack especially in the later rounds when Khan increased his fouling to another level by pushing and pulling down on Peterson’s head constantly. Khan couldn’t deal with Peterson’s inside game and had to resort to fouling by pushing off and grabbing his head just to survive.
In a rematch, Khan will have to come up with some different answers than that if he wants to keep from potentially losing more points. I suppose a referee can be dug up that will look the other way when Khan fouls, but boxing fans at home won’t be looking away and it’s going to really taint any of Khan’s wins. Unless his opponents are willing to foul right along with him by shoving him and yanking down on his neck all night long, Khan is going to look like a dirty fighter again. As it is, he just seems like a poor sport for not accepting that he got beat by Peterson.
At the end of the day, Peterson will likely give Khan a rematch but Amir needs to calm down and stop sounding so bitter about being schooled. The idea is that Khan is supposed to learn from his defeats and fix what went wrong. But what he’s doing is showing classic signs of denial. He doesn’t want to face the truth that he performed badly and won’t acknowledge what he did wrong in the fight. How can he learn from it when he sees it as being the fault of the referee and judges for his loss instead of himself. Freddie Roach must really have his hands full with Khan. When you got a fighter that is resistant t acknowledging the mistakes they made, then they’re going to be limited in how much they can improve.
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Did Khan convincingly beat Mcloskey??? did he give him a rematch???? Did Khan just about survive Maidana??? did he give him a rematch??????? Khan deep down will know he underestimated LP rather than him performing bad it was more how well LP performed…Khan needs to focus on his game rather than make excuses…the reason why goldenboy are kicking up such a fuss as they see Khan as the future cash cow of boxing thats only reason they are supporting Khan once or if he becomes ppv on HBO Goldenboy as the promoters will make millions everyone is just look after there own interests and so should LP.
in a ideal world it would be what us the boxing fans want , try this .. khan v maidana … peterson v bradley . winners fight . peterson wants a rematch with bradley khan wants peterson maidana wants khan lol
and matt the khan v maidana was voted fight of the year so cmon be honest that itself makes for a great rematch
matt i dont disagree it was very close and it should be a rematch in a ideal world . im brittish and dont like the way khan works . i will admit you do sound honest in your post so be honest do you think khan would give peterson a rematch if it went the other way . ive got no probs wiv judges its refs . i dislike cortez looooong before this fight . look at hatton v mayweather he stopped hatton on the inside . cortez is terrible as a ref .
The only way Khan could knock out Petersen, is if he borrowed Margarito’s “hand wraps” for the night! Khan has become a big sulk and a bore!
i suppose the judges were brought as well? and while we are at it, Maidana probably took a dive in the first? …come on! Khan clearly won that fight! however the Peterson fight was really close. I actually had Peterson edging it but Khan deserves a rematch. It was an either way decision!
If we want to be cynical, the only judge to give it to Khan was the only non US judge….why hasn’t that been brought up? because it’s irrelevant!
Khan beat Maidana fair and square in a great fight. The Peterson fight has unfinished business.
@matt,
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matt i asume your new to watching boxing because everyone knows that joe cortez who was the ref is bought n paid for
Khan also said mayweather was worried about him.
khan will win in the rematch and will come with a better game plan and peterson will run out of ideas if his inside game doesnt work this time round. Khan is faster, more skillful but he lack of inside game was exposed. A bit of inside work and khan is ready to really hurt peterson on the inside and outside and i think deep down peterson knows that
No judge gave maidana that fight, people wanted the rematch because it was a great fight not because they felt maidana was robbed. The Peterson fight was far more controversial. And khan was open to the rematch with maidana but his management wanted to move his career along. Peterson is far more established and a rematch with khan is a great fight for him, money wise and career wise
Yep Joe I’m firm but I’m very well greased.
anyone want to talk about bad refs look at khan v maidana ,,, christ it was joe cortez ,
matt . a lot of people wanted a rematch between khan v maidana . but khan refuses do u think thats fair ?
Khans got a big ego an even bigger mouth and his arrogant is only matched by his stupidity.
Whether people like khan or not is irrelevant! The fight was judged to be VERY close, even with the two point deductions one judge had Khan 3 up and the other two only had 1 point in it! If it was any other fighter people and writters would demand a rematch in such a close fight. It’s a good pay day for both fighters and both have the chance to win out right in a rematch. Why not?!!
What is people talking about first finish ur business with Prescott then Peterson oh but u wont u have been avoiding Prescott after that knock out but still bitcching about it stfup and move on u lost that fight and u dont deserved a rematch get over it
Khan was robbed in the Prescott fight he deserves a rematch and Prescotts been running from Khan ever since, how many of you guys agree with me?
