Khan-Peterson

By William Mackay: Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) as able to get a rematch with IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peteron (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) for May 19th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight came about after a solid month of complaining by Khan and his promoters at Golden [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be working out with trainer Joe Gallagher for a couple of weeks rather than flying to the United States to start training with Freddie Roach at the Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles, California.

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, after all his complaining and pointing fingers to try and make excuses for his loss to Lamont Peterson last December, former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan has got his wish and will be fighting Peterson in a rematch on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, [...]

By William Mackay: Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) says he’s not going to fall back onto his old shoving routine when he faces IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By William Mackay: Amir Khan plans on doing a little bit of fighting on the inside when he faces IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson in a rematch on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Khan says he’s not going to push off on Peterson and he also won’t [...]

By William Mackay: Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) says he’s going to avoid pushing off on IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) in their rematch on May 19th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan gave a brief glimpse on Sky Sports Ringside on Thursday in how he intends on fighting IBF/WBA light welterweight champ Lamont Peterson in their rematch on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Former WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) will be seeking justice when he engages new WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) on May 19 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.

HIGHLY ANTICIPATED REMATCH LANDS AT MANDALAY BAY RESORT & CASINO IN LAS VEGAS WITH HBO TO TELEVISE LOS ANGELES (February 10, 2012) – For 12 rounds last December, Lamont “Havoc” Peterson and Amir “King” Khan battled it out in one of the most compelling championship bouts of 2011. When it was over, controversy raged over [...]

By William Mackay: Earlier today it was announced that Amir Khan had finally landed a rematch against IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson after two months and a lot of wasted money on appeals to the WBA and IBF.

By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan finally got the rematch he’s been campaigning for day and night since he lost to Lamont Peterson last December. Khan will be facing Peterson, the IBF/WBA light welterweight champion, on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) has reportedly accepted the latest offer made to him by Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) and his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions for a rematch on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan has sent another contract for Lamont Peterson to sign for a rematch. However, like the last contract that Khan and his promoters Golden Boy Promotions sent off to Peterson, there’s been zero response to the overtures for a rematch.

By William Mackay: Amir Khan is excited about the prospects of getting a rematch with IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson, and has reportedly offered him a new bigger financial deal and feels that the fight is almost there, according to Sky Sports News.

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: 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 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 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: 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 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.