Amir Khan: record, next fight and profile →
Lamont Peterson received the black and gold title that officially identifies him as the super champion at 140 pounds, under the World Boxing Association. The 28-year-old fighter, with a current record of 30-1-1, with 15 KOs, won the belt on December 10th when he won a split decision over Britain's Amir Khan in Washington DC. Peterson and Khan will have a rematch on the 19th of May at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Earlier this week I crossed paths with Floyd Mayweather Sr. at Johnny Tocco’s on the east side of Las Vegas.
On Wednesday afternoon I swung by the Fight Capital Gym in Las Vegas to check out some sparring between lightweight contender Sharif Bogere and junior lightweight hopeful Lonnie Smith. Bogere is preparing for a February 25th fight on the undercard of the HBO showcase between former champions Devon Alexander and Marcos Maidana while Smith meets up with Vicente Escobedo one weekend later.
Amir Khan will spend the next few weeks training at his Gloves Community Centre gym in Bolton with Gallagher’s Gym head honcho Joe Gallagher before flying out to the Philippines to join Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao. Khan is beginning to build up his fitness ahead of a 19 May rematch with WBA and IBF light-welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson, who handed ‘King’ Khan a narrow decision defeat in Washington DC last December.
Former junior welterweight champion Amir Khan recently received some good news when he came through with a coveted May 19th rematch with Lamont Peterson. This past December, Peterson pulled off one of 2011’s biggest upsets with his split-decision over Khan on HBO’s airwaves but it was uncertain whether or not a return bout was in the works.
Former champion Amir Khan believes that he has the remedy to counter Lamont Peterson's effective strategy of staying close and fighting on the inside. Speaking to Ringside's Johnny Nelson, Khan explained some of the issues he encountered when Peterson captured the WBA/IBF junior welterweight titles with a twelve round split decision in December. The rematch is scheduled for May 19th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley expects Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15KOs) to retain his WBA/IBF belts on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Peterson will step in the ring with Amir Khan (26-2, 18KOs) for a second time. Last December, Peterson captured his two titles from Khan with a close and controversial twelve round split decision.
On Thursday, news broke that IBF/WBA junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson had opted for a rematch with former champion Amir Khan, who he defeated this past December in an excellent bout and one of the 2011's more telling upsets.
During the last few weeks, WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson was facing a big problem - but it was the kind of problem that put a smile on his face. Peterson had two lucrative fight offers on the table. On one end - Top Rank offered a two-fight package which included a big pay-per-view main event with former three division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez, which would have taken place on July 14th at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. On the other end - Golden Boy Promotions was offering a lucrative package for a rematch with Amir Khan.
The boxing world got a shock on Thursday afternoon, when Golden Boy Promotions announced that an agreement was reached for a highly anticipated rematch between WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and former two-division beltholder Amir Khan. The rematch between Khan (26-2, 18 KOs) and Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs) will take place on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. HBO will televise the contest.