Floyd Mayweather Jr has confirmed that he will not be facing eight-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao until at least the autumn after a deal was struck with Miguel Cotto for a May 5 showdown in Las Vegas. Representatives from both Golden Boy and Top Rank Promotions had distanced their respective fighters from the Mayweather-Pacquiao blockbuster [...]
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New WBA and IBF light-welterweight world champion Lamont Peterson has formally challenged the WBA’s ruling tying the American to a rematch with former belt holder, Amir Khan. The move is the first indication that the champion is looking at options other than Khan for his first defence, and may result in him vacating the belt [...]
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Amir Khan has moved one step closer to an immediate return against American Lamont Peterson after Richard Shaefer- CEO of Golden Boy Promotions- claimed that the WBA have ordered a repeat of the pair’s controversial pre-Christmas thriller. Khan, who had appeared certain to face a return against the newly crowned Peterson in any case, complained [...]
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Former WBA and IBF light-welterweight world champion, Amir Khan, will attempt to have last weekend’s controversial points defeat to Lamont Peterson overturned. The British fighter who went down to a highly contentious split-decision after having two points deducted for pushing his opponent will look to have the result declared a no contest ahead of a potential rematch in the [...]
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Britain’s Amir Khan slipped to his second defeat as a professional last night as American Lamont Peterson captured the WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles on a tumultuous evening in Washington. Khan, undefeated since 2008, had entered the ring a heavy betting favourite, and appeared set to make short work of the challenger as he dropped [...]
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It has become almost as much a taboo subject as a Wladimir-Vitali Klitschko unification battle, but have the rules of engagement changed for Manny Pacquiao and his young training partner Amir Khan? I have written previously that I am struggling to understand how long the Freddie Roach coach sharing arrangement can last for. As we [...]
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As I sat in the London presser for the Amir Khan – Lamont Peterson junior welterweight unification fight I couldn’t help but feel underwhelmed. Staged in London’s glamourous Mayfair hotel, the two fighters, along with Peterson’s trainer Barry Hunter, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy and Khan’s manager Asif Vali, sat and attempted to sell the December 10 [...]
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Dressed in an expensively assembled casual grey suit, Amir Khan sweeps through the Danziger Suite of the May Fair Hotel and positions himself in front of a media throng, ready to announce his December 10th ring return against American Lamont Peterson. Almost sheepishly, the Bolton born fighter sits and simultaneously produces a phone , capturing a [...]
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WBA and IBF light welterweight world champion, Amir Khan, has confirmed that he will travel to Washington later this year to face American contender Lamont Peterson in what could be the Bolton fighter’s final fight before stepping up to welterweight in 2012. Having turned down the chance of a rematch against Irishman Paul McCloskey and [...]
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This week I was flicking through the various Thursday evening offerings from Sky Sports. Before I sat down to watch the excellent documentary on the Michael Watson-Chris Eubank fight in 1991 I was subject to the final five minutes of ‘Ringside’ and a variety of assembled guests giving their views on last weekend’s big fights. [...]
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Date: 1st February 2012 at 11:56 pm
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Nice fights to come!