Comments Thread For: Khan: I Will Knock Peterson Out, I'd Like Mayweather Next

[kiaba360]

First off, Khan aint KO'ing anyone decent at 140, that's not in his toolbox, tko's from uncontested flurries, maybe, but not KO's.

Second, Peterson, found him out. He saw how Khan dealt with pressure and capitalised. Next time he'll be even more effective at taking Khan to places he don't want to go.

Lastly, Khan is seriously deluded about his loss. He showed some serious flaws that can't be repaired overnight, I hope at least Roach is speaking some words of truth in his ear.

Roach seems to play a part in the delusion, and Khan simply isn't improving under his tutelage, so I think it's time that Khan start looking for greener pastures. Maybe he should go for Steward, who specializes in tall/rangy fighters. Khan needs to add more wrinkles to his game because he won't be fast forever.

[Hougigo]

Anyone else think that now Khan's lack of inside game and punching power has been exposed Peterson will win even more convincingly this time?

I do.
Peterson doesn't have to wait to go to plan B now. Also I think he'll work on his conditioning even more (not saying it's bad) so he can keep up that insane tempo

[Lorily]

You have a selective memory and don't think things through.

Barrara complained bitterly that if the fight was stopped on cuts it should have been earlier when the fight was a no contest but home cooking meant the ref took the fight to round Khan could get the win. Barrera wanted a rematch. He had a case.

Cooper gave Khan the Knock Down in round 1,that should not have been given. Khan was totally abusing the pushing and holding to a ridiculous level. What is Cooper meant to do just let it continue? That is good reffing by your standards is it? LOL

If you can't see there is a very good chance that the WBA were paid off by GBP to order a rematch you are living in a dream world but if you can't see that the man in the hat story has been overcooked by BP and Team Khan then I would expect that.

Believe it or not I was a Khan fan before the ridiculous revisionary history circus started after this fight . The way Khan ,GBP and Team Khan have acted AFTER the fight is a total joke. I am going to be bias against anyone who has acts like a bunch of Khunts and behaved like they have. I am not the only former fan who has gone off Khan because of these latest post fight antics.

The Peterson 1 Mill offer was before the WBA ruling, now they have the ruling I think you will find that the fight may well be offered on the original terms which will satisfy the WBA. If that happens my guess is Peterson for business reasons will have far more viable options. The result will be Khan will end up keeping the WBA title without a rematch That will suit him fine because the best he can hope for is a scrappy messy points win which I would expect him to get and that is not going to raise him to the previous expectation levels people had of him.

The bottom line was it was a very close fight. The reason it was close is because Khan can't fight on the inside. For me Khan has let himself down far more after the fight with his mouth than inside the ring with his performance.

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I feel that the one doing all of the adjustments in the next fight, will be Peterson and not Khan. Khan is too caught up in believing that it's everyone else's fault that he lost, too busy playing the blame game, and I think that thought process will be to his undoing. I bet Peterson has already brainstormed on his performance, and is thinking about certain moments in the fight where he could have made better decisions, and how he will and try to rectify those problems in the rematch (assuming he takes it). That's what separates Peterson from Khan, their ability to reflect on their past performances and adjust during a fight. Obviously, I could be wrong, but Khan acts so full of himself that I'm not sure if he's aware of his flaws. He needs to sit down, shut up, and watch his fight over with Roach before he starts yelling, "I'm going to KO him next time, yada yada yada". Khan has utilized the same style for every fight I've seen him in. Utilizing and playing to your strengths isn't bad, but it doesn't seem as if he takes the time to develop the other facets of his game. The truth is, speed will not always kill.

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My only fear of a rematch is that GBP will have a clear victory locked up long before the fight even happens. They will get a ref that will let Khan do as he pleases (push down on the kneck, hold and push off) and Judges that will give rounds to Khan no matter what. If we see Cortez in the rematch, you know Lamont can't win it short of a K.O. Cortez is notorious for not letting fighters fight inside (breaks them up while punches are still being legally thrown) which is where ANY fighter HAS to be to beat Khan (and Cortez did NOT allow against Maidana) - and warns umpteen million times without taking any action. Why would a fighter stop fouling if they know they're not going to pay any consequences???? Hell, Khan continued to push off like it was nothing even AFTER he a had been deducted a point. What was Cooper supposed to do, it was like Khan was saying "I'll do as I please" to him. I personally wish the points would have been for pushing the head down instead of pushing because he does it in every fight (he was pushing Judahs head down when he hit him with the "body" shot) but Khan does a number of different fouling tactics to keep his opponent from getting too close. Khan accused Lamont of coming in with his head, but the truth is that when Khan throws a punch and the opponent uses head movement to avoid getting hit - his automatic instinct is to push down on the head when said opponent is ducking a punch, to keep the opponent from being able to counter punch. Same with the pushing off - if the opponent gets to close on the inside, he grabs ahold and then pushes him off to get him out of range. If a ref is not going to call him on these things (which is illegal) then an opponent has no chance to getting inside to try and win a fight. I just feel like Khan thinks the rules don't apply to him. It's more than annoying that he's looking to everyone else to blame and acts like it couldn't possibly have been his own fault. The truth is, all of this outside controversy has nothing to do with what really went on in the ring.

[Ringlife]

Well Khan in order for you to knockout Peterson you know you can't run away from him during the fight right.