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Roach: Pacquiao would take advantage of Mayweather’s flaws
By Chris Williams: Right now a fight next year between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is up in the air. Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is supposedly in negotiations with the help of outside investors, but Mayweather himself still says there are no negotiations taking place and sees it as a bunch of a hot air coming from Arum.
Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, has no clue if negotiations are happening between the two sides but he’s already dreaming up ways for his fighter Pacquiao to beat Mayweather.
Roach told abscbn news .com “I will bring a whole new crew of sparring partners, guys that can imitate Floyd well…It will be tough to find them. We would prepare for his counter punching ability, and his speed, which is maybe equal to Manny’s, if not better…He [Mayweather] does have some bad habits that can be exposed.”
What the bad habits are Roach doesn’t elaborate on. The only thing I can see is Mayweather’s low workrate. He spends so much time just looking to counter that he’s not always throwing a lot of punches. Roach might have Pacquiao try to outwork Mayweather and overwhelm him with shots the same way Pacquiao did against Joshua Clottey last year. Pacquiao stood directly in front of Clottey all night long and threw over 1000 punches in a 12 round bout. It looked as if Pacquiao wasn’t even loading up much of the time and was just looking to try and connect to score points.
If Pacquiao tries to overwhelm Mayweather, he’s going to get hit with a lot of clean shots that he’ll likely not see coming, and we could see Pacquiao knocked down or taken out with one of Mayweather’s short check left hooks or right hands.
Roach needs to be more concerned with Pacquiao’s flaws than Mayweather’s. Pacquiao has lost his legs and is now a fighter that only plods. He’s a lot less effective now than he was two years ago, and he’s coming off of what many boxing fans see as a gift decision over Juan Manuel Marquez.
By Chris Williams: Right now a fight next year between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is up in the air. Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is supposedly in negotiations with the help of outside investors, but Mayweather himself still says there are no negotiations taking place and sees it as a bunch of a hot air coming from Arum.
Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, has no clue if negotiations are happening between the two sides but he’s already dreaming up ways for his fighter Pacquiao to beat Mayweather.
Roach told abscbn news .com “I will bring a whole new crew of sparring partners, guys that can imitate Floyd well…It will be tough to find them. We would prepare for his counter punching ability, and his speed, which is maybe equal to Manny’s, if not better…He [Mayweather] does have some bad habits that can be exposed.”
What the bad habits are Roach doesn’t elaborate on. The only thing I can see is Mayweather’s low workrate. He spends so much time just looking to counter that he’s not always throwing a lot of punches. Roach might have Pacquiao try to outwork Mayweather and overwhelm him with shots the same way Pacquiao did against Joshua Clottey last year. Pacquiao stood directly in front of Clottey all night long and threw over 1000 punches in a 12 round bout. It looked as if Pacquiao wasn’t even loading up much of the time and was just looking to try and connect to score points.
If Pacquiao tries to overwhelm Mayweather, he’s going to get hit with a lot of clean shots that he’ll likely not see coming, and we could see Pacquiao knocked down or taken out with one of Mayweather’s short check left hooks or right hands.
Roach needs to be more concerned with Pacquiao’s flaws than Mayweather’s. Pacquiao has lost his legs and is now a fighter that only plods. He’s a lot less effective now than he was two years ago, and he’s coming off of what many boxing fans see as a gift decision over Juan Manuel Marquez.
Smoke N Mirrors Starring Bob Arum – Comedy
By Robert Elmore: Bob Arum turns around in his seat while stroking a white cat with his left hand which has a black glove on it. Alex Ariza stands before him while straightening the collar on his red silk shirt. “So what do you want me to do boss”? Ariza asked. Arum grins. Go to Mayweather’s gym and discuss a possible fight with the undefeated fighter.
Arum then hits a button on his phone. Ms. Johnson send those investors in. They walk in with briefcases wearing sun glasses and long black trench coats. I want you to go with Ariza and help smooth things over. I want this fight made at all cost. Understand? Take pictures and make em good.” What about Cotto”? Ariza asked. I’ll take of that myself”, Arum responds. Ariza nods and exits the office.
