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Amir Khan went to face Lamont Peterson in his home town, fighting against him, the referee, huge expectations and a man in a hat. Going in to the fight, the whole boxing world were eagerly anticipating a Khan win, and for Mayweather to fight Khan in what would have been the greatest match up of all time.
Mayweather, the long-reigning world number 1, against the younger, very athletic and lightning fast hands of Khan. In a hypothetical match up, that most, myself included, felt that Khan (at the time) would just have too much for Mayweather to handle.
Khan lost the fight to a very controversial split decision after having two points deducted. One judge had Khan by about 5 Rounds, so by 7 excluding the wrongly deducted points, which seemed about right.
Had Khan got his rightful win, the road warrior would have likely taken over Mayweather's P4P status and unbeaten record, and maybe went down as the greatest to have ever laced them up. One bad decision that night, and a whole lot of controversy, changed boxing history, forever.
Mayweather, the long-reigning world number 1, against the younger, very athletic and lightning fast hands of Khan. In a hypothetical match up, that most, myself included, felt that Khan (at the time) would just have too much for Mayweather to handle.
Khan lost the fight to a very controversial split decision after having two points deducted. One judge had Khan by about 5 Rounds, so by 7 excluding the wrongly deducted points, which seemed about right.
Had Khan got his rightful win, the road warrior would have likely taken over Mayweather's P4P status and unbeaten record, and maybe went down as the greatest to have ever laced them up. One bad decision that night, and a whole lot of controversy, changed boxing history, forever.
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