Peterson vs Khan Rematch Signed: May 19 on HBO
by Scott Christ on Feb 9, 2012 5:47 PM EST
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Lamont Peterson will be giving Amir Khan a rematch for the WBA and IBF junior welterweight titles instead of fighting Juan Manuel Marquez in July at Cowboys Stadium. RingTV.com reports that the deal is done for May 19 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, with HBO televising.
Peterson's publicist Andre Johnson had this to say:
"This came after some long and careful consideration by Lamont and Team Peterson. Lamont had weighed every option available to him -- some public and some private. There were several options available to us in terms of fights and directions that Lamont could have taken. But at the end of the day, this made the most sense on every level across the board."
The last known offer to Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO) for a rematch with Khan was $1.5 million and a 50-50 share of all revenues, including Khan's UK TV deal with Sky Sports. It's a great deal for Peterson, by far a career-best payday for him, and an opportunity to prove remaining skeptics wrong.
It's also, most important for boxing fans, a rematch of what was a terrific fight. There's really nothing wrong with this fight at all, and if you put aside any feelings of ill will toward Khan (26-2, 18 KO) and his team for what many felt was a lot of post-fight whining and attempts to bully Peterson into a rematch, it's clear that they offered the best deal out there to Peterson, which is what ultimately enticed him to take the fight.
Still, many were hoping to see the fight between Peterson and Marquez, which figured on paper to be an excellent matchup. Bob Arum's idea was to basically promote a mini-tournament, with Manny Pacquiao facing Timothy Bradley on June 9, and Marquez and Peterson squaring off on July 14. Pacquiao vs Bradley is a go for June 9, but the other half of the idea just couldn't be done.
Marquez is planning an April return in Mexico, perhaps against David Diaz, which could ultimately lead him to a fourth fight with Pacquiao later this year anyway, if both are successful in coming bouts.
For full coverage of the first Khan vs Peterson fight, which was one of the most talked-about fights of 2011, visit the event page, which ran well into January and has all the drama, controversy, and pre- and post-fight analysis you could ask for.
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he’s going to fight in Mexico and then probably wait to see what happens with Pacquiao and Bradley. There’s no reason he can’t fight Pacquiao again in November.
Bad Left Hook
"The internet has undermined professionalism in journalism, which is a good thing." - Bill James
And actually that would probably be there for him — and interesting to him — even if Pacquiao lost to Bradley.
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I don’t think he was ever going to get that fight, and I think “priced himself out” was always going to be the reason publicly presented.
He refused to fight in Nevada. That was his own public statement. There’s not enough money in the fight in Texas to pay both of them what they want and deserve. I think Marquez knows the fight will be there later, and I’m pretty sure he knows it almost definitely has to be in Nevada.
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I don’t see public grandstanding as necessarily equivalent to an actual demand in negotiations; he also had to know there was no way he’d get that mysterious fourth judge. Regardless, I don’t think he was ever a serious contender for this fight, and such public statements simply gave Top Rank the excuse they would have used anyway.
Also despite the fact that there probably isn’t enough money in Texas, Arum’s own bizarre statements about Marquez-Peterson lead me to believe he thinks there is somehow loads of cash to be made in Dallas.
Arum is odd about Texas — I think he does realize the limitations, but he seems absolutely fascinated by Cowboys Stadium despite the evidence that has been presented to him when he’s run fights there. I usually think Bob is a sharp guy business-wise, but Cowboys Stadium seems to have him entranced. I don’t know that he wants to put Manny there again, but I think he still wants to “make it happen” there.
And I don’t know that Marquez was seriously considered for this fight either, nor am I certain that Marquez was seriously trying to make it happen. The thought immediately after the fight was that there would be a rematch, but both sides seemed to distance themselves from it quickly. I do believe Marquez wants a fourth fight, just maybe later this year instead of right now. I don’t think he was really pushing for it, and I don’t think Top Rank was either. He came in third in the Pacquiao sweepstakes for June at best — he was no more a serious possibility than Lamont Peterson was.