The latest hot topics coming out of Top Rank is Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto. There has been supposedly negotiations going on between Team Mayweather and Team Pac. Mayweather has denied such allegations. This happened last year when so called investors where interested in getting involved in the fight. But thing that threw me a loop was the fact that Arum has said that Manny was not interesting in fighting on May 5th, but rather in June. That’s the same month that a fourth bout with Juan Manuel Marquez is set to take place. Arum also said that he would take these options back to Manny and let him decide, but Manny always says “talk to my promoter”. So this means Arum will have final say. Add this. Alex Ariza has said he won’t talk to Manny until after the holidays. But now all of a sudden negotiations are happening?
Now while I’m not saying that these investors are not real (because names and companies names have been provided), but UNDER THE TERMS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS is what’s fishy to me.
I read on another boxing site (out of respect for this one I won’t say the name) that the investors wanted total control of the revenue. Arums cut would be really low if Top Rank was not handling 50% or 100% of the revenue (promotion etc.). Now even the worse businessman would not agree to this if he knew his cut was going to be less or nothing in a potential 300 billion dollar fight. Arum is not going for that and I’m very sure Floyd wouldn’t either. seeing how Floyd has been knocking back 40 million plus a fight. In a way, Arum would be “lending” Manny to these investors. And then there the recent cut over Pac’s eye that will take six months to heal. That’s plenty of time to work out a deal with Marquez. So don’t be surprised when Marquez is standing across from Pac in June.
And then you have the resurgence of Miguel Cotto with victories over Yuri Foreman, Ricardo Mayorga, and his foe Antonio Margarito. Cotto was thrown heavily under the buss after his lost to Margarito back in 2008. Cotto had a chance to leave Top Rank some time to go, but opted to stay. He says Bob is promoter for the rest of his career. For his sake, I hope he was just saying that. Arum has been pulling out all stop as of late. He’s thrown out names like Saul Alvarez, Sergio Martinez, and stable mate Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. But the fight that makes the most sense in Top Ranks eyes is the Chavez fight. Why? I’m glad you asked. Its in house money, Bob has total control over the revenue, no co-promoting going on, and the fight is easy to make. Fighting Alvarez and Martinez means dealing with Golden Boy and Dibella Entertainment.
FT: Don’t be shocked if the mega fight doesn’t go down in May. It might be in November. The set up is to blame Floyd and move forward with the Marquez fight. Marquez doesn’t have any leverage and he could possibly make more money than he did in the third fight. He said he wanted 25 million and wanted the fight in Mexico. HA!! I say. He could never get that kind of money from Top Rank. As for Cotto, If he goes solo, he can use his own promotional company, cut out the middleman, and bring in tons of cash.
By Robert Elmore: Bob Arum turns around in his seat while stroking a white cat with his left hand which has a black glove on it. Alex Ariza stands before him while straightening the collar on his red silk shirt. “So what do you want me to do boss”? Ariza asked. Arum grins. Go to Mayweather’s gym and discuss a possible fight with the undefeated fighter.
Arum then hits a button on his phone. Ms. Johnson send those investors in. They walk in with briefcases wearing sun glasses and long black trench coats. I want you to go with Ariza and help smooth things over. I want this fight made at all cost. Understand? Take pictures and make em good.” What about Cotto”? Ariza asked. I’ll take of that myself”, Arum responds. Ariza nods and exits the office.
The latest hot topics coming out of Top Rank is Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto. There has been supposedly negotiations going on between Team Mayweather and Team Pac. Mayweather has denied such allegations. This happened last year when so called investors where interested in getting involved in the fight. But thing that threw me a loop was the fact that Arum has said that Manny was not interesting in fighting on May 5th, but rather in June. That’s the same month that a fourth bout with Juan Manuel Marquez is set to take place. Arum also said that he would take these options back to Manny and let him decide, but Manny always says “talk to my promoter”. So this means Arum will have final say. Add this. Alex Ariza has said he won’t talk to Manny until after the holidays. But now all of a sudden negotiations are happening?
