By Marcus Richardson: Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) thinks he was jobbed out of his IBF and WBA light welterweight titles against Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) in their fight in Washington, DC last month, but it’s hard to see how Khan deserved to get a win in this fight.
Khan showed no ability to fight on the inside, fouled constantly and was given credit for a knockdown where he clearly shoved Peterson to the canvas with his elbow. The referee warned Khan three times about his constant shoving of Peterson before taking off his first point in the 7th. Khan failed to stop shoving and lost another point in the 12th.
The judges had to go with what they saw in the fight and with Khan’s point deductions, his constant running and has ability to fight on the inside without grabbing Peterson’s head, he didn’t deserve to win the fight.
So I don’t see any real point in Peterson giving Khan a rematch unless it’s worth it financially and Peterson can pick whatever venue he wants to fight. Khan needs to learn how to accept his defeats without finger pointing and crying about it. He seems completely in denial about how horrible he looked in that fight.
Khan didn’t clue one how to fight on the inside and he wasn’t being fouled by Peterson. It was the other way around. Khan’s excuses for shoving and pulling down on Peterson’s head were frankly pathetic. Khan said that he literally had to grab Peterson’s head and pull down on it because he kept coming in with his head. That’s a pretty lame excuse because Khan did the same fouling tactics against Zab Judah and Marcos Maidana.
So does that mean everyone is leading their heads when they fight Khan? He doesn’t deserve a rematch in my opinion and he needs to accept his loss, learn from it and try and improve. He might want to consider dumping his trainer Freddie Roach or listen to him if he’s actually teaching him anything.
It’s hard to imagine that Roach was the one that taught Khan the shoving and the head pulling down tactics. If so, Khan needs to dump Roach and find someone that can actually teach him to fight on the inside without fouling.