By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan figures his loss to Lamont Peterson last weekend threw off his schedule for a mega fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. by only one year.
Instead of moving up to the welterweight division now after his loss to Lamont Peterson last weekend, Khan will be facing Peterson in a rematch in what Khan hopes will take place on March 31st at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Khan wants to move up in weight after the rematch.
By Chris Williams: After seeing Amir Khan’s development in the past year under the guidance of trainer Freddie Roach, I have to say that Khan is going downhill rather than improving as a fighter and I think a good reason for this lack of improve is the fault of Roach.
By Allen Fox: If you had the misfortune to watch last Saturday’s championship fight between former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson on HBO, you might well have noticed the lack of commentary from the HBO analysts Larry Merchant, Max Kellerman and Jim Lampley about Khan’s constant fouling and running for his life in the fight.
By Scott Gilfoid: Danny Garcia, the trainer for former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, got a chance to take in Amir Khan’s latest fight against Lamont Peterson and Garcia didn’t like what he saw from Khan.
By William Mackay: It looks as if Amir Khan went and unilaterally picked out the date of March 31st, including the city of Las Vegas, for his hoped for rematch against the new IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson.
By Chris Williams: While there are a number of boxing fans who felt that Amir Khan should have held onto his IBF/WBA light welterweight titles last weekend against Lamont Peterson, trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. isn’t one of them.
By Scott Gilfoid: One highly hyped Brit has tasted defeat this past Saturday night in Amir Khan getting beaten by the skillful American Lamont Peterson, and now the next Brit is about get a nice ‘L’ in his loss column in WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s), who faces WBA junior middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the Super Six tournament finals.
By William Mackay: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KO’s) thinks Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) needs to let Amir Khan cry and suffer a while before facing him again. Instead, Bradley thinks Peterson should fight him next before facing Khan in a rematch.
By William Mackay: Paulie Malignaggi had no issues whatsoever from the performance of referee Joe Cooper in working the Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson fight last weekend. Khan lost two points in that fight and he, his promoters from Golden Boy Promotions, and Khan’s many boxing fans, felt that that the referee was in the wrong for penalizing him twice for pushing Peterson to keep him off.
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By William Mackay: Amir Khan says he’s going to stay at 140lbs for one more fight to take on IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson in a rematch to try and regain his lost titles, then Khan plans on moving up to the welterweight division to seek out bigger fights at that weight. Khan was beaten by Peterson by a 12 round split decision last night in Washington, DC, and Khan believes he deserve to win the fight.