Now while I’m not saying that these investors are not real (because names and companies names have been provided), but UNDER THE TERMS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS is what’s fishy to me.
I read on another boxing site (out of respect for this one I won’t say the name) that the investors wanted total control of the revenue. Arums cut would be really low if Top Rank was not handling 50% or 100% of the revenue (promotion etc.). Now even the worse businessman would not agree to this if he knew his cut was going to be less or nothing in a potential 300 billion dollar fight. Arum is not going for that and I’m very sure Floyd wouldn’t either. seeing how Floyd has been knocking back 40 million plus a fight. In a way, Arum would be “lending” Manny to these investors. And then there the recent cut over Pac’s eye that will take six months to heal. That’s plenty of time to work out a deal with Marquez. So don’t be surprised when Marquez is standing across from Pac in June.
And then you have the resurgence of Miguel Cotto with victories over Yuri Foreman, Ricardo Mayorga, and his foe Antonio Margarito. Cotto was thrown heavily under the buss after his lost to Margarito back in 2008. Cotto had a chance to leave Top Rank some time to go, but opted to stay. He says Bob is promoter for the rest of his career. For his sake, I hope he was just saying that. Arum has been pulling out all stop as of late. He’s thrown out names like Saul Alvarez, Sergio Martinez, and stable mate Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. But the fight that makes the most sense in Top Ranks eyes is the Chavez fight. Why? I’m glad you asked. Its in house money, Bob has total control over the revenue, no co-promoting going on, and the fight is easy to make. Fighting Alvarez and Martinez means dealing with Golden Boy and Dibella Entertainment.
FT: Don’t be shocked if the mega fight doesn’t go down in May. It might be in November. The set up is to blame Floyd and move forward with the Marquez fight. Marquez doesn’t have any leverage and he could possibly make more money than he did in the third fight. He said he wanted 25 million and wanted the fight in Mexico. HA!! I say. He could never get that kind of money from Top Rank. As for Cotto, If he goes solo, he can use his own promotional company, cut out the middleman, and bring in tons of cash.
Broner fight set. Wow, dude calls his opponent "bean burrito eater" that's a pretty whack diss, the guy is from Rainer Washington.
Broner-Perez Deal Reached For Feb. 25 in St. Louis
By Ryan Maquiñana
Terms for the Feb. 25 proposed matchup between WBO junior lightweight champ Adrien Broner (22-0, 18 KOs) and Eloy Perez (23-0-2, 7 KOs) have been finalized.
The fight, Broner’s first title defense, will take place on the Devon Alexander-Marcos Maidana undercard in St. Louis.
Originally, Puerto Rico’s Roman Martinez—the man who once possessed the belt—was offered the first shot at Broner, but when he declined, Team Perez stepped in as a willing challenger.
Perez’ share of the purse is to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $100,000. A number for Broner could not be determined as of the time of this report, but will likely be higher since he will be coming in as the champion.
Both sides had originally spoke of fighting for the belt in the fall when Ricky Burns of Scotland vacated it to move up in weight, but when negotiations fell through, Broner got the opportunity to stop Vicente Rodriguez in his native Cincinnati for the vacant title two weeks ago.
Trash talk from the two combatants will undoubtedly bring an element of fire to the ring.
“Now we’re gonna skip to this bean burrito eating dude, Eloy Perez,” Broner said in a YouTube video directed at his critics and rivals. “Come on man. Alright, for one. He’s 22-0. I respect his record. But he got six knockouts. Who are you gonna beat with six knockouts? You’re not gonna beat me. You’re not gonna beat me punching with pillows when I’m punching with bricks.”
Perez responded in kind.
“As far as Adrien Broner, I’m going to beat his ass when the time comes,” he told BoxingScene.com in October after stopping Ira Terry in his adopted hometown of Salinas, Calif. “Today, tomorrow, next month, next year, whenever it’s time for us to meet in the ring.
The fight will likely land as the co-featured bout on HBO’s Boxing After Dark.
