Two Beltway Boxers have received awards from Sports Illustrated's website -- SI.com.
Undefeated Capitol Heights featherweight "Mr." Gary Russell, Jr. was chosen as SI's Prospect of the Year. This is what the website said about Russell:
"Blessed with blinding hand speed and biting power, Russell has quickly emerged as a potential superstar in the sport. He fought six times in 2011, capping a banner year with an HBO-televised first round knockout of Heriberto Ruiz in November. The 23-year old former U.S. Olympian is already polished and should be ready for a world title shot sometime next year."
It looks like Russell's next bout will be the co-feature bout to Andre Berto-Victor Ortiz. That bout will be shown on Showtime in February.
Newly crowned WBA/IBF Super Lightweight champion Lamont Peterson's win over former champ Amir Khan was called the Breakout Performance of 2011. This is what SI said:
"OK, so Peterson got an assist from referee Joe Cooper, who inexplicably docked Khan two points for shoving during the fight. But Peterson, 27, fought a tough, disciplined fight against a heavily favored opponent. He dug at Khan's body and refused to give the skilled Brit any room to work with. Earlier this year Peterson passed on an opportunity to face Khan because of what he deemed was a bad deal. Instead, Peterson knocked out Victor Cayo to become Khan's mandatory and after 12 grueling rounds went home a unified junior welterweight champion. A loaded 140-pound division just got a little more crowded."
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Damn, even SI gets a jab in on Peterson with the "assist from Joe Cooper" comment, lol. Thats gotta kinda be a slap in the face.
And Peterson is crying his way all the way to the bank. That kind of "controversy" only raises the price of the rematch.
you mean his management is crying all the way to the bank. He'll be broke again like he just recently was because of the people who "saved" him. More like, he "saved" them. Poor kid is surrounded by a bunch of snakes. I don't think that anyone who knows them would argue that, except themselves.
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer accused the Washington DC Boxing Commission of “home cooking” and has filed an appeal to the IBF and WBA over the controversial December 10 fight between current WBA/IBF 140lb champion Lamont Peterson and dethroned champion Amir Khan.
“We believe there is enough grounds to have the decision overturned,” said Schaefer who added that “at least an immediate rematch should be ordered.” He also stated that a neutral site, the Staples Center in Los Angeles, has been lined up for May 19 and a seven-figure offer has been made to Team Peterson.
According to Khan, Peterson is not responding to calls from Golden Boy regarding the rematch.
Amir Khant blame anyone but himself It appears that the dust has finally settled after Amir Khan's shock points loss to the unfancied Lamont Peterson in Washington DC on Sunday morning. Whether you agree with the points deductions and the scorecards or not, there is no denying that it was a close fight and the verdict... could have gone one of three ways. After a great first round, Khan thought it was going to be any easy night's work, but Peterson is made of strong stuff, and he's got off the floor (inside and outside of the ring) many times before, and Khan took his foot of the gas and let the American back into the fight, and in my opinion, Peterson just about did enough to win. Khan took Peterson for granted and he didn't have a plan B for when his challenger hunted him down and took his jab away from him. If Khan is going to be as good as he thinks he is, he needs to take every fight seriously and he must stop thinking it's a great idea to prove that he can take shots because one day, someone will tag him clean (again) and turn his lights out, especially when he steps up to the welterweight division. Peterson, a humble man from a humble background, was so dignified in victory; thanking Khan for the fight offering him an instant rematch. It was disappointing to then hear Khan moments later blame everybody but himself for the defeat. He blamed the referee, the judges, the Washington population, and anybody else he could think of - apart from himself. During his recent training camp, Khan has been calling out a chap called Floyd Mayweather Jnr. After Saturday's performance, I don't think Mr Mayweather will be quaking in his size nines, will he? There is definitely a right way to win and lose and Peterson showed plenty of class in victory, and Khan showed absolutely no class whatsoever in defeat. There were definitely no toys left in the ring by the time Khan had finished talking to HBO's Larry Merchant after the fight. Khan will - or at least should - cringe with embarrassment if he ever watches a re-run of that post-fight interview. Khan needs to have a long hard look in the mirror and take the blame for the defeat. He also needs to stop believing all his own (and Golden Boy's) hype, and concentrate on the next fight in hand - not the fight after. SUBMITTED BY JAMES BAIRSTOW ON 13 DECEMBER, 2011
Unless the Khan camp foolishly tried a second appeal, the IBF denied his appeal yesterday!
All of it is nothing more than propaganda for a rematch.
Golden boy new that they couldn't get it overturned but by stating they were going to try at least has us talking about it anyway so they accomplished what they wanted.
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Lefty
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