What I enjoyed the most about Khan-Peterson

Some American referees allow infighting when it's the American fighter's style, but at the same time they don't permit foreign fighters to do it. Watch Joe Cortez in Hatton-Mayweather. didn't cortez do the same in the khan madina fight?

yeah, made the whole fight.

Honestly this sh*t is hilarious for a couple reasons. First off Khan complaining about "fighting 2 guys at once". He didn't seem to think it was a big deal when he and Cortez tag teamed Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas to the delight of GBP. Secondly, there was no dirtiness about Peterson's inside fighting. This wasn't Ricky 'atton in there. Peterson did what he had to do to win the fight. Just like Amir did what he had to do which amounted to all out running, pushing, repeated holding with the occasional Mayweather forearm shiver followed by a sneaky right hand. In boxing, contrary to what some believe, when your opponent goes to the ropes and covers up and does not move the wise reaction is not to take a step back and take a break. When Amir was up on the ropes Peterson did what any fighter in the world would do, and he was very effective with it. Khan couldn't run for 12 rounds straight taking body shots the way he did tonight. Peterson fought a smart fight and slowed Khan down often enough to do the work he needed inside. The ref did a perfect job when it came to breaking the fighters. If he would have deprived Peterson the chances he earned when he got on the inside that would have been as disgraceful as the point deductions and everyone would have called him a homer for Khan.

What I enjoyed most was seeing the points taken away and looking at Golden Boys faces lol. I really enjoyed the fight. :lol1: :lol1: Thats the look of someone who just lost millions of dollars. I thought the fight was good, I didn't agree with the second point deduction, the first I fealt was weird but ok. KHan had some help against maidana, however, I fealt that Maidana didn't beat Amir because of that vicious liver shot he took early in the fight. A shot that would have KO'd 99% of fighters. A shot like that has you F'ed up for a few days, but Maidana nearly KO'd Khan. However I easily give Khan the win on the Marcos fight... I think he beat peterson too, but definately good show from peterson, if he had power khan would have been on the floor. 113-112 Khan (my score) - Peterson could have won it easy if he kept his mid rally going.

That fight was D' All Time Great for me............. Mano a mano, shoulder-to-shoulder. Incredible fight.

Slippery slope there- Hatton's in-fighting always involved a lot of mauling, grappling and holding. When I think traditional in-fighting, I think of Corrales/Castillo 1. That fight was D' All Time Great for me.............

Some American referees allow infighting when it's the American fighter's style, but at the same time they don't permit foreign fighters to do it. Watch Joe Cortez in Hatton-Mayweather. Slippery slope there- Hatton's in-fighting always involved a lot of mauling, grappling and holding. When I think traditional in-fighting, I think of Corrales/Castillo 1.

What I enjoyed most was seeing the points taken away and looking at Golden Boys faces lol. I really enjoyed the fight. :lol1: :lol1: I can't lie, I got a laugh out of that too. You don't often see the referees go against the grain. If nothing else, at least this ref was CONSISTENT with his awfulness.

It seems like people like in-fighting when it suits the fighter they prefer. I spent a long time disliking American refereeing for breaking fighters up too fast, in particular to certain British fighters, but now we produce a boxer and this happens, when the other fighters main strength is infighting...i think you should be able to see why we are pissed off.

I miss infighting. Unfortunately, it's a skill that is swiftly disappearing from the sport. def agree with TS and this here......ref made them work to get out and it can make a big difference when one has the inside skills like peterson

Inside fighting is sticking the top of your dome in a man's chest and throwing wild hooks to the body? Then the referee punishes Khan for pushing Peterson's head off of his chest? That ref was terrible. Shouting down at Khan while Peterson gets away with lowblows and headbutts to the chest.

I miss infighting. Unfortunately, it's a skill that is swiftly disappearing from the sport.

Yeah, I thought Oscar and Schaefer were both gonna have a heart attack. I think they knew that their Floyd fight was in jeopardy.

Yeah the ref did a good job, don't know why so many are complaining (well mostly bitter Brits as usual)

I literally just told my dad that. Khan would've been KO'd in round 10. Also now he knows how it feels to have the ref helping out the other fighter a bit. Ala the Maidana fight.

I agree, my only issue with the ref was taking an extra point. Still Peterson won.

I like the fact that the ref didn't interfere too much. I hate it when they over do their job.