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By David “Tricky Fingaz” Greisman at the scales Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson both made weight for their 12-round super lightweight championship fight Saturday evening in Washington D.C. Khan (26-1-1, 18KO) came in at 139 lb, while Peterson (29-1-1, 15KO) weighed in at the divisional limit of 140 lb.
Bernard Hopkins spoke to a group of reporters in Washington, D.C. in advance of the Dec. 10 fight between Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson, which is being put on by his company, Golden Boy Promotions.
Barely 24 hours after being told he’d be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, former 112- and 115-pound titleholder Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson stood in a city government building in his hometown of Washington, D.C.
Amir Khan turns 25 today, predicting he will hit his peak in the next year or two before retiring while still a young man.
WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley is the only boxer to defeat Lamont Peterson in the ring, by decision, two years ago. On Saturday night in Washington, DC, Peterson challenges Bradley's main rival, WBA/IBF 140-pound champion Amir Khan. Although Peterson has had some good performances since losing to Bradley, Khan is the overwhelming favorite to win. Even Bradley himself is picking Khan to win and gives the British the edge with his faster hands. Bradley picks Khan by decision, but says a knockout win will erase any doubts about Khan's status as an elite fighter.
WASHINGTON, DC - Birthday boy and unified light welterweight champion of the world Amir Khan, faced off with mandatory challenger Lamont Peterson at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Khan defends his WBA/IBF titles against Peterson this Saturday night in an HBO/Sky Sports televised main event. Khan turned 25-years-old on Thursday.
By Jake Donovan - It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon. The phrase is the perfect metaphor for preaching the lost art of patience. It’s hardly a lesson that needs to be taught to Lamont Peterson. He and his younger brother Anthony lived it every day throughout their childhood. As anticipation builds for Saturday’s title fight showdown with Amir Khan, the elder Peterson gets to stroll down the same D.C. streets he was once forced to run – and at times seek shelter. There were points in his childhood where tomorrow must have appeared to be a lifetime away. But patience has now led to the biggest opportunity of his still promising career, one that comes mere miles from his home rather than on the other side of the Atlantic. The latter scenario was once sold as possibly the last shot he’d ever receive at the big time, when the prospects of a Khan showdown were first on the table. A six-figure payday was offered for Peterson (29-1-1, 15KO) and his team – headed by trainer and father-figure Barry Hunter – to travel to jolly old England, a deal to which Hunter declined.
Amir Khan is promising fireworks when he puts his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles on the line against Lamont Peterson on Saturday night.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach has warned WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Amir Khan 26-1, 18 KO’s) that Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KO’s) is “the strongest, most dangerous opponent Amir has ever faced” and that they have had to train accordingly.
Amir Khan believes unfancied challenger Lamont Peterson poses a bigger threat to him on Saturday than two-weight world champion Zab Judah did in their recent light-welterweight unification scrap.