What he says is all fair enough there. If you take that view that the second point deduction is a little unfair then you can balance that against the 1st round knockdown was not really a knockdown. You end up being left with one legit point deduction and the same result. So, however you tot it up, IMO, the result is a fair one.
Im actually surprised by the post-fight uproar with people calling robberies. It was a close competetive action packed fight, there was no robbery. Khan showed all the typical warning signs complaining to the ref from the 8th. Simple fact is Khan didnt have a plan b, Peterson did. Just re-watched and scored it Khan 112-113 Peterson. A couple of rounds i gave to Khan i could've maybe given to Peterson and vice versa. This was every bit as enthralling watching the 2nd time round, but i repeat... there was no robbery! :nono
Also re - the 2nd point deduction. If the ref warns you in the 12th (at 2:07 remaining) then you go and do the same thing again 12 seconds later, what the **** do you expect is gonna happen?!!
Khan was complaining constantly. He really could not understand why the referee wasn’t helping him out when Lamont got to the inside. Normally he gets to hold, the ref breaks them and Amir can keep things at range without any inside work. But because the referee expected them to work out of clinches, Khan looked lost.
Correctanmundo Everything about Kahn in this fight, this whole event, screamed "dont you know who i am" these odd are meant to be tipped in my favour
I watched this 4 times now, and i am sorry Amir Khan feels robbed he just didn't throw as much hurting/scroring punches as peterson. Petersons consistency and pressure/aggression was to much for Khan. At worse i gave it a draw but i gave it by 1 point to Peterson. One thing is Khan has been doing all those arm-locks/headlocks and pushing for ages now and its his way to cover up his lack of inside game.
your man in that video clearly cant count. Watch round 12 theres at least 4 times Khan pushed Peterson in that round, and its after the 4th that the ref deducts the point. 0:04, 0:18, 0:50 and then 1:02 [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o85LT5fZrz0[/ame] This is excluding Khan pushing down on Petersons neck, and tieing him up. There were smaller less noticable pushes (like at 0:41) that I have not included. Simple fact is, Khan is a dirty fighter (in that he pushes down on peoples necks, pushes them away physically and deliberately to avoid fighting on the inside) and he is used to preferential treatment from refs (in the UK under Warr*n [Willie Limmond long count etc]) and now under golden boy...on Saturday the ref that goldenboy didnt handpick, simply enforced the rules (like all refs should) and Khan was unable to win within the rules, so resorted to cheating and was shocked to get called up on it.
He also neglected the dubious knockdown that was called. I really see nothing overly harsh in the deductions. Did Khan break the rules consistently despite warning? Yes. All this crap about "final FINAL warnings" is irrelevant. He was warned constantly, he disobeyed constantly, he got punished.
Exactly. What I've said all along. Why would you stopped after a FINAL warning when you've already been warned 18 times? ''Harsh'', ''final warnings'' etc doesn't matter, he broke the rules numerous times and was penalised for it.
I don’t always agree with your articles (although I do always enjoy your more emotive moments – the “This is home” quote got me at the time and even more so in the article’s context), but that’s a *******. Roach isn’t the problem; I just don’t think Khan has the mentality (or resilience) to fight on the inside. Freddie could show him all of Toney’s moves, but he doesn’t have the anticipation or technique to carry it off. Standing in the pocket requires steel in your veins and Khan, for his undoubted physical talents, can’t do it. He needs to develop his left hook to check opponents as they come inside. He could use it to punctuate his 1-2s and to dissuade fighters from languishing at mid-range. The pushing though needs to stop. Really, it’s his application that’s the problem. He did the same idiotic things in the Maidana fight, but Maidana’s so crude he got away with it. Until he took Marcos’ wildest most telegraphed punch because he ran away in a straight line with his hands down.