Broner-Perez Deal Reached For Feb. 25 in St. Louis
By Ryan Maquiñana
Terms for the Feb. 25 proposed matchup between WBO junior lightweight champ Adrien Broner (22-0, 18 KOs) and Eloy Perez (23-0-2, 7 KOs) have been finalized.
The fight, Broner’s first title defense, will take place on the Devon Alexander-Marcos Maidana undercard in St. Louis.
Originally, Puerto Rico’s Roman Martinez—the man who once possessed the belt—was offered the first shot at Broner, but when he declined, Team Perez stepped in as a willing challenger.
Perez’ share of the purse is to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $100,000. A number for Broner could not be determined as of the time of this report, but will likely be higher since he will be coming in as the champion.
Both sides had originally spoke of fighting for the belt in the fall when Ricky Burns of Scotland vacated it to move up in weight, but when negotiations fell through, Broner got the opportunity to stop Vicente Rodriguez in his native Cincinnati for the vacant title two weeks ago.
Trash talk from the two combatants will undoubtedly bring an element of fire to the ring.
“Now we’re gonna skip to this bean burrito eating dude, Eloy Perez,” Broner said in a YouTube video directed at his critics and rivals. “Come on man. Alright, for one. He’s 22-0. I respect his record. But he got six knockouts. Who are you gonna beat with six knockouts? You’re not gonna beat me. You’re not gonna beat me punching with pillows when I’m punching with bricks.”
Perez responded in kind.
“As far as Adrien Broner, I’m going to beat his ass when the time comes,” he told BoxingScene.com in October after stopping Ira Terry in his adopted hometown of Salinas, Calif. “Today, tomorrow, next month, next year, whenever it’s time for us to meet in the ring.
The fight will likely land as the co-featured bout on HBO’s Boxing After Dark.
Paul Williams Looks Set To Return On January 21st, Against Nobuhiro Ishida
By James Slater: According to both Dan Rafael of ESPN.com and boxrec.com, Paul Williams will likely make his return to the ring on January 21st, with Japan’s Nobuhiro Ishida currently looking like the frontrunner as far as “The Punisher’s” opponent goes. As fans may know, 36-year-old Ishida, who rose to huge prominence with his April 9th upset TKO of the previously unbeaten James Kirkland, was originally approved by HBO as a Williams opponent; only for the network to subsequently change its mind and accept Erislandy Lara instead. Showtime may not be as picky as HBO, however.
It goes without saying how 30-year-old Williams, inactive since that “gift” of a win over Cuban Lara in July, badly needs to win in January. Ishida, who has won one fight since his big win over Kirkland (an easy 1st-round TKO over a guy who was making his pro debut) will be in a position to be able to earn millions if he can upset the lanky southpaw. Ishida, by the way, has never been stopped as a pro.
Williams, 40-2(27) has to be made the betting favourite, simply because of all the things his talents have achieved for him. A former ruler at welterweight and light-middleweight, Williams may have benefited from a nice rest; his batteries recharged and his motivational levels as high as can be. The scheduled 12-rounder will presumably take place at 154-pounds - arguably Williams’ best fighting weight.
Ishida had no problems coping with the southpaw stance when he fought Kirkland, but will the older man by six years cope as well with Williams’ fast hands, incredible reach (82” for Williams, a fraction over 72” for Ishida) and awesome work-rate? Or will the man from Georgia make a comeback statement by becoming the first man to halt Ishida? An intriguing fight to be sure.
We have no real way of knowing how much Williams, who has had a long and at timed hard career, has left. Ishida may be the older man, but he may be the fresher, less worn fighter of the two. A quick win for either man looks unlikely. If Ishida can bag a win, he will then possibly face Kirkland in what would be an intriguing rematch. If Williams can win, and look good doing it, he will likely engage in at least one more big fight before his career ends.
I think Williams will win this one on points, though he may have to take some flush shots along the way. I have a feeling that after the fight, people will be saying Williams was lucky Ishida is no huge puncher.
