Khan might not have won and lacked intelligence, but he showed...

[DeadLikeMe]

Don't act like Peterson didn't gas out either...he just continued pressing the fight and wasn't even throwing...he might want to work on that a bit. He knew he had Amir though.

[sdcluser]

Maybe it's combination that peterson is not a huge puncher and his conditiong is good. But his skill set is limited. He can be figured out after 4 rds with boxer with good skill set to adjust to him. His jab is horrible and doesn't do anything.

[frosty-g]

Gotta give credit where credit is due.

Khan might not have won but he showed real heart. He was gassing out bad and although at first he was throwing a bunch of shoe shiners he threw a vicious combination in the later rounds to stop Peterson's assault. Frankly as I saw Khan slumped over in the corner sucking up wind and roach blabbing about I thought Khan looked lost and I thought the fight was about to be over till he really did that. He might not have the skills/ dexterity/ etc of some of the elites but he certainly had the determination.

Now if only he hadn't given the fight away with the shoving....

real heart?
that's why he was running (and i mean RUNNING) all off the ring and then holding/pushing down the rest of the time?
ok

[borikua]

They both showed some heart. But it was more a reality check for Khan, fighting Floyd, Pac, Cotto? pfff.

[ussy]

Khan benefited from the fact that Peterson was not heavy handed, it could have been alot worse. I really wonder if he going to stay at 140 now. The guys at 147 are alot tougher.

I agree with you

[Buffalo]

he doesn't move, he runs. When pressured he doesn't react well. Full on sprint around the ring tells the story.

Maidana was a big puncher no boxing skill, peterson has no punch but plenty of boxing skill. Thing is neither are elite at what they do. What happens to khan when he faces a real elite fighter.