According to Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KOs), WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs) has accepted a rematch offer from Golden Boy Promotions, and the fight will take place on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Top Rank had offered Peterson a lucrative two-fight package, which included a July 14th title bout with Juan Manuel Marquez at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas read more ...

RingTV.com has learned that The Telegraph will report that Amir Khan expects to return to the ring on April 19 on HBO likely in Las Vegas. Other dates include May 5 and May 19, Khan’s manager, Asif Vali, told RingTV.com on Wednesday read more ...

Main Events won a purse bid Tuesday to promote an IBF junior welterweight elimination match between former champion Zab Judah and unbeaten Vernon Paris read more ...

Amir Khan’s promoter told Sky Sports News HD the WBA have informed him they will order a re-match between the British fighter and Lamont Peterson. Khan lost his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles to Peterson on a split decision in Washington in December, a verdict that has been hotly disputed ever since read more ...

WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson is tired of Amir Khan’s protests. Khan has continued to question the validity of last month’s twelve round split decision loss to Peterson. Khan’s team have already appealed the result to the WBA and IBF, citing improprieties in judging and refereeing. They dispute the scores and referee Joe Cooper’s officiating read more ...

He told his followers on the social networking site he was particularly concerned by the presence of an unknown man in a hat at ringside, who he claimed was talking to bout supervisor Michael Walsh, in contravention of a rule that states no one should speak to officials while a fight is in progress read more ...

Washington, DC — Amir Khan was the busier fighter, while 8-1 underdog Lamont Peterson had the edge in power shots landed, hitting on 46%, and winning a twelve round split decision to capture the WBA/IBF junior welterweight titles read more ...

Firstly, we would like to congratulate Lamont Peterson on his performance against Amir Khan. Not only has he shown that he is a tremendous fighter inside the ring, but also a great man out of the ring. Following the decision in the fight, Team Khan and Golden Boy Promotions intends to make inquiries with the District of Columbia Boxing and Wrestling Commission read more ...

Amir Khan went down to a shock points defeat by Lamont Peterson to lose his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles in a pulsating fight in Washington DC. Two points deducted from Khan for pushing proved crucial as the judges scored the fight a split decision with cards of 113-112, 113-112, 111-114 in favor of the local fighter read more ...

Washington, DC — Amir Khan blamed referee Joseph Cooper for his shock light-welterweight world title defeat to Lamont Peterson, insisting he was «against two people» in the ring. Khan, who lost a split decision to home fighter Peterson by two scores of 113-112 against him at the George E Washington Convention Center, was deducted a point by Cooper in both the seventh and 12th rounds for pushing read more ...