What makes Amir Khan exempte from the rules of boxing? Why has he not to follow the same rules as everyone else? And what exactly are they appealling against? Are they saying that it’s ok for him to break the rules cos he can’t fight on the inside. If the result gets over turned or a rematch gets ordered boxing is killing itself! LP won because Khan is a 6 round fighter that runs like Forrest Gump! He underestimated LP and paid the price, now ODLH and GBP are throwing millions tryng to get the result overturned. Khan and Oscar were that confident they didn’t put a rematch clause in the contract. Oscar is really going down in my estimation, and was one of his BIGGEST fans. It sickens me to see him pimp himself out for and over-estimsted,egosentric hype job like Khan. No way in a million years can he ever be P4P king! His inside tactic are grab,hold,push and RUN!! Boy does he run!!
Khan gotta earn rematch. IMO he don’t deserve one. Gbp hype job. Khan will go down as one of the biggest hyped up fighters off are era .. Ps lamont did great job on khan..lol.
i think khan won actually!the ref just dont gave him a fair fight!the ref kept on saying “khan put down your hands,khan,khan…dont do that …this”while lamont was ramming his head…wtf
khan could not knock him out the first time so why would LP be scared of him trying a second time!!!! khans ego is bigger than his talents! thats 2 defeats now and he wants to fight mayweather!!! he must be having a laugh
I hate this Amir Khan..I really do
To Khan: Maybe that’s because Peterson thinks you are Prescott. Lol.
get on some of mannys peds build up ur power and u might knock him out even though u dont deserve a rematch khan need 2 wein 2 fights against 2 top fighters before you deserve a chance stop crying you big baby u lost a fight simple as
Khan needs a hug.. smh
Khan won the 1st fight&will have a higher chance of beating Peterson by KO!
would Khan give LP a rematch if it was the other way? No No No No No.
great article! khan’s a scary man boy
Leave Khan alone hes a brilliant amatuer boxer whose won olympics silver medal, he will turn pro soon, oops ive just been told that hes already turned pro, sorry i couldnt tell because of his amatuer style.
kahn rocked LP and LP rocked Khan but you cant say Khan punches had no effect that’s BS
@Turse, Hahaha so true!
Prescott said the same thing about khan
Hey khan, prescott said your afraid he will knock u out again. That’s why u don’t want to fight him. Shut up khan. It ain’t no fun when the rabbit got the gun. Is it khan
he chose to be like mayweather by using his mouth but his skills cant support what he is saying, the outcome, lots of boxing fans hated him, i know its self marketing but he just look pathetic and desperate.
thrash talking indian descent khan you are making boxing fans idiot you are like floyd and chavez jr. having protected too much from your career by GBP
peterson cant even make half a million without fighting him
if ihad one wish it would be to slap the ps out of kaan
You don’t score points in the boxing ring by running around the ring scared to engage. That’s where Khan lost the fight righfully. Stop running, stop fouling, fight clean and he can win convincingly, maybe?? But clean fighting is not just his style.
err lp won. check boxrec or read the judges score cards. even bad decisions are facts
LOL khan rocked and knocked down peterson yet even after peterson landing his so called “power shots” Khan was not rocked ! Secondly it took peterson points deductions to actually win a split decision AT HOME TOWN LOL ya his that great!
Let me point something out to people, the most experienced judge in the fight was Nelson Vazquez who scored 90 odds title fights in his career and scored 115-110 in favor of Khan and he was not american. Then you have the other two judges who were american and was not too experienced in scoring and scored it 113-112 in favor of Peterson (lol at one of the judge’s score card, the guy crossed the points from khan and gave it to peterson). So my point is that the reason we all think peterson did soo well is because he had really low expectation of him and he proved us wrong but that doesn’t mean he automatically beat khan. It was a great fight either way and would’t mind seeing it again as a fan. BTW all the people who saying khan to give Prescott a rematch, didn’t Prescott beat khan? lol
@ will mackay, khan was the bigger puncher for sure, 1, he put petersen down twice and 2, petersen said himself after the fight that khans punches had a fair sting
@ Aki Bola , wot fight were u watching, 90 percent of the planet had khan by 3 rounds even after the points taken away, khan wins rematch easy
Hey khan I tell you what, you give Prescott a rematch and Lp will give you one.you couldn’t even knock Lp down let alone ko him.the way you was running, I thought you were on the UK track team… stop crying like a little girl.you lost!
Minor correction for Khan – the whole world knows Peterson won, they can check the scoring on boxrec. Peterson will fight next whoever brings the most $$$’s to the table. If Khan wants the fight that bad, offer the right mount of money and it’s your. Or STFU.