Amir Khan Vs Lamont Peterson, April 16th At The MEN Arena In Manchester, England!

Not a puncher, not a pressure guy, inferior Boxing skills?

 

The fact he has publicly and time and time again called for a rematch and Khan's team doesn't want it.

I don't know about dismissing Prescott, he has one quality win that triumphs Khan's best...

 

Wow! He figured it out! Give this guy a cookie...

 

no of course i don't. but i believe breidis prescott himself will.

how did khan beat maidana? was it a defensive masterclass? was his head movement too good for maidana to catch him? was his guard too tough for maidana to penetrate? was his foot movement too good to keep maidana from cutting off the ring?

no, he beat him with an awesome display of speed and heart. he was willing to take maidana's shots on the ropes. and maidana did not have the power to knock khan out.

IMO khan can not yet box a disciplined fight, he is still too passionate, he could not put on a textbook performance like mitchell and vasquez did vs prescott. he would dominate the early rounds and get brave, just like the maidana fight. the key difference is, i do not think khan can take a prescott left hook any more than he could take one 2 years ago. if he sits back on the ropes, which i believe he would, he gets knocked out again. does he have the mental strength to go through a war with the man who knocked him out? i do not know, which is why i wanted to see it happen.

 

that will be a pretty good technical fight

 

He sparked Khan out within 60 seconds...fight could've safely been stopped after 30 seconds...theres no erasing that from Khans memory (or the public's memory...in fact that KO is probably the first thing many people think of when they think of Amir Khan).

A Prescott rematch would have sold shitloads with the general public...Khan v Peterson won't sell much at all, if I watch it...and its a big if...it'll be in a bar...NOT PPV worthy at all and I won't line anyone's pockets by buying it!!! Very disappointing move by Khan.

 

The best that could be expected for this type of fight really. Peterson will prepare him well for Alexander/Bradley, is a legit top 10 light welter and "known" in the US. HBO probabily wouldn't have accepted a Prescott fight. I really would've liked to have seen a pressure fighter though, Amir needs to learn how to deal with that style before it's too late, someone like Katsidis would've been ideal. I have no problem with Peterson though, good fight in the circumstances. Don't be surprised if he courses Khan problems, i think Khan will face the best Lamont Peterson yet.

 

Well that's the thing I don't get Luf, I agree with ALL those points, but what relevance does Prescott have anymore?

Prescott got lucky and he's been riding on Khan's name for an eternity now. It's time for him to go make fights based on his own performance. Posters like you are giving a free pass by saying his record doesn't matter, allowing him to get fights other more deserving upcoming fighters wouldn't get just because of that free pass.

The fact of the matter is Khan is fighting bigger and better opponents, and most people, especially in the states after seeing the Maidana fight, don't even see Prescott TKO as relevant to the new Khan that emerged after he started training with Roach. Here's some very convincing evidence of that:


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Timothy is making the same criticisms of Khan as the rest of us, but he counts out judging Khan through his Prescott loss outright...and this is Timothy Bradley we're talking about, the favorite in the US to unify the 140lb division !

 

I've seen it numerous times.

Winky Wright said he wanted another fight (payday) with Felix Trinidad after shutting him out 12-0. He was actually making excuses for Tito. Dwight Muhammad Qawi said he wanted another fight with Matthew Saad Muhammad after kicking his ass (he got it and did it again). James Toney said he wanted Michael Nunn again, after Toney went to 168 and beat Iran Barkley. Barkley himself wanted a rematch with Tommy Hearns, and got it. Juan Manuel Marquez said he wanted another fight with Marco Antonio Barrera after beating him. Lennox Lewis wanted another easy payday in trying to get a rematch with Mike Tyson.

Prescott obviously wants a payday, I can't blame him for that. I have mixed feelings on wanting to see it. Prescott doesn't deserve a title shot, he hasn't done **** since beating Khan. On the other hand, I do like to see a fighter get revenge against the guy who beat him, especially in such a fashion as Prescott beat Khan.

From a pure boxing sense, Peterson is more deserving, and a good voluntary defense.

 

he isn't relevant, he is just more of a challenge than peterson.

i'd have preferred an ortiz, judah, jmm, pacman, berto fight. they would be my top choices.

i'm not saying prescott is a world beater, i'm saying that out of the choice between prescott and peterson, prescott is a tougher fight IMO. i'd favour khan to beat peterson, I cannot say the same about the prescott fight.

i'm not giving prescott a free pass, i'm not saying his record doesn't matter. i'm saying it is a better option.

prescott did not get lucky in the fight, he rocked khan with a jab, dropped him with a hook, and finished him with a hook. it wasn't luck.

i'm not saying khan has to worry about prescott in the rest of his career, but right now is the perfect time for the fight.

 

The way peterson hit ortiz cleanly with shots i can see those same shots if he can land them hurting khan and changing the momentum of the fight

 

This a good fight, Peterson is a good boxer, but Khan will show him he is not on his boxing level.

When it comes to a boxing match Khan never get's outboxed, yet to see a boxer outbox Khan.

This is be a Kotelnik, Paulie type schooling.

Its good to Khan is starting to pick these slick black American fighters, Peterson will be a good fight before he takes on Bradley-Alexander winner.

 

Wait hold up, sky sports won't allow Wlad vs Haye on april 30 while Khan is fighting Peterson on april 16 that is 2 weeks earlier? Something stinks here. Something just tells me Haye is finding another excuse of not fighting Wlad.

 

We'll be there. :happy

But you really need to forget Prescott mate, it's history. The time to rematch him has passed, Khan is on a higher level, Prescott has lost twice and done nothing of note since.

I'd rather see Khan in with better opposition, like Peterson. Someone who will give Khan something to think about boxing wise, with his range and decent handspeed. Where as a Prescott fight would just be Prescott giving Khan the bums rush, looking for a big punch all night, not trying to box and Amir just moving around. And in preparation for Bradley, Khan definitely needs to get in with a boxer rather than a a one dimensional puncher.

Khan will win this fight, Peterson has decent hand/foot speed and he can get some crisps shots off from short-mid range, but he leaves himself very open and Khan will have a field day catching him with the jab and combos. Peterson also gets pretty wild and reckless when he's losing so that could favour Khan too.

 

Sky Sports won't broadcast two PPVs that close to each other, people just won't buy both so it's not beneficial to them. They'd rather put them a couple of months apart and they had Khan's date scheduled first and they won't move Khan. And whilst Wlad v Haye is the bigger fight they'd rather hold on to Khan, make him their champion asset for now and the future 'cause over the long term there's more money to be made with Khan. Where as Haye v Wlad is just one event, there's no future in Haye if he loses or retires like he says he will.

Sky are looking at it from a business perspective, keeping Khan's date, appeasing him and Golden Boy is more suitable to them in the greater scheme of things.