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the same mystery man is then seen celebrating with peterson when they won the fight, no way. this is disgustingComment
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Maybe it was a fix after all?Comment
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The IBF told BBC Sport that "with regards to the IBF master scorecard we can assure that it has not been tampered with".Comment
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I hope the guy is an official of one of the organisations (IBF or WBA), Because if not what is he doing there? And yes Khan has the right to question what was going on there.Comment
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I don't understand the hatred towards Khan, especially with what is going on. He hasn't asked for the decision overturned OR to strip Peterson of the Titles that he 'lost'. All he is asking is for the truth and a rematch. Is that too much to ask? If you was in his position what would your reaction be?
From Schaefer on *********:
“Certainly from an accounting point of view, but as well from a fight official point of view, he was involved in many other championship fights before. And he kept, as it is customary, a WBA master score sheet which used as an input the same information as the District of Columbia Boxing Commission used for their scorecard. It’s basically the individual per rounds score slips, which are collected from the referee and then supposed to be given to the Commission.
“So the Commission keeps the master score sheet, so does the WBA, and so does the IBF. Therefore the results would be the same, right, because they all use the same information. Well shockingly it was not, it was different. It was the same for the scorecard of Nelson Vasquez, who had it for Khan, and it was the same for Valerie Dorsett, who had it for Peterson, but somehow George Hill’s card had it a draw. Therefore the WBA showed on their card that the fight was a draw.
“Dave Itskowitch, our Chief Operating Officer and certainly one of the most honest and straight-forward people I have ever met, and all of those, those of you who know him, certainly would agree with me. He actually saw the card, the official WBA card with his own eyes right after the fight. And the WBA’s not dis*****g that the WBA card is different from the official, ah, from the official card.
“Now what happened with the IBF card, with the IBF master score card? It was gone after the fight. Funny enough, it disappeared. When I talked to Lindsey Tucker on Monday morning, Lindsey Tucker is the IBF official, I asked him what happened, he said that the IBF supervisor who was there for the fight told him that it disappeared, that it seems to him that the District of Columbia took it while he was in the ring presenting Peterson with the belt.
“Then suddenly two days ago, an IBF scorecard appeared. It looks as it was made up after the fact, no question about it or was made about, yeah, two days. The printing was way too neat and consistent, not consistent with what usually a scorecard looks like. So, we’re not, we’re just, as I said before, we’re just outlining the facts here. Ah, there clearly is some smoke as it relates to the scorecards and you know the old saying, where there is smoke there is fire."
Seriously, how can anyone say he lost fair and square and that there is nothing going on?
Here's more:
“Now let’s move on to the points deductions. There are serious issues with these point deductions. First of all there were clearly no fouls. Even Lamont Peterson acknowledged in the post-fight interview that the push, that the push-off from Amir did not bother him at all.
“There are no provisions in the rules related to pushing. In fact the uniform rules of the Association of Boxing Commission do not mention pushing or even excessive pushing as a foul. Even fellow referees, some of the veterans in the sport and they never; believe me, they never second guess a colleagues performance, had issue with referee Cooper’s point deductions and the way he handled that fight.
“Several news stories to that effect were published in the last few days and you can read about outspoken comments from fellow referees. There was clearly no basis for one point and certainly, absolutely none for two-point deductions. The fact is that the ref performed one of the worst cases of home cooking I have ever seen. The fact is that Amir complained during the fight about the excessive and continued use of the head by Peterson and coming in low, head first. The ref realized that and warned Peterson.
“Let me just briefly walk you through the fight at the relevant warnings from the ref to Peterson, and again, I’m not making this stuff up. You guys can go and watch the tape yourself if you don’t believe me. Rounds two, referee warned three times, keep your head up, keep your head up. Round four, one warning; get your head up. Round five; keep your head up, son. Round six, five of the rounds the ref warned Barry Hunter; anymore of that and I will take a point away. He went on to warn him two more times in that round six.
“At 2:04 seconds remaining, Amir looked at the ref and complained about Peterson’s head. Round eight, again keep your head up Peterson, one warning. Round 10, 2:20, 2:44 seconds remaining, Amir looks up and again complains about the low blow. Three more warnings; get your head off him. Let go, keep your head off him, keep your head up. Round 11, two more warnings, another complaint from Amir at the close of the round. Twelfth round; ah, again one warning; break, keep your head up. And again Amir complained about the Peterson head.
“So the inconsistency, the inconsistency is absolutely shocking. The ref didn’t deduct any points, but if this is not home cooking I don’t know what is. It’s clear, and I mean very clear, that after the first round that Amir was fighting not one, but two people in the ring. Now again, you can’t blame Peterson for that, and we’re not blaming Peterson, has nothing to do with Peterson.
“The fact is the ref didn’t do his job, worse, he did a ****ty job. Now people make mistakes, and I believe in giving them an opportunity to correct the situation. These points are razor fact, we don’t make them up. They’re clear and unquestionable facts. This decision has to be corrected. I hope that they were just honest mistakes and the truth will prevail and the result be corrected. Anything but, would be another black eye, for the sports, the sanction organization and the District of Columbia.
The ref warned Peterson more than 10 times and never deducted points from him, so why deduct points from Khan when, clearly, it isnt in the rules to do so?
All of this added to what happened at Ringside and we have a very compelling and what looks like a morally wrong outcome. The next few days will be interesting.Comment
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