Amir Khan has challenged Lamont Peterson to show he has the "balls" to give him a rematch in England after controversially losing his titles to the American in his Washington hometown. The Briton lost his IBF and WBA light-welterweight belts on a split decision to Peterson after a sloppy performance which saw him dragged into a scrap by the local fan favorite.
Convention Center, Washington, District of Colombia - Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15KOs) won a close twelve round majority decision over Amir Khan (26-2, 18KOs) to capture the WBA/IBF junior welterweight titles. Two scores of 113-112 for Peterson, and 114-111 for Khan.
Washington, DC - Amir Khan was the busier fighter, while 8-1 underdog Lamont Peterson had the edge in power shots landed, hitting on 46%, and winning a twelve round split decision to capture the WBA/IBF junior welterweight titles.
Junior welterweight Breidis Prescott, the first man to defeat Amir Khan in 2008 by knockout in 54 seconnds, was impressed by the British fighter's performance on Saturday night. Khan lost a split decision, and his WBA/IBF title, to Lamont Peterson in Washington, DC.
Bill Emes and other members of the media speak with the new WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson about his win over Amir Khan, the point deductions by the referee and more.
Amir Khan will seek a rematch with Lamont Peterson in March after his shock points defeat in Washington DC. The 25-year-old Briton said he felt like he was "fighting two people" after losing his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles. Two points deducted from Khan by referee Joseph Cooper for pushing proved crucial. The judges scored the fight at 113-112, 113-112, 111-114 in favor of the local fighter, who has already agreed to give Khan a chance to win back the belts.
Bill Emes and other members of the media speak with Amir Khan about his loss to the new junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson, the point deductions by the referee and more.
Bill Emes catches up with manager Asif Vali, who handles Amir Khan, to talk about Amir's loss to the new junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson, the point deductions by the referee and more.
Bill Emes catches up with Freddie Roach, trainer of Amir Khan, to discuss his boxer's loss to Lamont Peterson, what went wrong in the fight, the referee and more.
Newly crowned, Lamont Peterson stood before the microphone still basking in victory, not long after he’d been announced the split decision winner over Amir Khan and the new owner of two junior-welterweight title belts.