By Allan Fox: The May 19th fight card headed by Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson is on the verge of being canceled if Peterson fails to receive his license to fight by the Nevada State Athletic Commission due to Peterson having failed a recent drug test for performance enhancing drugs.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission will decide Peterson’s fate, as well as the fate of the entire card. According to RingTV, Golden Boy Promotions are going to cancel the entire card rather than move ahead with it without Khan-Peterson II fight. They won’t bother searching around to look for a replacement opponent for Khan to fight. Instead, Khan will fight later on in the year at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas against another opponent.

The loss here is that the undercard of the Khan-Peterson II fight hard WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner defending his title against Gary Sykes from the UK. Also on the card was Peterson’s brother Anthony Peterson facing an opponent still to be determined, and Sharif Bogere battling Manuel Leyva. The undercard wasn’t exactly spectacular but there were was some notable fighters set up in mismatches to shine.

Khan’s business manager Asif Vali doesn’t want boxing fans to panic over this, saying to RingTV “Let’s not panic. Let’s be patient and see what happens before making any decisions. This is boxing and these things do happen.”

It sounds like Khan and his business manager really want to have the Peterson fight take place, and who can blame them. If you were beaten by someone and you were on the verge of trying to avenge that defeat, you might not be happy to have that opportunity taken away by having the fight canceled by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. If Khan can’t fight Peterson again then there won’t be any closure. He’ll have to move on without proving that he was better than Peterson.