Boxing Thread

everymanaman · December 04, 2011, 09:58:34 AM

Report on fight
http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2011/1204/cottom.html

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The Claw · December 11, 2011, 04:39:50 AM

This Kahn Peterson fight is a good one so far. Kahn the faster but Peterson definitely troubling him with some big shots.

The Claw · December 11, 2011, 05:03:33 AM

I think Peterson might have edged this now with the deducted points

The Claw · December 11, 2011, 05:12:45 AM

Peterson wins!!! Wow. Amazing amazing fight. Got to hand it to Peterson. Kahn just didn't have the power to stop Peterson coming and coming. Points deductions will be talked about but they were justified, the ref warned him numerous times. Kahn also has terrible timing for his punches, he doesn't wait for an opportunity to throw the combinations, just throws them willy nilly.

The Claw · December 11, 2011, 05:17:29 AM

Kahn is such a d1ck. Blaming the ref and the fact that it was in DC. Can't face that he lost the fight fair and square. This is why he hasn't been the draw he could have been over the last while.

Captain Obvious · December 11, 2011, 05:25:58 AM

Quote from: The Claw on December 11, 2011, 05:17:29 AM
Kahn is such a d1ck. Blaming the ref and the fact that it was in DC. Can't face that he lost the fight fair and square. This is why he hasn't been the draw he could have been over the last while.

He took that defeat well, simply not as good as he think's he is.

The Claw · December 11, 2011, 06:04:40 AM

Quote from: Captain Obvious on December 11, 2011, 05:25:58 AM
Quote from: The Claw on December 11, 2011, 05:17:29 AM
Kahn is such a d1ck. Blaming the ref and the fact that it was in DC. Can't face that he lost the fight fair and square. This is why he hasn't been the draw he could have been over the last while.

He took that defeat well, simply not as good as he think's he is.

How did he take the defeat well? He said it was like fighting two people in the ring and that he was the "clean fighter". Blamed Peterson for coming in with his head. Never once admitted that he was outfought.

Captain Obvious · December 11, 2011, 07:09:08 AM

Quote from: The Claw on December 11, 2011, 06:04:40 AM
Quote from: Captain Obvious on December 11, 2011, 05:25:58 AM
Quote from: The Claw on December 11, 2011, 05:17:29 AM
Kahn is such a d1ck. Blaming the ref and the fact that it was in DC. Can't face that he lost the fight fair and square. This is why he hasn't been the draw he could have been over the last while.

He took that defeat well, simply not as good as he think's he is.
How did he take the defeat well? He said it was like fighting two people in the ring and that he was the "clean fighter". Blamed Peterson for coming in with his head. Never once admitted that he was outfought.

I need to work on my sarcasm.

ONeill · December 11, 2011, 08:05:17 AM

Didn't think he was outfought. The 2 deducted points lost him the fight. He'd have retained his belt only for the loss of that point with a minute to go. I thought they won 6 rounds each.

bridgegael · December 11, 2011, 08:17:42 AM

never saw the fight, but khan is nowhere near as good as he is hyped up to be. talk of him fighting pbf next year, wouldnt last three rounds.

any word on ricky hatton making a comeback next year? should get his licence if true.

Groucho · December 11, 2011, 10:43:50 AM

Amir Khan.....no he can't

I'll just get my coat....

AZOffaly · December 11, 2011, 10:51:00 AM

Just paid £10 for 'legends of boxing' which is basically a 4 DVD set from ESPN which counts down the top 10 heavyweights in Bert Sugar's opinion. Also includes the entire Thrilla in Manila and the Rumble in the Jungle as well as extensive highlights of fights from Holmes, Frazier and Marciano. Great watch. Some belts and some fights back then.

Armaghgeddon · December 11, 2011, 11:14:07 AM

Dissapointed he wasn't knocked out. He fights boxers that are past it and then there are 1 or 2 not so good young boxers thrown in for good measure.

bridgegael · December 11, 2011, 11:42:10 AM

its funny watchin him and his crew callin for a rematch after the way they behaved after mccloskey fight.

Atticus_Finch · December 11, 2011, 12:50:09 PM

I'm not going to lie, I thoroughly enjoyed that fight.

In the end up the points deductions swung a fight that was in the balance - but i don't think that should take anything away from Lamont Peterson's performance. He dug deep and overall he landed the big eye catching blows.

Khan has been getting away with elbows, holding and pushing for years. It was nice to see him get his comeuppance for a change. I think the deductions for the pushes was slightly harsh but when you don't look at them in isolation and also take into account the constant holding of arms, suppressing of Peterson's heads and occasional leads with the elbows ... then i don't think Khan has any grounds for complaints.

He completely overlooked Peterson coming into the fight and there was more pre-fight talk about him moving up a weight and fighting the likes of Mayweather than there was about Peterson.

Fair play to Khan for fighting Peterson in his backyard but if he wants to be considered along with the elite of boxing than that shouldn't have proved much of an obstacle for him.

If Khan had fought the right fight - he would have won and during the first couple of rounds I thought that the fight would go as expected. Khan's speed just seemed to overwhelm Peterson. When i'd heard that Peterson had put on a stone between the weigh in and the fight there was always going to be a chance that it would backfire. The body has to adapt to taking on that much weight in short a space of time and could make you sluggish. But Peterson seemed to find his feet in the third round and the weight advantage ultimately paid off as although in terms of volume of punches landed Peterson wasn't going to overheat and blow the compubox system .... the punches he did land had a bit of venom in them and were crucially eye catching.

I was surprised how often and easily Khan was caught with the uppercut. If the rematch goes ahead you'd imagine that will be the first port of call that Roach will go to work on.

Credit to Khan for his punch resistance, he shipped some heavy hits and although he employed a few cute manoeuvres to try keep him out of danger during those moments that danger was approaching, I don't think he was ever going to get stopped.

Very interesting to see where he goes from here - does he still go ahead with the move to welterweight or not.

This was Khan's first fight back on sky and at one stage this year I thought Khan and Sky would never reforge a working relationship. Luckily for Khan, UK boxing coverage is as fragmented as the sanctioning bodies that govern it. If you want to follow boxing properly and fully - you'll need to have a sky sports subscription, a box nation subscription and pay for the primetime pay per view shows.

Therefore those three different groups are going to be vying for any high profile fight that comes there way - Khan's return to Sky has a lot to do with the emergence of box nation rather than Sky needing him. Now that he has lost on his return - it'll be interesting to see if that relationship is maintained, a lot of it will have to do with box nation's chances of success (that's a post for another day).

I'll finish with this - Khan once again showed himself to be a classless p***k in the aftermath of the fight - how he has ended up on the nominees for sports personality of the year is an absolute disgrace, i don't know what he has done to merit it. He's lucky that Peterson seems a lot more magnanimous in victory than Khan was when he defeated Paul McCloskey after a controversial techincal decision.

I feel sorry for Carl Froch who surely deserves to be the boxing representative on that list for SPOTY - unfortunately for Froch, Ward's injury mean't that the fight was moved from October to next weekend. If Froch had fought and won in October then he'd be on that list and a worthy presence on that list. He's never been molly coddled in his career, he's in a tough division and has never shied away from anyone ... also he seems to be a down to earth bloke.