Khan questions 'unidentified man'

Fri, 06 Jan 00:03:00 2012

Boxer Amir Khan has accused an unidentified man of "interfering" with the judges' scorecards during his controversial defeat by Lamont Peterson in Washington.

Amir Khan departs the ring after losing to Lamont Peterson WBA in their super lightweight and IBF Junior welterweight title fight in Washington, December 11, 2011 - 0

Khan, who lost his WBA super-lightweight and IBF light-welterweight titles to Peterson, posted a number of messages on his Twitter account and highlighted footage from last month's fight as he questioned the appearance of a man at ringside.

"The truth is finally coming out slowly but surely ... if I lost fair and square then fair enough I've lost n I move on, but does it really take over 10 minutes from the final bell to decide who's won?" Khan said on Twitter.

Following the bout on December 10, there was confusion and an unusually long delay of about 10 minutes in announcing the majority decision in Peterson's favour.

"I'm angry as I want the rematch next to put things straight but it doesn't look like he wants it ... watch the fight from 9.10 seconds of this video there is a guy wearing a grey suit with a blue shirt wearing a hat," Khan said.

In the footage, a man can be seen next to WBA supervisor, Michael Welsh. He then appears to reach across in front of him.

Khan's camp said it was at this point when the man interfered with the scorecards.

"Who is this guy?" Khan asked on the social networking site.

"What was he doing? Will be interesting to see if we get our answer.

"I want Michael Welsh to speak out about what was going on. It's only right and fair to do so. I knew there was something dodgy with the scoring.

"This time in round 11 he's seen here clearly picking up a yellow judges slip.. Strictly against the rules."

Last month Khan said he was unhappy with the performance of referee Joe Cooper, who deducted Khan two points for pushing.

Khan's camp had already lodged an appeal against the result of the fight and a decision is expected later this month.

The IBF declined to comment until after the appeal hearing on January 18.

Reuters

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  1. Khan and his team and the paying boxing fans have every­ right to question who this mystery man was and what his­ business in the fight. The fact that there are people­ who doesn't like Khan has no relevance at this­ point. What is relevent is whether or not the paying­ public was cheated by some unsportsman like activity­ outside the ring. Until we get some satisfactory­ answers Peterson cannot call himself a true Champion! ­ If there is some unsavoury activity both boxing boies­ should order an immediate rematch to settle the score­ in the ring!!

    From P, on Mon 9 Jan 7:09

  2. amir khan is a cry baby and the sorest loser in any­ sport. he is fast becoming an embarrassment to his fans­ and the sport of boxing/.chisora suffered a far more­ dreadful decision than khan did but he took it like a­ man and is still not bleating about it/ .the decision­ against khan was not even a bad one so why doesnt grow­ up and stop being a cry baby

    From Alan, on Sat 7 Jan 21:57

  3. wheres my tweet from yeserday boo

    From michael, on Sat 7 Jan 17:39

  4. @ Pat: Yeah, Ricky was hard done by, twice, by those­ sleazy Yanks. It was highway robbery. Lol

    Just­ heard on ESPN that a WBA vice president called for a­ rematch in his "personal opinion." The WBA­ apparently can't identify the 'unidentified­ man.' Peterson was up for a rematch all along and­ said so publicly in the ring right after the decision­ was announced. Khan wants to invalidate the decision­ though. He'll get his rematch. But before that­ happens, Oscar de la Hoya reportedly wants Khan to­ fight Prescott again in England. Prescott is up for­ it.

    From Tom, on Sat 7 Jan 5:57

  5. stop squabbling and just have a rematch.

    From celeb p, on Sat 7 Jan 5:44

  6. Kahn is a cry baby.

    From JasonVoorhees, on Sat 7 Jan 5:42

  7. ..@tom..what about poor old Ricky Hatton..he was robbed­ twice in the US..lol

    From Pat, on Sat 7 Jan 5:40

  8. win some loose sum

    From HUNTER, on Sat 7 Jan 5:31
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    Been through the forum again and you can see that the­ yanks are upset with our comment, voting against any­ body that says bad things about that fight that might­ be right, Yes he was fiddled, and again any British­ boxer that fights in America will not stand a chance­ unless he can knock them out.

    From William P, on Sat 7 Jan 5:25

  10. He got beat ....... end of .....

    From Interested observer, on Sat 7 Jan 5:23

  11. money rules ok in all walk of life

    From Patricia, on Sat 7 Jan 5:21

  12. Bad Looser.

    From ALI, on Sat 7 Jan 5:19

  13. Khan lost cause he was pushing & he got 2 points­ deducted end of stop pushing & throw punches in the­ future. And maybe the guy stood by the judges was just­ the go between who tells the ref the scores

    From Andrew, on Sat 7 Jan 5:16
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    khan is the best fighter he is won the fight.. ther are­ some mafia on the judge.. @#$% hell

    From Dockings, on Sat 7 Jan 5:16

  15. Yeah.... Who is that Guy?, all the Judges seemed to­ know him too - Looks like a bit of a Fiddle was going­ on, hope the Truth comes out... but somehow, I Doubt­ it!

    From IGOR, on Sat 7 Jan 5:12

  16. Further to my last, if you get a chance to watch the­ Khan v Limond fight, you will see Khans manager send­ one of "his boys" round to limonds corner­ after Khan has been put down and have a word, the fight­ goes Khans way from then on, up till that point he was­ out boxed and losing by a mile, would surely have been­ stopped or knocked out otherwise. Stopped watching­ boxing at pro level from that day.

    From shane66aus, on Sat 7 Jan 5:05

  17. KHAN LOST THE FIGHT, SIMPLE .
    have a rematch peterson­ will still win because he is a truefighter not a pumped­ up p rat.

    From Alan, on Sat 7 Jan 5:04
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    That guy is a mobster, he has links with the underworld­ and they fixed the fight !!! Simple as !!! Lamont­ Peterson's manager/coach is also a gangster, when­ you know powerful people you can do control anything­ !!!

    From GEE, on Sat 7 Jan 4:58

  19. I take it this is,nt the same strange man that was sent­ to Willy Limonds corner to "have a word" when­ khan got decked!!, too much corruption in boxing and­ people with too much invested in khan.

    From shane66aus, on Sat 7 Jan 4:57

  20. khan lost and thats it get over it and stop pouting ..­ and try harder next time

    From Gary, on Sat 7 Jan 4:56
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