By James Slater: According to both Dan Rafael of ESPN.com and boxrec.com, Paul Williams will likely make his return to the ring on January 21st, with Japan’s Nobuhiro Ishida currently looking like the frontrunner as far as “The Punisher’s” opponent goes. As fans may know, 36-year-old Ishida, who rose to huge prominence with his April 9th upset TKO of the previously unbeaten James Kirkland, was originally approved by HBO as a Williams opponent; only for the network to subsequently change its mind and accept Erislandy Lara instead. Showtime may not be as picky as HBO, however.
It goes without saying how 30-year-old Williams, inactive since that “gift” of a win over Cuban Lara in July, badly needs to win in January. Ishida, who has won one fight since his big win over Kirkland (an easy 1st-round TKO over a guy who was making his pro debut) will be in a position to be able to earn millions if he can upset the lanky southpaw. Ishida, by the way, has never been stopped as a pro.
Williams, 40-2(27) has to be made the betting favourite, simply because of all the things his talents have achieved for him. A former ruler at welterweight and light-middleweight, Williams may have benefited from a nice rest; his batteries recharged and his motivational levels as high as can be. The scheduled 12-rounder will presumably take place at 154-pounds - arguably Williams’ best fighting weight.
Ishida had no problems coping with the southpaw stance when he fought Kirkland, but will the older man by six years cope as well with Williams’ fast hands, incredible reach (82” for Williams, a fraction over 72” for Ishida) and awesome work-rate? Or will the man from Georgia make a comeback statement by becoming the first man to halt Ishida? An intriguing fight to be sure.
We have no real way of knowing how much Williams, who has had a long and at timed hard career, has left. Ishida may be the older man, but he may be the fresher, less worn fighter of the two. A quick win for either man looks unlikely. If Ishida can bag a win, he will then possibly face Kirkland in what would be an intriguing rematch. If Williams can win, and look good doing it, he will likely engage in at least one more big fight before his career ends.
I think Williams will win this one on points, though he may have to take some flush shots along the way. I have a feeling that after the fight, people will be saying Williams was lucky Ishida is no huge puncher.
De La Hoya: I’d be happy to match Khan against Mayweather next May
By William Mackay: Promoter Oscar De La Hoya is already to put his budding star Amir Khan in with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in early 2012 depending on how well Khan does against challenger Lamont Peterson on Saturday in Washington, DC. Khan plans on moving up in weight after this fight to seek out bigger fights at welterweight and his goal is to face Mayweather and be the one that hands him his first loss of his career.
Speaking with the Telegraph.co.uk, De La Hoya said “I’d be happy to put Amir in against Floyd Mayweather next May if the option presents itself. I really do think he’s ready.”
De La Hoya is kind of in a bind here. If he risks putting Khan in with someone good at welterweight like Andre Berto, Victor Ortiz or Mike Jones, Khan could be knocked out. At the very least, he could struggle and look terrible even in winning. It’s hard to see Khan beating any of those fighters in an impressive manner. If De La Hoya matches Khan against some of the weaker opposition, Khan will be overmatched when he faces a Mayweather.
Khan really hasn’t taken on a younger quality fighter for a while. Khan struggled against Marcos Maidana in winning a decision and then got a weak puncher in Paul McCloskey, who made Khan look really bad with his defensive skills. If a limited fighter like McCloskey can make Khan look bad just try and imagine what Mayweather would do to Khan. I doubt that De La Hoya cares about that, because the money a Khan-Mayweather fight would make for all those involved would more than make up for Khan getting slaughtered by Mayweather.
I think De La Hoya is going to have to match Khan light when he moves up in weight unless they can convince Mayweather to fight him immediately in May. Khan’s chin is too weak to put him in with Berto, Jones or Ortiz and it would be a recipe for destruction.
I personally think De La Hoya should try as hard as he can to convince Mayweather to take the Khan fight in early 2012, because if they wait, Khan is probably going to get slaughtered unless they keep matching him against feather-fisted fighters like Peterson and McCloskey. Unfortunately for De La Hoya and Khan, at welterweight they hit harder and it will be like putting Khan through an obstacle course to match him carefully so that he doesn’t exposed again. Khan doesn’t have the chin to stand in there with the big punchers unless he’s got his wheels working all night and/or a referee that breaks up the action when Khan is getting pummeled.
