By William Mackay: Lamont Peterson doesn’t see Amir Khan’s appeal to the IBF and WBA having any positive results in having the fight overturned. Peterson points out that Khan was fouling him continuously with pushing and grabbing his head and pulling it down. Peterson doesn’t see how the IBF and WBA will be able to overturn the results of the fight once they see all the fouls Khan was committing.

Speaking with 8countnews.com, Peterson said “I could see the fear, the panic when I went to the body. I thought I really got him…Golden Boy will do everything they can do to get those belts back, but all the pushing and pulling [of his head]. It isn’t fair. I don’t think it’s going to be overturned. To push me off just to keep me from doing my work – that’s not right. Over and over and over again [I got pushed.] That’s what he always does.”

It doesn’t make sense for the IBF or WBA to overturn the fight given all the fouls that Khan committed in the fight. Khan and his fans say that Khan was forced to push off and yank down on Peterson’s head all night long because he was coming in with his head. However, in watching the fight in half speed there simply isn’t any truth to bear that out. Peterson’s head was nowhere near Khan’s when he was getting shoved and grabbed by Khan repeatedly.

Khan literally reaching out for Peterson to shove him back well before he got close. It just seemed that Khan was in the panic mode because he didn’t like the pressure or the inside body punches he was taking from Peterson. But the excuse that Khan and his fans have been making about Peterson leading with his head is nonsense. You can’t make that argument when there wasn’t one headbutt in the fight. Not once was the action stopped for a headbutt. Neither fighter winced and backed off from clashes of heads, because there were none. It simply a case of Khan going to pieces from the pressure that Peterson was putting on him.

Peterson says “Right now I have some offers. Each day there are more and more offers.”

He wants to get the best possible fight in terms of money also he wants the fight that makes the most sense for him. He says he’s willing to take less money in order to get the right fight. Although he doesn’t say what he means, it’s pretty clear that he wants to make sure he takes the fights that he thinks he has a good chance of winning and/or having the fight judged and controlled fairly. It might not make sense to fight Khan again if he’s going to be allowed to push off all night and grab Peterson in a head lock each time he tries to work on the inside.

One referee Steve Smoger said he wouldn’t have taken points away from Khan for all the pushing he did in the fight. If there are other referees out there that will ignore all the fouling that Khan would potentially do in a rematch against Peterson, then it might not be worth it to fight him again. Think of it like this: Let’s say you’ve one that is fighting fairly and trying his best. And then you’ve got another guy that has just as much talent as him if not more, but who is fouling like mad to get an advantage. Who do you think is going to win? You got to lean in Khans direction if he’s going to be allowed to grab and shove all night. It’s like how well would Peterson do if he could 60 hard rabbit punches and 60 hard low blows in the fight? I think Peterson would do very well as long as the referee allowed it to happen and Khan didn’t throw low blows and rabbit punches his own self. That’s the difference here. Khan fouled continuously in their last fight, while Peterson fought cleanly and didn’t resort to shoving and grabbing Khan’s head. If a referee is just going to let Khan get away with fouling for one reason or another, it’s just not worth it to fight him because the fouling gives Khan too much of an advantage.

Speaking of the fouling, Peterson said “That’s what he always does in every fight.”