Former world champion Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) said he was highly surprised with the recent decision that was made by the World Boxing Council, who removed the Bolton boxer from his mandatory position at welterweight and termed it highly unjustified.

Khan may target WBA "regular" welterweight champion Lamont Peterson, who won a controversial decision over the British boxer in 2011 when they were both junior welterweight.  The WBA's "super" champion is Keith Thurman, who also has the WBC title - but Thurman is recovering from an elbow injury which is going to keep him sidelined until the end of the year.

"I am a little upset but it just makes the division exciting. I know I can become world champion again, if not the WBC one then maybe in WBA by defeating Peterson, the belt I was deprived of though cheating,” Khan told The Nation.

He said he wants to fight in November or December against any opponent. And there are no concerns over his right hand, which underwent major surgery last year.

Khan has been out of the ring since last May, when he was knocked out in six round by Canelo Alvarez at a catch-weight of 155-pounds.

“I'm not afraid to get in the ring with any fighter and I had proven this in my last fight against Canelo who was 30lbs heavier than me. I will now fight in my normal weight division, which is 147 lbs,” Khan said.

“I don’t care about what big mouths are talking. I will prove in the middle of the ring that Khan is still the best and show my critics that I still have that knockout punch in me, which had laid down many in the middle of the ring.”

“I will speak to my manager and work this out. I will first fully regain my fitness, train very hard and then will see who wants to take on me. It is my promise it would not be easy this time around as the troubled hand was major worry for me, which kept me irritating for quite some time. Now I am recovering fast and my hand is almost healed up. I am doing fine and ready to start full-fledge training once again, I feel completely pain free and hopefully after Ramadan, I will start excessive training.”