Amir Khan Boxing News

By William Mackay: It’s looking more and more like IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson will decide against facing Amir Khan in a rematch so Peterson can instead fight face Juan Manuel Marquez at the Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas with the possibility to get a fight against Manny Pacquiao in November.

By William Mackay: With former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz’s February 11th HBO fight with Andre Berto falling through due to Berto’s ruptured left biceps muscle, Ortiz is looking someone else to fight in the near future and he seems to have set his sights on former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, WBC junior [...]

By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is talking about moving up in weight almost immediately if he doesn’t get a rematch with Lamont Peterson, who took Khan’s IBF and WBA light welterweight straps with a close 12 round decision over him last month on December 10th.

By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) has been talking about wanting to move up in weight to the 147 pound division if he can’t get a rematch with Lamont Peterson, the current IBF/WBA light welterweight champion.

By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) is giving IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) only “48” more hours to agree to a rematch or else Khan will move up in weight and look for another fighter to get in the ring with, according to fightnews.com.

By William Mackay: Amir Khan’s father’s one week ultimatum for Lamont Peterson to make a decision whether he’ll give Amir a rematch looks as it’s not produced the desired results in bringing Peterson back to the bargaining table for a rematch.

Questions have been flooding in for tomorrow night’s (3rd Feb) live Hatton TV show when two of Britain’s greatest world champions Ricky Hatton & Amir Khan take part in an exclusive live programme on YouTube.

By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan may find it difficult trying to land a big money fight against WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., as he’s not particularly impressed with Khan’s fighting style, according to fighthype.com. This would be a huge blow to Khan if Mayweather decides he doesn’t want any [...]

By William Mackay: Shah Khan, the father for Amir Khan, has given IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson a one week deadline for him to either agree to an immediate rematch or else they’ll move on and move up to 147 to try and chase Floyd Mayweather Jr. to get a fight with him.

By William Mackay: Victor Ortiz got some bad news with Andre Berto rupturing his left biceps during a sparring session this week. The injury will erase him from his scheduled February 11th fight with Ortiz and put him out of commission for at least four months while the injury heals. Ortiz is going to have [...]

By Chris Williams: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson is considering offers made to him by Top Rank for a fight against Juan Manuel Marquez for July, and an offer made by Golden Boy Promotions for a rematch against Amir Khan, according to RingTV.

By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he’s looking for an opponent to put with former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) for his next fight in April or May now that it’s looking like Lamont Peterson will be fighting Juan Manuel Marquez in April rather than electing to [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Former WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) insists that the integrity of boxing is at stake over the poor handling of his fight with new light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s).

By William Mackay: 40-year-old Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KO’s) was approached by Golden Boy Promotions for a fight between him and former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) but at a catchweight of 145 pounds, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

By William Mackay: According to the BBC, IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and his team will be making their decision today as to whether they will be giving Amir Khan (26-2, 28 KO’s) an immediate rematch or not.

By Scott Gilfoid: Despite having given a recent ultimatum to IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson that he only had a few more days to agree to a rematch, Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) is still sitting and waiting to see what Peterson will do in terms of his next fight. It’s funny how Khan [...]

By William Mackay: According to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) could wind up fighting 40-year-old former three division world champion Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KO’s) in what would be Khan’s first fight at welterweight.

By William Mackay: Ricky Hatton thinks it would be a really bad idea for Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) to be trying to get a fight with unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. right about now after Khan was beaten by Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) in his last fight last December.

By William Mackay: Amir Khan’s coming off a loss to Lamont Peterson that he feels will only set his preset career schedule off for only three months, as he still thinks he’ll be facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. by the end of the year.

By William Mackay: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik is giving Amir Khan a great chance of beating Floyd Mayweather Jr. if the two fighters meet up at some point in timer. Pavlik, speaking with esnewsreporting.com, points to Khan’s fast hand speed as the reason why he feels that Khan could possibly take Mayweather.

By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan is tired of being ignored by IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson in his attempts at getting a rematch with the Washington, DC based fighter.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): As if there were not enough controversy already in the December fight between former World Boxing Association (WBA) / International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) and new champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) the plot continues to thicken.

By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions see Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) as a fighter that will one day in the near future succeed both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao as boxing’s #1 pound-for-pound star.

By William Mackay: According to thesun.co.uk, Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) will never fight for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) strap again after having canceled his appeal to the IBF on Tuesday when it was learned that referee Joe Cooper and WBA supervisor Michael Welsh wouldn’t be attending the hearing.

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) has pushed back at the World Boxing Association’s decision to force him to give the beaten Amir Khan an immediate rematch in the next six months and written an appeal to the WBA to get that order overturned.

By Scott Gilfoid: Barry Hunter, the trainer for IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson, was incredibly pleased to learn the news that team Khan and Golden Boy Promotions have dropped their appeal to the IBF to try and get the results of the fight overturned.

By Scott Gilfoid: The Mystery Man, Mustafa Ameen, told the BBC Sport that he noticed a mistake that WBA supervisor Michael Welsh made on his score sheet and helped him with correcting it during the December 10th fight between former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and Golden Boy promotions did the smart thing by giving up on their appeal to the International Boxing Federation because I think it would have gone nowhere. Khan is much better off groveling for a rematch instead of trying to force it. The 50-50 offer [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): After a steady barrage of complaints by former WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) over the various controversies surrounding his December 10th loss to new light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) both Khan and Golden Boy Promotions announced that they were withdrawing their appeal.

By William Mackay: Earlier tonight, Golden Boy Promotions and Team Khan announced that they would be dropping their appeal to the IBF to get Amir Khan’s loss overturned from his fight with Lamont Peterson last month.