Khan Khan says mystery man interfered with scorecards

[JuanDan]

Former WBA/IBF jr welterweight champion Amir Khan says an unidentified “mystery man” in a black hat interacted with WBA supervisor Michael Welsh and interfered with the judges’ scorecards during his upset loss to hometown favorite Lamont Peterson in Washington DC. “I want to know who this man is,” Khan told Sky Sports News. “He had no accreditation. At the end of the fight he was straight over Peterson’s people, celebrating with them.” Khan also posted numerous photos of the “mystery man” online and the BBC reportedly contacted Welsh who refused to reveal the mystery man’s identity.

http://www.*********.com/Boxing/khan...recards-105491

[-MAKAVELLI-]

time to let it go Khan

[bojangles1987]

Why's it have to be the man with the black hat? Why not some guy wearing a white hat? Khan's a racist.

[NoLove]

I can't believe the British media is buying this crap. Its on the mainstreem news as I speak. they are saying ''this is extroidinary''.

[Tyndale]

The thing is, regardless of who the guy in the black hat is and what he's doing, the fact remains that Amir Khan lost clearly, fair and square. I find it highly ironic, and a great example of karma, the way Khan was happy/fine with Juan Manuel Marquez getting so blatantly screwed out, and then he has the audacity to try and use his and Golden Boy's weight/influence to try to con his way out of a clear loss. It just makes me laugh, certainly isn't going to win him any fans.

[NoLove]

The thing is, regardless of who the guy in the black hat is and what he's doing, the fact remains that Amir Khan lost clearly, fair and square. I find it highly ironic, and a great example of karma, the way Khan was happy/fine with Juan Manuel Marquez getting so blatantly screwed out, and then he has the audacity to try and use his and Golden Boy's weight/influence to try to con his way out of a clear loss. It just makes me laugh, certainly isn't going to win him any fans.

Agree..........

[hogwash]

World Boxing Association president Gilberto Mendoza has called for a rematch of the bout between Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson.

Khan lost his WBA and IBF titles to Peterson in Washington DC in December but has questioned a number of aspects of the fight, including an unknown man seen talking to the judges.

Mendoza said: "It generates a lot of controversy. There should be a rematch.

"The [Washington DC] Commission did not behave properly in this fight."

Judges George Hill and Valerie Dorsett scored the fight 113-112 in favour of Peterson, with Nelson Vasquez giving the bout to Khan 115-110.

Hill's card looked to have originally given the seventh round to Khan, but contains *********s that resulted in Peterson taking it 10-8.

Mendoza told BBC Sport's Richard Conway that the man claimed to be an International Boxing Federation official but the IBF say they are not making any comment on his identity.

The WBA also said that it has no knowledge of the man's identity, while Mendoza added that Welsh was ignored when he raised concerns about the individual at ringside.

"Welsh was concerned about the gentleman being around him and couldn't get the coordination to do his job properly during the fight," said Mendoza. "He said he was totally ignored by the commission in Washington."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/16450797.stm

[The Gambler1981]

Fear the Black Hat!

[IronDanHamza]

Has it been confirmed that it was the official judges the 'Mystery man' was talking to?