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"The internet has undermined professionalism in journalism, which is a good thing." - Bill James
I think he was second actually
But he made himself last. Manny wants to fight him (some think unwisely) and the money would be good but he did make demands that indicated ambivilance. If he really wanted the fight, he would have fought harder than he did for it.
I read that he is considering poltics, riding the wave of popularity earned from his last fight. Maybe he weighed his own risk reward….all things considered.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Awww man!!!!
I was really looking foward to being one of the 40,000 at Cowboy stadium.
I kid I kid.
"Heaven doesn’t want me and hell is afraid I will take over". - Bobby Czyz
Well at least that ruins the fantasy of Peterson v Marquez at Cowboys Stadium!
I’m glad this was signed, the first fight was great and there is a real sense of unfinished business.
Nobody will read this and care and why should they?
Oscar not knowing where this fight was taking is priceless
I feel like he is so far removed from the negotiations that he has no idea what is going on in his own company.
"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi
It’s up there for all-time great Oscar moments. I straight up about died. At least it was a harmless mistake, but it probably does reveal the extent to which he has no real involvement with actually running this company.
Bad Left Hook
"The internet has undermined professionalism in journalism, which is a good thing." - Bill James
Is Froch – Bute a go or a just really really hot rumor right now?
"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi
Not much has really changed since Froch was named mandatory last night. Matchroom say they’re working on bringing Bute over. Froch is pretty set on fighting in the UK for May 5.
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Both Froch and Pascal said the fight was a go one twitter. But then again its twitter.
"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi
Pascal seems to have been working off what Froch said. Eddie Hearn didn’t confirm or deny anything when he replied to Froch. Just “let’s do this.”
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I loved Oscar....the fighter
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
I didn’t. I loved his schedule, though.
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by Scott Christ on Feb 9, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
If all these fights shape up...
We’re going to have a pretty decent spring-summer stint of boxing matches this year.
by Clove_art on Feb 9, 2012 6:43 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Completely Awesome Undercard Rumors
Lucas Matthysse vs. Humberto Soto
Anthony Peterson vs. Someone who doesn’t want to have children
"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi
Anthony Peterson is definitely on the undercard. Probably not on TV.
Matthysse vs Soto will happen on the Pacquiao vs Mayweather II undercard.
Bad Left Hook
"The internet has undermined professionalism in journalism, which is a good thing." - Bill James
Matthysse vs. Soto reportedly confirmed by Steve Kim…….I still don’t believe it
"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi
Yeah Schaefer says they’re close. We’ll see.
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"The internet has undermined professionalism in journalism, which is a good thing." - Bill James
Does anyone think Khan can actually make any tactical adjustments? As fast and brilliant as he can sometimes be – the guy just hasn’t grasped how to fight on the inside. We saw the same Khan in the first peterson fight as we did in the madaina fight. Not to knock freddie but maybe they need to bring in some outside help in order to teach khan how to fight on the inside. It’s sort of ridiculous really. Thoughts?
I just hope he stops doing the ‘put your hands in the air when you get caught clean to show that you are okay’ that he very annoyingly took from Pacquiao.
Nobody will read this and care and why should they?
Yeah, I hate that. From both of them. LOOK I’M OK. oh alright.
Bad Left Hook
"The internet has undermined professionalism in journalism, which is a good thing." - Bill James
I find it even more annoying with Khan. With Pacquiao, I’m almost willing to think its some kind of boxer quirk (like Ricky Hatton always banging his gloves together/Abner Mares aiming for the groin etc). However before heading to the US with Roach, Khan never to my knowledge did the ‘hands in the air’ when he got hit. If only Khan had known about the recuperative powers of hand-raising during the Prescott fight, he might have won.
Nobody will read this and care and why should they?
he's picked up the hands in the air from Pacquiao
but for Khan I fancy it serves a deeper purpose, something to do with shaking the ghost of a first round ko and subsequently being branded a china chin….still, whatever the reason I agree it looks fucking ridiculous.
btw I doubt any fighter has ever been so quickly written off after losing a tight decision in which two contentious point deductions were the difference. I’m just hoping the bookies ease the price on Khan for the rematch.
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