IBF poser male Mustafa Ameen hits behind during Amir Khan
A male in a shawl is seen interfering with grey haired quarrel administrator Michael Welsh during Amir Khan’s argumentative detriment to Lamont Peterson (Pic: Lockerz)
THE mystery male sporting a shawl who was seen ‘distracting judges’ during Amir Khan’s controversial world-title defeat has been named as American boxing house official Mustafa Ameen.
Little-known Ameen works for a International Boxing Federation.
Last night, a World Boxing Authority – which, together with a IBF, co-sanctioned Khan’s hitch final month with American Lamont Peterson in Washington – called for a re-match and announced an exploration into Ameen’s purported poise during a ringside.
Khan used his Twitter account to post a array of images of Ameen slipping into a chair alongside a judges and clearly handling a measure card.
Khan mislaid a quarrel on a doubtful points decision.
Defending himself on Facebook final night, Ameen said: “So we are doubt if we did something to mistreat my Muslim brother? May almighty Allah strengthen me from what we and a rest of we assert. Don’t make assumptions formed on allegations.”
Former universe champion Ricky Hatton was final night pronounced to be “monitoring events closely”, though would not criticism serve on Ameen’s apparent alliance to arbitrate Joe Cortez, who was in assign of a Hitman’s better by Floyd Mayweather 3 years ago.
Richard Schaefer, trainer of Khan’s promoters Golden Boy, said: “The IBF has reliable to us that … Mustafa Ameen … is concerned in an central capacity with a IBF.
“He was not in Washington in an central IBF capacity, though a IBF asked a Washington elect to emanate him a credential so that he could attend a fight. We have been sensitive by a WBA that they will sequence an immediate rematch.
“We wish that a IBF will follow. It’s a slightest that they can do.”
Ameen’s Facebook page facilities a print of him outside boxing’s Hall of Fame with a mysterious caption, created by him, that reads: ‘Close to a front doorway though a gizzillion lights years divided from induction… maybe in a subsequent world… unless my devise kicks in soon.’
