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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.

By William Mackay: Bob Arum has made a formal offer to IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and his manager/trainer Barry Hunter for a fight against Juan Manuel Marquez on July 14th at the Cowboy’s Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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 Chris Williams: Steve Kim of Maxboxing.com is reporting that a July 14th fight between IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and Juan Manuel Marquez at the Cowboys Stadium is reportedly close to reality.

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 Chris Williams: According to RingTV, IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and Juan Manuel Marquez could both take an easy tune-up fight before meeting up in July in a bout that will be held in the Cowboy’s Stadium in Arlington, Texas as part of Arum’s four-fighter tourney.

By Chris William: Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) could be facing IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) in April in fight for the 38-year-old Marquez’s fourth division world title at the Cowvboy’s Stadium in Arlington, Texas, according to RingTV.

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 Chris Williams: According to RingTV, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is thinking about matching Manny Pacquiao up with WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley next along with a fight between Lamont Peterson vs. Juan Manuel Marquez in what would be a four-man mini tournament.

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: 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 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.

By Chris Williams: Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) is hoping he gets selected for a rematch with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao next June, but based on the rumors that have been circulating around the boxing world it won’t be Marquez that gets the Pacquiao fight.

By William Mackay: It’s almost academic at this point that IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) will be facing Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) in a rematch in three to five months time given the World Boxing Association’s decision to force Peterson to give Khan an immediate rematch in the next six [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) only 10 days to appeal the World Boxing Association mandated rematch ordered for him against the beaten Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) if Peterson wants to try and get out of the rematch.

By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) got what he was looking for by the WBA with them ordering a rematch between him and IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s).

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach openly admits that Pacquiao will be fighting someone else in his next fight in June and not Mayweather. Roach doesn’t do the selection of who Pacquiao fights, but he thinks it’s going to be Timothy Bradley or Lamont Peterson who get the call for the fight and [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Former WBA/IBF champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) who lost his title belts to new champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) feels that justice has been done since he heard that the World Boxing Association (WBA) has granted him an immediate rematch with Peterson.

By Allen Fox: Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) is already looking at a backup plan in case he doesn’t get to be the lucky one picked to face WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in his next fight coming up in the summer.