
Team Peterson: We Were Right To Wait On Khan Fight
It was never a fight they didn’t want, just one where Lamont Peterson’s handlers demanded greater incentive in order to accept.

It was never a fight they didn’t want, just one where Lamont Peterson’s handlers demanded greater incentive in order to accept.

The offer wasn’t right. Lamont Peterson had turned down a chance to face Amir Khan for a junior-welterweight world title, unhappy with the money that was being offered him.

Lamont Peterson reckons he is the toughest opponent Amir Khan has faced. The man who calls himself 'Havoc' will challenge the current WBA super and IBF light welterweight champion on December 10th, live on HBO and Sky Sports HD. It will be Khan's sixth title defence in two years and he will begin as the heavy favourite at the Convention Center in what could be his last fight at 140lbs.

Luis Sandoval catches up with WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Amir Khan to discuss his upcoming mandatory title defense against Lamont Peterson.

Luis Sandoval catches up with trainer Freddie Roach about Amir Khan upcoming defense of the junior welterweight titles against mandatory challenger Lamont Peterson, Manny Pacquiao's trilogy fight with Juan Manuel Marquez and more.

Amir Khan, Lamont Peterson, Seth Mitchell, Timur Ibragimov, Anthony Peterson And Jamie Kavanagh Held Coast-To-Coast, Same Day Workouts. In Los Angeles And Washington, DC Yesterday In Advance Of Their Respective December 10 Fights At The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC Which Will Be Telecast Live On HBO's World Championship Boxing

(Left to Right) President of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar de la Hoya, heavyweight contender Timur Ibragimov, actor/comedian Nick Cannon, Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan and undefeated rising lightweight star Jamie Kavanagh pose on November 15, 2011 in Los Angeles, California during a media workout in preparation for Khan, Ibragimov and Kavanagh’s December 10, 2011 fights when Khan will defend his world titles against Lamont Peterson, Ibragimov will face undefeated heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell and Kavanagh will face an opponent to be determined at The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC with Khan vs. Peterson and Mitchell vs. Ibragimov being televised live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing in the United States and on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.

Number one rated super lightweight contender Lamont Peterson, undefeated heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell and lightweight contender Anthony Peterson pose on November 15, 2011 in Washington, DC during a media workout in preparation for their December 10, 2011 fights when Lamont Peterson will face Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan, Mitchell will face heavy contender Timur Ibragimov and Anthony Peterson will face an opponent to be determined at The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC with Khan vs. Peterson and Mitchell vs. Ibragimov being televised live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing in the United States and on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. Photos by Delane Rouse/Hoganphotos.

We are about a month away from Amir Khan’s defense of his WBA junior welterweight crown against the always-capable Lamont Peterson. Having blossomed as a fighter over the past three years under the guidance of his trainer Freddie Roach, this figures to be Khan’s last fight at 140 pounds before he moves up and chases bigger fights in the welterweight class.

During a recent conversation with Alex Ariza, the strength and conditioning coach vented his frustrations at the way last weekend’s Antonio DeMarco-Jorge Linares bout was handled. Ariza began working with the former champion Linares for this particular shot, for the vacant WBC lightweight title, and despite his charge dominating the early action, a bloody Linares would be halted in the eleventh round by a surging DeMarco in a finish that he believes occurred too soon.