Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson teh weigh-in pictures

Amir Khan 139 lbs vs. Lamont Peterson 140 lbs







Seth Mitchell 240.5 lbs vs. Timur Ibragimov 221 lbs







Dec. 10
At Washington, D.C. (HBO): Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson, 12 rounds, for Khan's WBA/IBF junior welterweight title; Seth Mitchell vs. Timur Ibragimov, 10 rounds, heavyweights

Peterson won by Majority decision in a very entertaining fight.

Khan was deducted two points by the ref which ultimately cost him the decision.

Saw the main event from rnd 5 on.

Good scrap, iffy point deductions. Not terrible, no question Khan was pushing, and as Peterson said post fight, holding Lamon'ts head down as well, but they were iffy because a)never a formal warning, b)ref's never take point deductions for pushing. I could more easily forgive b) if a) had taken place. Cause in truth I wish ref's would do more to stop all the excessive holding, head holding etc that goes i the ring, actions which almost always are used to keep a fighter from working on the inside, and I that bothers the heck out of me.

So iffy point deductions, but not terrible, and with a split decision with both of Peterson's cards being by a margin of one point, they were very costly, no question there. (I did not see the knockdown early which was also said to be iffy).

I liked Merchant and Kellerman working together. Old legend, with the heir apparent. I thought they blended very well, and so much better then having Roy Jones in there. Was this the first time they both worked the same fight?

Yeah surprisingly that was the first time Max and Larry were working on a fight together.

Where did Lamps go?

cascade_run wrote:

Where did Lamps go?

He's still there at HBO.