Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson

Last updated
Capital Showdown
Khan vs peterson poster medium.jpg
Date10 December 2011
Venue Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
Title(s) on the line WBA and IBF Light Welterweight championships
Tale of the tape
Boxer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Amir Khan Flag of the United States.svg Lamont Peterson
Nickname "King Khan" "Havoc"
Hometown Bolton, Greater Manchester Washington, District of Columbia
Purse $1,100,000 $650,000
Pre-fight record 26–1 (18 KO) 29–1–1 (15 KO)
Age 25 years 27 years, 10 months
Height5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (174 cm) 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 139 lb (63 kg) 140 lb (64 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA and IBF
Light Welterweight Champion
The Ring
No. 1 Ranked Light Welterweight		 IBF
No. 1 Ranked Light Welterweight
WBA
No. 12 Ranked Light Welterweight
The Ring
No. 6 Ranked Light Welterweight
Result
Peterson defeats Khan via split decision

Amir Khan vs Lamont Peterson , billed as Capital Showdown, was a boxing match for Khan's WBA (Super) & IBF light welterweight titles. [1] [2] The fight took place in the Convention Center in Washington, D.C., United States, on 10 December 2011. Khan was making the first defense of his IBF belt against his mandatory challenger. [3]

Contents

Background

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer announced in a conference in London to officially kick off "Capital Showdown: Khan vs. Peterson".

The tour touts an HBO-televised bout featuring WBA (Super) & IBF light welterweight champion Amir Khan of Bolton, England, in the first defense of his IBF belt against mandatory challenger Lamont Peterson of Washington, D.C., which was slated for December 10 in Peterson's home town.

Khan had won eight consecutive fights, four of them by knockout. Peterson won an IBF eliminator with a 12th-round stoppage of Victor Cayo (26-2, 18 KOs) in July, earning the organization's No. 1 contender status and the right to challenge Khan.

The fight

The fight was fought in front of a packed house at the Convention Center, with an announced audience of 8,647. After an extremely close, evenly matched fight for 12 rounds, the heavily pro-Peterson crowd was thrilled by the split decision announced in Peterson's favor. Khan scored a knockdown in the first round, but was penalized twice by referee Joe Cooper, once for excessive shoving with the forearm and later for hitting on the break. The points proved to be the difference between the two scorecards that favored Peterson. [4]

HBO's unofficial scorer Harold Lederman had Khan the winner 113–112 while ESPN had it 114–111 for Khan.

Aftermath

Controversy

After the bout Khan, complained about the referee [5] and made accusations of impropriety that the judges' scorecards had been "interfered with" [6] by a man at ringside who celebrated with Peterson after the decision. This man was later identified as Mustafa Ameen, a figure affiliated with the IBF but who had no apparent reason to be involved. Khan's camp launched an appeal with the IBF in December, principally on the grounds of "miscalculation of the scoring," and "inappropriate conduct by officials" and in January 2012, after reviewing the evidence, the WBA ordered a rematch. [7]

Despite rumours, on 3 March 2012, the WBA did not reinstate Khan as the WBA Super Light-welterweight Champion. [8]

However, on 8 May 2012, it emerged that Peterson failed a drug test, testing positive for a banned substance thought to be synthetic testosterone. [9] [10] The Nevada Athletic Commission denied Peterson a licence to box, and the fight was cancelled. The WBA reinstated Khan as champion, although the IBF did not. [11] [12]

Main card

Confirmed bouts: [13]

Televised

Untelevised

International broadcasting

CountryBroadcaster
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Main Event
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Sport 1
Flag of France.svg  France Canal+
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Sport 2
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia tvOne
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Sportitalia
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Astro
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sky
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Geo TV
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines AKTV
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Polsat Sport
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Sport TV
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Sport.ro
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Al Jazeera Sports
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia NTV Plus
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa SuperSport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Sky Sports
Flag of the United States.svg  United States HBO

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References

  1. ↑ "Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Rosenthal, Michael (September 16, 2011). "Khan-Peterson a likely done deal; Washington D.C. a possible site". Ring TV. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
  3. ↑ Mackay, William (September 29, 2011). "Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson to take place in Washington, DC, says Schaefer". Boxing News 24. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Stiff Jab — Lamont Peterson Shocks Amir Khan, Brings Pride Back to DC". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  5. ↑ "Khan stunned by Peterson defeat". BBC News.
  6. ↑ "Khan alleges ringside wrongdoing". BBC News.
  7. ↑ "Khan gives WBA rematch 'reasons'". BBC News.
  8. ↑ "WBA Returns Title to Amir Khan in a Strange Manuever?".
  9. ↑ Davies, Gareth (8 May 2012). "Amir Khan's rematch with Lamont Peterson thrown into doubt after American tests positive for banned substance". The Daily Telegraph . London. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  10. ↑ "Peterson tests positive for banned substance". 8 May 2012.
  11. ↑ Gene Wang (9 May 2012). "Lamont Peterson-Amir Khan rematch is canceled after Peterson is denied license in light of failed drug test". The Washington Post . Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  12. ↑ Gene Wang (10 August 2012). "Lamont Peterson retains IBF title despite failed drug test, is ordered to fight Zab Judah". The Washington Post . Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "BoxRec - event".
Preceded by Amir Khan's bouts
17 September 2011		Succeeded by
Preceded by
vs. Victor Manuel Cayo
 Lamont Peterson's bouts
10 December 2011		Succeeded by
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