We know about Khan’s strengths; great hand speed, combination punching, great footwork. When you have a sub par performance, it’s time to focus on the areas you need improvement.

Khan’s inside fighting skills needs improvement

  • Khan must stop squaring up to his opponent while on defense on the inside
  • Khan needs keep his left shoulder on this opponent to begin creating space
  • Khan must learn to roll his shoulder

Khan must improve his inside game

  • First and most importantly, RELAX. Remain calm and focus on technique. Khan must work to achieve the same comfort he displays and feels while boxing in the center of the ring. There are only two things that can help Khan become comfortable fighting inside; having the technique, and sparring sessions exclusively focusing on inside fighting.
  • Learn the shoulder roll technique. This technique is the element that can make Khan’s skills more well rounded. Using it, Khan can counter with body shots or uppercuts thereby inflicting serious damage in a different dimension of boxing apart from fighting at distance.
    • Reasons:
      • Khan took too much unnecessary punishment on the inside against peterson who through wide hooks and uppercuts around and up the middle of Khan’s earmuff defense.

Khan Must Learn To Pace Himself

  • Khan comes out with so much intensity and anxiety to start off well, he leaves himself open
  • Khan must stop dropping his left hand when he throws the right. He was rocked twice against Peterson

Although Peterson triumphed, he also has areas he must improve in if he plans to win against Khan on neutral ground in a rematch.

  • Lamont Peterson must improve his upper body and head movement because was taking too many easy combos. Improving his upper body movement will help him get inside without taking big shots.
  • Peterson must stop loading up for the power punch. The combination of poor head movement and loading up causes Lamont Peterson to take unnecessary punishment.
  • Peterson must tighten up his hooks. Peterson missed plenty of opportunities to land great punches inside because he was hooking very widely.