By William Mackay: Promoter Oscar De La Hoya is already to put his budding star Amir Khan in with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in early 2012 depending on how well Khan does against challenger Lamont Peterson on Saturday in Washington, DC. Khan plans on moving up in weight after this fight to seek out bigger fights at welterweight and his goal is to face Mayweather and be the one that hands him his first loss of his career.
Speaking with the Telegraph.co.uk, De La Hoya said “I’d be happy to put Amir in against Floyd Mayweather next May if the option presents itself. I really do think he’s ready.”
De La Hoya is kind of in a bind here. If he risks putting Khan in with someone good at welterweight like Andre Berto, Victor Ortiz or Mike Jones, Khan could be knocked out. At the very least, he could struggle and look terrible even in winning. It’s hard to see Khan beating any of those fighters in an impressive manner. If De La Hoya matches Khan against some of the weaker opposition, Khan will be overmatched when he faces a Mayweather.
Khan really hasn’t taken on a younger quality fighter for a while. Khan struggled against Marcos Maidana in winning a decision and then got a weak puncher in Paul McCloskey, who made Khan look really bad with his defensive skills. If a limited fighter like McCloskey can make Khan look bad just try and imagine what Mayweather would do to Khan. I doubt that De La Hoya cares about that, because the money a Khan-Mayweather fight would make for all those involved would more than make up for Khan getting slaughtered by Mayweather.
I think De La Hoya is going to have to match Khan light when he moves up in weight unless they can convince Mayweather to fight him immediately in May. Khan’s chin is too weak to put him in with Berto, Jones or Ortiz and it would be a recipe for destruction.
I personally think De La Hoya should try as hard as he can to convince Mayweather to take the Khan fight in early 2012, because if they wait, Khan is probably going to get slaughtered unless they keep matching him against feather-fisted fighters like Peterson and McCloskey. Unfortunately for De La Hoya and Khan, at welterweight they hit harder and it will be like putting Khan through an obstacle course to match him carefully so that he doesn’t exposed again. Khan doesn’t have the chin to stand in there with the big punchers unless he’s got his wheels working all night and/or a referee that breaks up the action when Khan is getting pummeled.
Peterson used street tactics to defeat Khan
By Dominic Sauboorah: What a shame. Boxing has really gone down hill. In boxing nowadays a fight is judged based on aggressiveness and determination. Sorry. This isn’t a wrestling match. This isn’t the MMA. This is a boxing match, where punches matter.
I confess that throughout most of the fight IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) took a barrage of punches. Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) however resorted to street fighter tactics in order for him to get his punches off. Peterson, fighting in his own back yard, showed just how much mental strength he actually has. All that hype from his home crowd causing him to go wild to try and win the world titles. He clearly couldn’t hack the pressure.
Constantly in that fight we saw Khan pushing Peterson away, but did Khan have much choice? Peterson constantly went in head first like a complete lunatic who had clearly forgotten that boxing is a sport and a business, not a mental health clinic with the patients going wild because they forgot to take their daily pills. Khan was forced to push Peterson’s head down and generally push him back. Nevertheless I honestly believe, based on the boxing rules, that Khan deserved the point deductions that came his way, due to the fact that what he was doing was technically illegal.
Watch the fight over again. The only success that Peterson was able to muster was when he had Khan up against the ropes… with his elbow. Now as far as I’m aware, that’s illegal. Peterson was seen doing this countless times in the fight yet got no points deducted. He also measured Khan up for size by putting his left hand in front of Khan’s face and then landing with the right hand, which is again considered illegal. But let’s give credit to the referee who was clearly blind not to realize the obliviousness of Peterson’s actions and too mentally slow to bother to ever call break when Peterson was clinching Khan, not the other way around.
