WBA orders Amir Khan rematch with Lamont Peterson

Amir Khan opposite Lamont Peterson

Amir Khan has been granted a rematch opposite Lamont Peterson after their argumentative hitch final month, a World Boxing Association reliable today.

Khan’s upholder Richard Schaefer, arch executive of Golden Boy Promotions, said overnight that a ruling physique had told him of their “official decision” to sequence a rematch. WBA clamp boss Gilberto Jesus Mendoza reliable a news this afternoon.

Khan mislaid both his WBA and IBF titles in a split-decision better in Peterson’s Washington DC hometown on Dec 10.

But while a WBA has systematic a second fight, Peterson might select to give adult that pretension rather than give Khan a second possibility – quite if a IBF, during a conference on Jan 18, concede him to keep that belt but fighting Khan again.

The Englishman has vociferously complained about a series of issues given then, however, and has lobbied both ruling bodies – and a Washington DC elect – to change a outcome to a no-contest and/or force a dual group to quarrel again.

And Mendoza said: “I can endorse there we have systematic a approach rematch. We will emanate a press recover really soon.”

Schaefer told RingTV he was sensitive by a physique final night. “I usually received, half an hour ago, a minute from a WBA on their central preference that they are going to sequence an evident rematch,” he said. “I consider that it’s a right decision, and we wish that we can get a rematch done.”

Amir Khan on a stairs of a U.S. Capitol Building before a bout

Schaefer also told espn.com: “I’m anxious that he’s removing (the rematch) and wish we can start a negotiations and get a quarrel done.

“Amir and Lamont are both superb immature group and athletes who fought their hearts out in Washington in Dec and I’m certain this preference will get acclaim by quarrel fans around a world.

“The rematch will be one of a many expect fights of 2012 since both guys are exciting, immature and we consider it’s accurately a kind of quarrel people wish to see.”

Khan’s advisors primarily claimed Peterson’s group willingly concluded to a rematch in a evident emanate of a hitch usually to apparently change their minds.

Peterson’s tutor and manager Barry Hunter this week indicted Khan of regulating “foul strategy and fake accusations” to disprove a new champion.
Khan has publicly aired several grievances, from arbitrate Joe Cooper’s preference to wharf a Englishman dual points to a judges’ decisions and purported discrepancies with a scorecards.

Khan afterwards reignited a emanate final week by doubt a purpose of a then-unidentified Mustafa Ameen during ringside.