Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson

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]

Capital Showdown
Date10 December 2011
Venue Convention Center, Washington D.C.
Title(s) on the lineWBA/IBF Light Welterweight Championships
Tale of the tape
Boxer Amir Khan Lamont Peterson
Nickname King Khan Havoc
Hometown Bolton, Greater Manchester Washington, District of Columbia
Pre-fight record 26–1 (18 KO) 29–1-1 (15 KO)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 139 lb (63 kg) 140 lb (64 kg)
Style orthodox orthodox
Recognition WBA/IBF
Light Welterweight Champion		 IBF
No. 1 Ranked Light Welterweight
WBA
No. 12 Ranked Light Welterweight
Result
Peterson defeats Khan via split decision

Build-up

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.

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 on the two scorecards that favored Peterson.[4]

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 to 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 rumors, 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 drugs test, testing positive for a banned substance thought to be synthetic testosterone,[9][10] and the rematch has since been called off.

Main card

Televised

Untelevised
  • Light Welterweight bout: Anthony Peterson vs. Daniel Attah
    • Peterson defeats Attah via unanimous decision.
  • Super Middleweight bout: Fernando Guerrero vs. Robert Kliewer
    • Guerrero defeats Kliewer by TKO at 0:45 of round 5.
  • Lightweight bout: Jamie Kavanagh vs. Ramesis Gil
    • Fight ends in a majority decision.
  • Welterweight bout: Dusty Harrison vs. Terrell Davis
    • Harrison defeats Davis by KO of round 1.
  • Light Heavyweight bout: Thomas Williams Jr. vs. Reynaldo Rodriguez
    • Lightweight bout: Terron Grant vs. Dashawn Autry
      • Grant defeats Autry by KO of round 1.
    • Lightweight bout: Joshua Davis vs. Christopher Russell
      • Davis defeats Russell via unanimous decision.

    International broadcasting
    Country Broadcaster
     AustraliaMain Event
     Czech RepublicSport 1
     FranceCanal+
     HungarySport 2
     IndonesiatvOne
     ItalySportitalia
     MalaysiaAstro
     New ZealandSky
     PakistanGeo TV
     PhilippinesAKTV
     PolandPolsat Sport
     PortugalSport TV
     RomaniaSport.ro
     QatarAl Jazeera Sports
     RussiaNTV Plus
     South AfricaSuperSport
     United KingdomSky Sports
     United StatesHBO

    References
    1. BoxRec Boxing Records. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
    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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    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.
    Preceded by
    vs. Zab Judah    		 Amir Khan's bouts
    17 September 2011    		 Succeeded by
    vs. Danny Garcia
    Preceded by
    vs. Victor Manuel Cayo    		 Lamont Peterson's bouts
    10 December 2011    		 Succeeded by
    vs. Kendall Holt
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