Peterson proved he’s a street fighter, but this was a boxing match. He landed punches by cheating in my opinion. He was able to be aggressive by cheating. He won the fight by cheating. This is a dark day for boxing and I’m sure Khan will come back, take those titles from him and prove that if you’re in the sport to be a boxer, then you have to fight like one. Lamont Peterson. One of the worst unified world champions in the history of boxing.
By Dominic Sauboorah: What a shame. Boxing has really gone down hill. In boxing nowadays a fight is judged based on aggressiveness and determination. Sorry. This isn’t a wrestling match. This isn’t the MMA. This is a boxing match, where punches matter.
I confess that throughout most of the fight IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) took a barrage of punches. Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) however resorted to street fighter tactics in order for him to get his punches off. Peterson, fighting in his own back yard, showed just how much mental strength he actually has. All that hype from his home crowd causing him to go wild to try and win the world titles. He clearly couldn’t hack the pressure.
Constantly in that fight we saw Khan pushing Peterson away, but did Khan have much choice? Peterson constantly went in head first like a complete lunatic who had clearly forgotten that boxing is a sport and a business, not a mental health clinic with the patients going wild because they forgot to take their daily pills. Khan was forced to push Peterson’s head down and generally push him back. Nevertheless I honestly believe, based on the boxing rules, that Khan deserved the point deductions that came his way, due to the fact that what he was doing was technically illegal.
Watch the fight over again. The only success that Peterson was able to muster was when he had Khan up against the ropes… with his elbow. Now as far as I’m aware, that’s illegal. Peterson was seen doing this countless times in the fight yet got no points deducted. He also measured Khan up for size by putting his left hand in front of Khan’s face and then landing with the right hand, which is again considered illegal. But let’s give credit to the referee who was clearly blind not to realize the obliviousness of Peterson’s actions and too mentally slow to bother to ever call break when Peterson was clinching Khan, not the other way around.
Peterson proved he’s a street fighter, but this was a boxing match. He landed punches by cheating in my opinion. He was able to be aggressive by cheating. He won the fight by cheating. This is a dark day for boxing and I’m sure Khan will come back, take those titles from him and prove that if you’re in the sport to be a boxer, then you have to fight like one. Lamont Peterson. One of the worst unified world champions in the history of boxing.
Lamont Peterson exposes Amir Khan, takes his titles, spoils the Mayweather dream fight
By William Mackay: Right about now I can imagine Golden Boy Promotions head honchos are drowning their sorrows in misery after their golden goose former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) lost by a 12 round split decision to challenger Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) at the Convention Center in Washington, DC.
In the height of arrogance by Khan, he wanted to fight Peterson in his home town rather than in a neutral venue like Las Vegas or New York. The crowd applause seemed to really help gather the energy for Peterson during times where Khan was starting to do well and pull away. The fight outcome was incredibly close going into the 12th, but Khan made the mistake of pushing Peterson after having been warned by the referee before the round started, which cost him a point deduction at a terrible time. Earlier in the fight, Khan also lost a point for giving Peterson a shove in the 7th.
Both point deductions were well deserved, as Khan got away with an awful lot of fouling tonight. While Peterson was fighting a squeaky clean fight, Khan was using a variety of illegal tactics to try and get an advantage such as holding, shoving down on Peterson’s head, putting him in constant headlocks and giving him hard shoves when he was coming inside to fight. Truth be told, the referee probably could have taken off even more points and he’d have been in the right.
Khan didn’t know how to make adjustments in the heat of the battle and gave away a lot of rounds that he may have been able to win if he could have made adjustments on his own instead of waiting until the rounds ended. You could see how his trainer Freddie Roach was helping Khan a lot by giving him great advice in between rounds, which Khan to his credit was superb at following. The difference here is that Peterson was making adjustments to Roach’s instructions and Khan was left still following the outdated plan.
The better part of the second half of the fight saw Khan running constantly and looking tired. It was like watching a replay of Khan’s fight against Marcos Maidana. Like in that fight, Khan started off with an incredible amount of nervous energy in the first two rounds in which he showed some amazing hand speed. But Khan couldn’t keep up the pace and when Peterson started to time him and land hard shots in the 3rd and 4th, Khan, following Roach’s instructions, abandoned trying to slug with Peterson and started running.
