Amir Khan’s Conspiracy Theory: The Man In The Hat
by Waldo Rastel on Jan 6, 2012 1:34 AM EST
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Amir Khan is still whining about his loss to Lamont Peterson but he has a theory about it now. In a series of pictures that Amir Khan posted on Lockerz, Amir Khan shows the story of the mysterious guy down in front. The guy is right next to Michael Walsh the WBA supervisor and judges panel in the first couple of shots and it seems that the guy is having a conversation with the judges. In the series of pictures, several times this mysterious guy is seen talking with the judges and Michael Walsh or even pointing to something on the scorecards. The mysterious guy does this several times during the fight even picking up one of the judges scorecards during the fight. Amir Khan open asks if anyone knows whom this guy is and what is he doing. The majority of the photos seem to be taken from rounds 6, 7, and 11.
The guy clearly seems to be doing something strange and Khan might be right in publicly questioning what is happening. So I looked into the WBA official rules to see if there is a possible explanation for these events. It may be a person referred to in the rules as the Supervisor. The Supervisor is essentially a person who represents the President of the WBA if the WBA president cannot attend the fight. From the WBA rules regarding the powers of the Supervisor:
"During a sanctioned contest or its related preliminary matters, a Supervisor is empowered to resolve unforeseen issues that require an immediate decision. The Supervisor's decision in these exceptional cases is irrevocable"
However the question remains why is this guy messing with the judges' scorecards? Well in emergency cases it is up to the Supervisor to appoint a new judge, so the Supervisor needs to be informed about the scorecards I guess. It is stipulated in the official WBA rules that the Supervisor must have a ringside seat which would explain his location. I'm pretty sure that the "Mysterious Guy" is the local Supervisor, but I'm certain that some more information about this guy will come out in the next couple of days.
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I hope he takes this to Ringside but this time bursts into tears, which is about all he avoided in his last appearance.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
Wow. This just made the headlines on Sky News in the UK. He was recently on an awards show over here, claiming that he was warned only once about pushing. I watched that live and was sober for the most part. I’m sure he was warned at least twice. Come on Amir. You’re better than this!
He was warned repeatedly. Constantly. Someone needs to convince him to move on with his life, because the indication he’s giving right now is he can’t handle this.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
you want the truth!!?
http://youtu.be/UXoNE14U_zM?t=4s
"According to all the laws of aerodynamics the bumble-bee should not fly, but the bumble-bee does not know this and so flies anyway."
The fact that he’s bringing up this “man in the hat” thing only now shows that he’s probably been re-watching the fight over and over since his loss, hoping to find anything and everything that he can possibly throw into his appeal. In all of these viewings, hopefully he notices some of the mistakes he made as well.
by manmoon on Jan 6, 2012 8:03 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
What really bothers me is guys acting like there’s a giant conspiracy when the majority (or hell..even half) of the general public scored the fight the way it went down. Is the idea that this is a giant national conspiracy because Peterson is a beloved man of the people?
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jan 6, 2012 8:55 AM EST reply actions
i was liking this guy cuz of his willingness to fight the divisions best minus prescott..but his whining and is khanspiracy theory is annoying me..just shut it..get him in the rematch..everytime he talks, its one of three things
1)i was robbed by the judges n refs
2)tim bradley is a chicken
3)i can beat floyd mayweather
just stfu and fight
This jerk has now joined the Boxers’s Headcases Society of which Victor Ortiz is president.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant."
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by Boss Man on Jan 6, 2012 10:32 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Ortiz is president, but he’s working hard for that title too it seems.
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this isn’t getting any easier for him or us, why so serious? i hope he goes through with the prescott rematch though, i mean that would be awesome to watch! Prescott insists it wasn’t a fluke and Khan has ultimately been the more succesfull of the two since then…perfect combination and a great style match up
I have to say, I think Amir is whining about all of this too much, but if you look at the video it definitely seems sketchy. The guy in the red tie is Michael Walsh, the WBA supervisor, so the “man in the hat” is apparently somebody else. Hat man claimed he was an IBF official, so who knows.
I guess I should clarify. I think Amir Khan lost the fight. I was there live and, with the ref’s deductions, scored it by 1 point for Peterson (would have been a draw without the 12th round pushing deduction). I think the ref was clearly in over his head and that his calls were lame, but them’s the breaks and Khan was warned repeatedly.
So I don’t think Amir Khan was “robbed” in any clear way just by looking at the fight. But this does seem odd to me and I wonder who this guy is, considering one of the scorecards strangely had a “10” for Khan and “9” for Peterson that were crossed out to make it a 10-8 Peterson round after factoring in the ref’s deduction.
Laces out baby...
http://youtu.be/NCOGH—E_80?t=2m42s
"According to all the laws of aerodynamics the bumble-bee should not fly, but the bumble-bee does not know this and so flies anyway."
You know
I don’t really care about hat dude, but what I see is at least one judge that is not paying attention to the fight right in front of them. One of the many reasons boxing is in it’s current state – the judges just don’t give a shit.
Who can claim that the scoring is fair when judges don’t even have their eyes on the fight, regardless of who you thought won?
I feel both sorry for and angry at Amir Khan because on one hand you can tell he’s genuinely torn up over this loss. On the other hand he’s handling it like a former champion and someone ready for the big stage wouldn’t handle a defeat. People say you can win when you lose, but Khan definately keeps losing after he lost.
If he loses to Peterson in a rematch he’ll blame the punches for landing.
Heres an interesting update from The WBAs Gilberto Jesus Mendoza via the BBC
From the BBC online live
1821 BOXING: According to WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza: “There should be a direct re-match of this fight [Khan v Peterson]”
1820 BOXING: Mendoza added: “There was not the proper security in the arena, especially in the ring side zone where the Commission sits.”
1817 BOXING: More from Mendoza: “The [Washington DC] Commission did not behave properly in this fight in seeking the fairness that needed to be [there].”
1813 BOXING: Amir Khan has claimed the unidientified man talked to WBA supervisor Michael Welsh at ringside and interfered with the judges’ scorecards. WBA president Mendoza went on to tell BBC Sport that Welsh was “concerned about the gentleman being around him” and “couldn’t get coordination to do job properly during the fight”.
1811 BOXING: More from WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza who has told BBC Sport they “are not satisfied” with what happened at the Amir Khan v Lamont Petersen fight and he claimed to be an IBF official.
Mysterious Man is an IBF official
Apparently Schaefer knows exactly who this guy is but won’t release his name because of lawyers orders. Yup this is getting pro wrestling weird.
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