By round nine, Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson are putting on an unreal fight. Lamont Peterson might be a live upset here. We've got it 76-74 for Khan through eight rounds of action here in Washington, D.C.
ROUND 9 - And the gameplan for both fighters picks up where they left off. Khan lands a nice uppercut, but Peterson responds with several hard punches of his own. Khan nails Peterson and the two are trading incredible punches. Both fighters are slowing down under the pace. Khan firing off punches, but this time Peterson blocks nearly all of them. Khan rocks Peterson with a combination, but somehow Peterson is still standing. Peterson is on bad legs and Khan is looking much better here. Peterson still standing but Khan is landing beautiful uppercuts here. Peterson somehow fires back and Khan circles out.
MMA Nation scores this round 10-9 Khan.
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