WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1, 15KOs), and his manager/trainer Barry Hunter, are flying sky high after Friday's ruling by the International Boxing Federation (IBF).
British light-welterweight boxer Amir Khan is confident he will win an appeal, recently filed to overturn his split decision defeat to Lamont Peterson. The 25-year-old claims US boxer Lamont was favored by the ref because the fight, was on his hometurf in Washington DC. The outcome, resulted in the Bolton born boxer losing his IBF and WBA titles. A response from the International Boxing Federation is expected in the next seven days to see if the referee's decision is going to be overturned.
NEW YORK — Carl Froch isn’t the least bit concerned about an American referee officiating his fight against Andre Ward. Not even after an American referee deducted two points from another Brit boxing an American on U.S. soil the previous Saturday night, deductions that cost England’s Amir Khan his IBF and WBA 140-pound titles. New Jersey referee Steve Smoger, who has officiated 168 world title fights in his 27-year professional career, has been assigned to officiate the Ward-Froch fight Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
Boxing promoters Ricky Hatton and Frank Maloney spoke simultaneously with BoxingScene.com about Amir Khan's decision loss to Lamont Peterson. Last Saturday in Peterson's hometown of washington, DC, Khan was on the losing end of a close split decision, with identical scores of 113-112 in Peterson's favor, while a third judge scored it 115-110 for Khan.
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Amir Khan believes he has a chance of having his defeat by Lamont Peterson overturned on appeal. The 25-year-old lost his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles on Saturday night as Peterson won a narrow points decision in Washington D.C.
Amir Khan maintains he was fully focused on Lamont Peterson going into last weekend's bout in Washington - and that he is now thinking only of a rematch at a neutral venue early next year.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s getting close to 72 hours… and I still can’t decide how I feel. Suffice to say, though, that the whole of Saturday’s show from Washington, D.C. has me conflicted. First off, regardless of who actually won the fight-of-the-year-quality main event (Lamont Peterson) – and/or who actually deserved to (Amir Khan) – my forecast of a final showcase performance by Khan on the way to a super cash-out a division north was, shall we say, a bit off. Had Michael Buffer spat "and still" rather than "and new" after what seemed an inordinate mathematical delay at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the handsome Brit with Pakistani tribal roots would still have had some serious image-reclamation work to do. By any measure, his performance was disappointing. And needless to say, even winning a chaotic scrap at 140 with a guy who’d gone 0-1-1 in his two biggest fights wouldn’t have been the most convincing evidence that Khan – even at 27-1 – was rightful heir to the P4P thrones now held by the Mayweathers and Pacquiaos at 147. It was barely worthy, in fact, of court jesters Berto, Ortiz and Jones. While he looked intermittently brilliant letting his hands go and befuddling Peterson with movement, there were far too many occasions when Khan was drawn into firefights and apparently flummoxed by his inability to render a less-skilled foe unconscious, or at least unwilling.
Carl Froch has urged fellow Englishman Amir Khan to forget about fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr and "go back to the drawing board" following his shock defeat at the weekend.
WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley sees no reason for Lamont Peterson to take part in an immediate rematch with Amir Khan. Last Saturday at the Convention Center in Washington, DC, Peterson shocked Khan with a close twelve round split decision to capture the WBA and IBF 140-pound titles. The referee, Joe Cooper, took two points away from Khan for pushing, and the point deductions were crucial in the final scores. Two of the judges gave the victory to Peterson, with identical scores of 113-112. The third judge had it for Khan, with a final score of 115-110.