Boxing: Peterson edges Khan to claim world titles
Referee Joe Cooper took two points from Khan during the bout for shoving Peterson and they proved to be the margin of the Englishman's defeat.
One judge saw Khan a 114-111 winner while the other two judged Peterson the victor by scores of 113-112, giving him the triumph.
Hometown hero Peterson, once a homeless youth living on the streets of the US capital, improved to 30-1-1 before a sellout crowd at Washington Convention Center while Khan fell to 26-2 with his eight-fight win streak snapped.
Two days after his 25th birthday, Khan suffered his first loss since falling to Colombian Breidis Prescott in 2008.
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I agree that it was Refree who wants US to sustain that win this time becz Last time Amir khan defeated US boxer. So definitely Refreee was bias to favor US. For me this round should be KO.
Congrats to L P on defeating this clown
Great fight. Peterson landed more power punches, Khan landed more jabs. Neither knockdown in round one was legit. The first Peterson was tripped up by the refs legs. The second he took a Khan knee to the back of his own knee to go down. yes there was a punch but you can't have a knockdown when a fighter is hit then tripped by his opponent. Any boxing fans out there have seen this ruling many times with a conventional fighter and a southpaw. Feet get stepped on and fighters go down from punches when this happens. If the ref sees this it is never called a knockdown. So Peterson lost a point and Khan was guaranteed that round 10-8. I'm not saying Peterson won the round without the knockdown but it is worth taking note that if Peterson had won the round, the "knockdown" would erase that. Khan later lost one point two different times for pushing off. I believe he was most assuredly guilty of losing one point. So in the end I see the bad call on the knockdown and the semi-bad call for the second point deduction as canceling each other out and the fighter that won deserved the win. Had the fight been a draw that would have been fine also. Remember, Peterson landed more power punches. In professional boxing that means something, or at least it should...
Message to all,,, , Please don't point any one because its just a game and ONE has to win and the other will be a looser.
plssss enjoy all the moments
Amir Khan performance was like a pure boxer and a stylish one.... he was fullllll of technique while peterson was just throwing his arms at Amir. Only 1 Referee was fair who announce Amir winner by 3 points while others cluelesly declared peterson winner by only 1 point....... if we combine points of all 3 referees then again Amir in winner......by 338-337........
Praise Allah that it was Peterson on the other side. If there was Pacman or Mayweather, they would have killed him literally. I can say that for sure about mayweather. manny is moe compassionate
now let Khan worry about boxing than being ambassidor of pakistan/islam.
@Tanvir: @Masood: Oh please no excuses, Peterson won at the end of the day. Congrats to him and commiserations to Khan.
In all 12 Rounds, Khan was a better boxer. Its just the 2 points which cause him the titles. Rematch at neutral venue, this is a call of the day !!!
Next venue will be in England.
Judges were not fare! this event should take place on netural venue!
Well done referee. Fair decision to uphold american supermacy. Uncle sam stands tall on all fronts.