Comments Thread For: Video: Freddie Roach's Take on Khan's Loss To Peterson

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Bill Emes catches up with Freddie Roach, trainer of Amir Khan, to discuss his boxer's loss to Lamont Peterson, what went wrong in the fight, the referee and more. [Click Here To Read More]

[treason1]

khan got jobbed !!!!!!!!

[JimmyMcNulty]

Don't use the referee as an excuse.

The gameplan coupled with Khan's ****** mentality brought the loss, the ref was doing his job, Khan was warned enough.

[voneric]

NO Warnings???? When Roach Replays the Fight today he will see there were Plenty of Warnings from the Ref and that the KnockDown Khan got in the first was nothing more than a slip. So all the GUys complaining about the Ref should take another Look at that 10/8 1st round for Khan and Explain how there was Knockdown because it looked like their Legs got Tangled

[BoZz]

why are they always looking for excuses..roach,ariza etc...be a man and admit that he lost to a better fighter and that's it....

[tusc1976]

scores were 113-112 (twice) for Peterson, overruling a 114-111 card in Khan's favor. I scoredd it 113-112 for Khan. Had there been no point deductions, Khan would have retained his titles by unanimous decision. As distracting as the referee's wretched performance was, it should not detract from the fight, ...or Peterson's performance, one of the year's most inspirational. Credit for Peterson for having the heart and will of a champion by not quitting but it wasn't enough to beat Khan since he wasn't more aggressive when he needed to be..
The ref never gave a hard warning by letting the fighter know he was going to deduct a point which is something he should've done. Peterson didn't "beat" Khan...the referee did!
Peterson said afterwards he would give Khan a rematch and I believe him!
I hope it happens because it was a close and great fight!

[Nonitard]

Mayor Marion Barry on crack would have been a better referee, but i gotta give Peterson credit. It was a good fight, of course the idiots will jump on Khan, but he deserves credit for taking a fight in Peterson's hometown

[Money_May]

NO Warnings???? When Roach Replays the Fight today he will see there were Plenty of Warnings from the Ref and that the KnockDown Khan got in the first was nothing more than a slip. So all the GUys complaining about the Ref should take another Look at that 10/8 1st round for Khan and Explain how there was Knockdown because it looked like their Legs got Tangled

Do you know what a warning is? whispering in a fighters ear while hes fighting is not a warning. He should stopped the action and told Khan thats your final warning and at no point did he do that!

[marvin douglas]

Khan was warned plenty of times and there was no knock down in the first round, both were slips.

The ref was great. He could have taken more points from Khan for constant holding.

[frosty-g]

i don't get this at all- in what way was the referee terrible?
khan was holding/pushing/pulling down/refusing to break at every opportunity. the referee correctly warned him repeatedly- in fact i thought he was letting him get away with it for far too long- and then ended up taking a point.
when khan arrogantly still didn't get the message and kept on, before finally being forced to break by the referee and then hitting peterson whilst the referee was between them, well another point is fair enough.

i was just glad to see that although khan believed he was acting with total impunity, that he was dealt with fairly by having points taking away at appropriate moments in the fight.

i doubt khan would have gotten through the fight if he hadn't spoiled so much, but that's another theme.