Peterson really did an impressive job of quickly cutting off the ring to force Khan to fight in the second half. Khan’s running gave Peterson problems in 6th and 7th. However, Peterson’s trainer had him almost running after Khan and Peterson was able to neutralize Khan’s movement with that new tactic. It’s a credit to Peterson that he was athletic enough to catch up to Khan so easily because a lot of fighters would have had trouble cutting off the ring with Khan galloping around in circles like a horse that wanted no part of the action.
With this loss it’s going to be all but impossible for Golden Boy Promotions to justify a Khan-Mayweather fight in 2012. Oscar De La Hoya had been talking about wanting to match Khan against Mayweather in May of next year, but he can forget that. De La Hoya also can forget about Khan being the No.1 Pound for Pound fighter in boxing, which was another of De La Hoya’s misguided dreams. I suppose he could have tried to make a case for that to happen if he had continued to match Khan against soft opposition but it would have made De La Hoya look silly if all they wanted to do is match Khan against beatable fighters.
By William Mackay: Right about now I can imagine Golden Boy Promotions head honchos are drowning their sorrows in misery after their golden goose former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) lost by a 12 round split decision to challenger Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) at the Convention Center in Washington, DC.
In the height of arrogance by Khan, he wanted to fight Peterson in his home town rather than in a neutral venue like Las Vegas or New York. The crowd applause seemed to really help gather the energy for Peterson during times where Khan was starting to do well and pull away. The fight outcome was incredibly close going into the 12th, but Khan made the mistake of pushing Peterson after having been warned by the referee before the round started, which cost him a point deduction at a terrible time. Earlier in the fight, Khan also lost a point for giving Peterson a shove in the 7th.
Both point deductions were well deserved, as Khan got away with an awful lot of fouling tonight. While Peterson was fighting a squeaky clean fight, Khan was using a variety of illegal tactics to try and get an advantage such as holding, shoving down on Peterson’s head, putting him in constant headlocks and giving him hard shoves when he was coming inside to fight. Truth be told, the referee probably could have taken off even more points and he’d have been in the right.
Khan didn’t know how to make adjustments in the heat of the battle and gave away a lot of rounds that he may have been able to win if he could have made adjustments on his own instead of waiting until the rounds ended. You could see how his trainer Freddie Roach was helping Khan a lot by giving him great advice in between rounds, which Khan to his credit was superb at following. The difference here is that Peterson was making adjustments to Roach’s instructions and Khan was left still following the outdated plan.
The better part of the second half of the fight saw Khan running constantly and looking tired. It was like watching a replay of Khan’s fight against Marcos Maidana. Like in that fight, Khan started off with an incredible amount of nervous energy in the first two rounds in which he showed some amazing hand speed. But Khan couldn’t keep up the pace and when Peterson started to time him and land hard shots in the 3rd and 4th, Khan, following Roach’s instructions, abandoned trying to slug with Peterson and started running.
Peterson really did an impressive job of quickly cutting off the ring to force Khan to fight in the second half. Khan’s running gave Peterson problems in 6th and 7th. However, Peterson’s trainer had him almost running after Khan and Peterson was able to neutralize Khan’s movement with that new tactic. It’s a credit to Peterson that he was athletic enough to catch up to Khan so easily because a lot of fighters would have had trouble cutting off the ring with Khan galloping around in circles like a horse that wanted no part of the action.
With this loss it’s going to be all but impossible for Golden Boy Promotions to justify a Khan-Mayweather fight in 2012. Oscar De La Hoya had been talking about wanting to match Khan against Mayweather in May of next year, but he can forget that. De La Hoya also can forget about Khan being the No.1 Pound for Pound fighter in boxing, which was another of De La Hoya’s misguided dreams. I suppose he could have tried to make a case for that to happen if he had continued to match Khan against soft opposition but it would have made De La Hoya look silly if all they wanted to do is match Khan against beatable fighters.