Former champion Amir Khan didn?t expect to go into Washington, D.C. and lose his WBA and IBF titles last night to hometown favorite Lamont Peterson but that?s exactly what happened.
In front of over 12,000 spectators at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Peterson would turn the tables on the roughly 7-1 odds placed against him as he overcame a first-round knockdown and simply took the fight straight to Khan for twelve entertaining rounds. While Khan had his best success moving and landing flurries, it was Peterson?s dogged attack that led him to a split-decision victory by two scores of 113-112 in his favor and a 115-110 tally against him.
Khan had a lot of momentum heading into the fight, including a July knockout over Zab Judah and an eight-fight winning streak.
The British star had shown interest in a move up to the welterweight division immediately after the Peterson fight, specifically calling for a clash with Floyd Mayweather Jr., but those wishes are now up in smoke.
