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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 35343719)

Lamont Peterson hats off to you. Charging forward like a bull, well deserved :tu: Amir Khan couldn't deal with it, couldn't force the pendulum in his favour, not properly anyway he ended up losing points. That said the both of them showed real stamina, really good fight.. well worth staying up for

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oh and the ref was a... can't say probably get banned

Be nice to have a re-match though sometime in the future.

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 35343719)

Hats of indeed, knew he'd do it, got the same feeling about Eubank all those years ago against Benn, a genuine boxing tale of rags to riches.

I personally think the ref got it right, Kahn was fouling all the way through the fight. Kahn needed this type of fight, he was starting to believe his own hype just like Tyson did. Mayweather would have destroyed him.

Khan will be the P4P king, I don't have doubts about that. The problem as said above is he think's he's just gonna cruise to the top and get decisions everywhere he goes because he is the main attraction. Khan had the fight after the first round.. He then stepped off the gas and allowed Peterson to throw punches.

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Thomas 'Hitman' Hearns, the first man to win titles in four divisions, tops a list of 13 people elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Hearns, who won five titles altogether, compiled a 155-8 amateur record and was 61-5-1 with 48 knockouts as a pro.

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Also selected to the Hall of Fame were: Mark Johnson, a two-division champion; ring announcer Michael Buffer; trainer Freddie Roach; broadcaster Al Bernstein; and American journalist Michael Katz.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/16154569.stm

This is a joke, Not defending David Haye but he is easily better than the 3 current Heavyweight's looking at the Klit's brothers.

Chisora wouldn't last a round in the ring with Haye let alone 12 with Vitali. Vitali knows this and has set himself up some easy fight right here.

Haye has already blown away Mormeck, Enough said.

Heavyweight boxing is in a very dismal place right now.

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Heavyweight boxing is in a very dismal place right now.

Of that there is no doubt.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/box...cumentary.html

Just been looking at Jeff Powell's pound for pound world and british top 10 boxers and what are your opinions on it do you agree with his opinions or do you have your own opinions on it or your own lists.

Pound-for-pound ratings

WORLD POUND-FOR-POUND TOP 10
No 1 MANNY PACQUIAO
Born: 17/12/1978
Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines
Current titles: WBO welterweight world champion
Jeff's verdict: Still the best despite almost coming undone his his third installment with Marquez.

No 2 FLOYD MAYWEATHER JNR
Born: 24/02/1977
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Current titles: None
Jeff's verdict: Hates being second best.

No 3 SERGIO MARTINEZ
Born: 21/02/1975
Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Current titles: WBC Diamond and Ring World middleweight champion
Jeff's verdict: Showed his class to dispatch Darren Barker recently.

No 4 JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
Born: 23/08/1973
Mexico City, Distrito Federal
Current titles: WBA, WBO and The Ring lightweight world champion
Jeff's verdict: Classic Mexican warrior who took Manny to the wire in another epic contest.

No 5 NONITO DONAIRE
Born: 16/11/1982
Talibon, Bohol, Philippines
Current titles: WBC and WBO bantamweight champion
Jeff's verdict: The next Pacquiao.

No 6 WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO
Born: 25/03/1976
Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan
Current titles: IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA heavyweight champion
Jeff's verdict: Longest reigning champion, completely commanded Haye in a one-sided fight in Germany.

No 6 VITALI KLITSCHKO
Born: 19/07/1971
Belovodsk, Kirghiz SSR (now Kyrgyzstan)
Current titles: WBC Heavyweight champion
Jeff's verdict: It is now time Vitali gets the recognition he deserves

No 8 CARL FROCH
Born: 02/07/1977
Nottingham, England
Current titles: WBC super middleweight
Jeff's verdict: Fantastic run against five consecutive world class opponents.

No 9 ANDRE WARD
Born: 23/02/1984
Oakland, California, USA
Current titles: WBA world super middleweight champion
Jeff's verdict: Super-slick Olympic gold medallist but come on Carl.

No 10 BERNARD HOPKINS
Born: 15/01/1965
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Current titles: WBC and The Ring Light Heavyweight champion.
Jeff's verdict: The 4Os phenomenon.

BRITISH POUND-FOR-POUND TOP 10No 1 CARL FROCH
Born: 02/07/1977
Nottingham, England
Current titles: WBC super middleweight
Jeff's verdict: Super Six final awaits the Nottingham Cobra.

No 2 AMIR KHAN
Born: 08/12/1986
Bolton, England
Current titles: None
Jeff's verdict: Mugged in Washington and will want revenge against Peterson next March.

No 3 NATHAN CLEVERLY
Born: 17/02/1987
Caerphilly, Wales
Current titles: WBO light heavyweight world champion
Jeff's verdict: Thinking man's world champion.

No 4 RICKY BURNS
Born: 13/04/1983
Bellshill, Scotland
Current titles: WBO world super featherweight
Jeff's verdict: Scotland's finest and exceptional in points win over Katsidis.

No 5 KEVIN MITCHELL
Born: 29/10/1984
Romford, England
Current titles: WBO intercontinental lightweight champion
Jeff's verdict: A focused, dedicated Mitchell is world class.

No 6 KELL BROOK
Born: 03/05/1986
Sheffield, England
Current titles: British welterweight title and the WBO Inter-continental title
Jeff's verdict: Rising as fast as Haye punches.

No 7 DARREN BARKER
Born: 19/05/1982
Barnet, England
Current titles: British and European middleweight champion
Jeff's verdict: Class boxer who almost made Martinez think twice.

No 8 GEORGE GROVES
Born: 26/03/1988
Hammersmith, England
Current titles: Commonwealth and British Super Middleweight
Jeff's verdict: On the up, great win over Smith at Wembley.

No 9 MATTHEW MACKLIN*
Born: 14/05/1982
Birmingham, England
Current titles: None
Jeff's verdict: Just fell short against Felix Sturm in what may be his best world title chance.

No 10 TYSON FURY
Born: 01/06/1988
Manchester, England
Current titles: British and Commonwealth heavyweight

Jeff's verdict: Showed great character to climb off the canvas and stop Neven Pajkic.

*Macklin fights under the Irish flag but was born in Birmingham

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Originally Posted by Kingofthedead4 (Post 35343735)

Just read this and the other posts above it re the Khan Peterson fight and agree with them all. I wanted Khan to win, but leading up to the fight all the talk was about him moving up a weight and taking on the 'top fighters'

Khan not only underestimated Peterson but I think he was blatantly disrespectful leading up to the fight. And as for his comments about how he was robbed, I bet once he sees the fight a few times he will realise he has no case! Peterson bossed a lot of the fight, he held the centre of the ring, kept going after Khan, and landed some big hits.

And Khan's post match comments were poor too. He gave no credit whatsoever to this opponent and carried on about being robbed/mugged by the ref! What an idiot.

One thing is for sure, Pacciao and Mayweather will not be worried about taking him on.

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Jeff Powell's write up of the fight was pretty poor too!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/16234673.stm

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Andre Ward outclassed and outmuscled Nottingham's Carl Froch to win the Super Six super-middleweight tournament in Atlantic City. American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.

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Froch's defeat means British boxers have now lost 10 world title fights out of 12 in 2011.

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John Keane's card seemed to be the most accurate, the English judge scoring it 118-110 to Ward, while John Stewart and Craig Metcalfe scored it 115-113.