Anyone watching Khan? ()Including result discussion)

Chat here if you are.

Firstly. Haye in the ring i see

Shocking call on 1st knockdown, on another note, Jim Watt is a tube.

Completely called the 2 replays back to front.

Cant watch it tonight - dish is dangling off the side and sky are in tuesday - although i will follow it round by round on one of our papers.

Am watching with interest.

Big round 3 for Peterson

Even in the first two rounds, Khan did take a few. Looked rubbery at times in the third, there. Might be a more interesting fight than I anticipated, though I expect Khan to use that as a wake up call and take control now.

Stuck in work and cant watch it. Anyone wanna give some updates on the action? Sounds like a good fight reading some of the online commentary..

Real good fight.

It's a decent scrap this

Peterson's doing a pretty good job of rolling with a lot of Khan's punches, Khan doing a good job of blocking many of Peterson's. 2-2 in rounds for me after 4, though the knockdown means I've got it 38-37 to Khan.

Was the first a legit knockdown?

Slowed down in the 5th with Khan taking over

Clear 5th for Khan, boxed his head off.

Absolutly, 1st knockdown was more legitimate than the 2nd in my opinion but both should of counted.

Cheers

Sixth for Khan as well - though I wish he'd pack it in with all this 'that didn't hurt me, look at me shaking my head' showboating. Absolutely hate seeing that in professional boxing regardless of who's fighting.

agreed - made the point on another thread - if you arent hurt - focus on what you are doing wrong and not on trying to prove you aren't hurt.

Khan deducted point for pushing... interesting now Khans gonna need to up it big time.

great entertainment, mainly due to Khan taking risks he doesnt have to. this ref is an idiot too, he is focussing on pushing and the head down by Peterson. N

i got this even and the ref is an idiot

Home bias or incompetent?

Eighth wasn't an easy round to score. Gave to Khan but wouldn't argue if someone saw it the other way. All credit to Peterson - never expected him to be winning the exchanges on the inside but his bulldog spirit and strength here are to be admired.

Very, very good fight so far. Hats off to both.

Fight sounds close. Does Khan really have to up it in the second half to make sure hes on the right end of a decision?

Def needs to up it, I have it level atm. But Peterson's aggression could easily swing it for him, though as Im typing Peterson is in a bit of bother.

Better round 9 for Khan

khan doidnt press his advantage there in 9th

Peterson, barring any knockdowns, needs at least two of these last three rounds to stand any chance. Perhaps all of them. Gave the ninth to Khan.

Round ten to Khan as well. Peterson needs a stoppage for me.

No fear of Peterson being given the nod regardless as hes at home Chris?

For me that last round showed the difference in quality of trainers, Hunter telling Peterson to go for jabs which he is getting beat to everytime.
Roach tells Khan go for uppercutm works a treat.

khan up by 2 with 2 left for me

paperbag_puncher wrote:No fear of Peterson being given the nod regardless as hes at home Chris?

Well, Khan clearly won the elventh as well. Would be a shocker if Peterson got it, even if he wins the last round - barring a desperate rally resulting in a stoppage, of course!

Khan deducted another point in 12th, could be HUGE

the ref is literally an idiot

Have to make that a 9-9 round in the twelfth, Khan was clearly on top for the most part.

thats 3 points lost in this fight - is that legit point taken?

So close, Khan needs to learn how to defend without spoiling.

88Chris05 wrote:

paperbag_puncher wrote:No fear of Peterson being given the nod regardless as hes at home Chris?

Well, Khan clearly won the elventh as well. Would be a shocker if Peterson got it, even if he wins the last round - barring a desperate rally resulting in a stoppage, of course!

Wouldn't say he clearly won it at all

Got to be honest, I've still got Khan comfortably up...We'll see...

I only partially agree, Khan was warned on numerous occassions, so deserved his deductions, but think could argue Peterson could have had a point deducted at some point...

Khan looks surprisingly relaxed though for a fight that I think should be a draw.

alanqlm wrote:I only partially agree, Khan was warned on numerous occassions, so deserved his deductions, but think could argue Peterson could have had a point deducted at some point...

Khan looks surprisingly relaxed though for a fight that I think should be a draw.

Would love to see a draw and a rematch

Awaiting the decision. Khan 114-111 for me barring any errors in my maths.

Delay! What's going on?

Anybody else find it fascinating that in such a close fight the fighters demeanours are soo different, Khan looks confident and relaxed whereas Peterson looks resigned to defeat.

Might be a good indicator of how they themselves thought the fight went.

Win for Peterson

Points deductions in last cost him, unbelievable.....

Btw should maybe stick a spoiler warning on the thread title.

Bloody Hell

Peterson by split decision! What a shock!

Will get it out the way - I disagree. As I said above, had it 114-111 to Khan. He'll be kicking himself all the way back to England after those point deductions.

But still, congratulations to Peterson. Superb heart and grit. I imagine there'll be an instant rematch.

Khan can definitely have a claim the ref cost him slightly cause should of had another knockdown in the 1st round which would of meant he kept his titles.