Capital Showdown
Date10 December 2011
VenueUnited States Convention Center, Washington D.C.
Title(s) on the lineWBA/IBF Light Welterweight Championships
Tale of the tape
Boxer United Kingdom Amir Khan United States Lamont Peterson
Nickname King Khan Havoc
Hometown Bolton, Greater Manchester Washington, District of Columbia
Pre-fight record 26–1 (18 KO) 29–1-1 (15 KO)
Height 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (174 cm) 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 139 lb (63 kg) 140 lb (64 kg)
Style orthodox orthodox
Recognition WBA/IBF
Light Welterweight Champion		 IBF
No. 1 Ranked Light Welterweight
WBA
No. 12 Ranked Light Welterweight
Result
Peterson defeats Khan via split decision

Amir Khan vs Lamont Peterson, billed as Capital Showdown, was a boxing match for Khan's WBA (Super) & IBF light welterweight titles.[1][2] The fight took place in the Convention Center in Washington, D.C., United States, on 10 December 2011. Khan was making the first defense of his IBF belt against his mandatory challenger.[3]

Build-up

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer announced in a conference in London to officially kick off "Capital Showdown: Khan vs. Peterson".

The tour touts an HBO-televised bout featuring WBA (Super) & IBF light welterweight champion Amir Khan of Bolton, England, in the first defense of his IBF belt against mandatory challenger Lamont Peterson of Washington, D.C., which was slated for December 10 in Peterson's home town.

Khan had won eight consecutive fights, four of them by knockout. Peterson won an IBF eliminator with a 12th-round stoppage of Victor Cayo (26-2, 18 KOs) in July, earning the organization's No. 1 contender status and the right to challenge Khan.

Fight

The fight was fought in front of a packed house at the Convention Center, with an announced audience of 8,647. After an extremely close, evenly matched fight for 12 rounds, the heavily pro-Peterson crowd was thrilled by the split decision announced in Peterson's favor. Khan scored a knockdown in the first round, but was penalized twice by Referee Joe Cooper, once for excessive shoving with the forearm and later for hitting on the break. The points proved to be the difference on the two scorecards that favored Peterson.[4]

Controversy

After the bout Khan complained about the referee[5] and made accusations of impropriety that the judges' scorecards had been "interfered with"[6] by a man at ringside who celebrated with Peterson after the decision. This man was later identified as Mustafa Ameen, a figure affiliated to the IBF but who had no apparent reason to be involved. Khan's camp launched an appeal with the IBF in December principally on the grounds of "miscalculation of the scoring" and "inappropriate conduct by officials" and in January 2012, after reviewing the evidence, the WBA ordered a rematch.[7]

Despite rumors, on 3 March 2012, the WBA did not reinstate Khan as the WBA Super Light-welterweight Champion.[8]

However, on 8 May 2012, it emerged that Peterson failed a drugs test, testing positive for a banned substance thought to be synthetic testosterone,[9][10] and the rematch has since been called off.

Main card

Televised

Untelevised

  • Light Welterweight bout: United States Anthony Peterson vs. Nigeria Daniel Attah
    • Peterson defeats Attah via unanimous decision.
  • Super Middleweight bout: Dominican Republic Fernando Guerrero vs. United States Robert Kliewer
    • Guerrero defeats Kliewer by TKO at 0:45 of round 5.
  • Lightweight bout: Republic of Ireland Jamie Kavanagh vs. Dominican Republic Ramesis Gil
    • Fight ends in a majority decision.
  • Welterweight bout: United States Dusty Harrison vs. United States Terrell Davis
    • Harrison defeats Davis by KO of round 1.
  • Light Heavyweight bout: United States Thomas Williams Jr. vs. Puerto Rico Reynaldo Rodriguez
    • Lightweight bout: United States Terron Grant vs. United States Dashawn Autry
      • Grant defeats Autry by KO of round 1.
    • Lightweight bout: United States Joshua Davis vs. United States Christopher Russell
      • Davis defeats Russell via unanimous decision.

    International broadcasting

    Country Broadcaster
     AustraliaMain Event
     Czech RepublicSport 1
     FranceCanal+
     HungarySport 2
     IndonesiatvOne
     ItalySportitalia
     MalaysiaAstro
     New ZealandSky
     PakistanGeo TV
     PhilippinesAKTV
     PolandPolsat Sport
     PortugalSport TV
     RomaniaSport.ro
     QatarAl Jazeera Sports
     RussiaNTV Plus
     South AfricaSuperSport
     United KingdomSky Sports
     United StatesHBO

    References

    1. ↑ BoxRec Boxing Records. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
    2. ↑ Rosenthal, Michael (September 16, 2011). "Khan-Peterson a likely done deal; Washington D.C. a possible site". Ring TV. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
    3. ↑ Mackay, William (September 29, 2011). "Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson to take place in Washington, DC, says Schaefer". Boxing News 24. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
    4. ↑ "Stiff Jab — Lamont Peterson Shocks Amir Khan, Brings Pride Back to DC". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
    5. ↑ "Khan stunned by Peterson defeat". BBC News.
    6. ↑ "Khan alleges ringside wrongdoing". BBC News.
    7. ↑ "Khan gives WBA rematch 'reasons'". BBC News.
    8. ↑ "WBA Returns Title to Amir Khan in a Strange Manuever?".
    9. ↑ Davies, Gareth (8 May 2012). "Amir Khan's rematch with Lamont Peterson thrown into doubt after American tests positive for banned substance". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
    10. ↑ "Peterson tests positive for banned substance". 8 May 2012.
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