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  • Losing Faith in Boxing – From Mayweather vs Pacquiao to Berto and Peterson Positive Tests

    Instead of getting fights we want, like Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, we get feuds and talk about PPV shares; Sums none of really understand; Instead of great rematches like Khan – Peterson and Victor Ortiz – Andre Berto, we get news of positive drug tests and rescheduled fights.

  • Amir Khan Looking For a New Opponent Now That the Peterson Fight is Cancelled

    Amir Khan won’t be fighting Lamont Peterson on May 19 because of a positive drug test that Peterson took back in March turned out to be positive. No hearing was done, but Peterson did admit he took the banned substance, which quickly led to cancelling the fight and for Amir Khan to look for a new fight on June 30.

  • Khan – Peterson Fight in Jeopardy; Peterson Tests Positive for Banned Substance

    Amir Khan is supposed to get his rematch against Lamont Peterson on May 19; A chance to win back his Light Welterweight belts and to put the division once and for all behind him with a win over an opponent he feels superior to. An opponent he feels he actually beat in their first fight, back in December. An opponent who has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.

  • Amir Khan Gets the Peterson Rematch He Deserved

    Amir Khan shouldn’t be without the WBA and IBF belts right now, but he lost points on some shoving calls, some unauthorized person messed around with the scorecards and the judges, resulting in Lamont Peterson causing the upset that night in Washington. Now, after months of back and forth between both camps, the rematch (May 19 in Vegas) is a done deal.

  • Lamont Peterson Seems Scared to Fight Amir Khan Again

    Amir Khan is still fighting to get the rematch he wants against Lamont Peterson, although the bad blood, flowing stronger since the fight and the appeals, isn’t the only thing in the way. Peterson appealing to the WBA, hoping it’ll overturn the rematch order, might prove just how reluctant Peterson is to fight Khan again.

  • Amir Khan – Conspiracy or More Whining?

    Amir Khan isn’t done with his crusade to prove he actually won his fight against Lamont Peterson. He wants a rematch, which he’ll probably get anyhow. But that’s not enough, and revealing new and question raising footage regarding an unidentified man sitting with the judges and actually interfering with the scorecards.

  • Amir Khan Begins War of Words With Peterson too Soon

    Amir Khan’s recent loss by Split Decision hasn’t changed his high opinion of himself and his place in the world of boxing it seems. With a rematch against the WBA and IBF Light Welterweight champion on his mind, Amir Khan began the war of words with Lamont Peterson before an agreement has even been reached.

  • Aftermath of the Khan – Peterson Title Fight

    Amir Khan was the better fighter in the ring against Lamont Peterson, but it wasn’t enough. Peterson won by a more than controversial split decision, becoming the WBA and IBF Light Welterweight champion and seemingly agreeing to a rematch between the two.

  • Khan vs Peterson – Risks and Rewards

    In Washington D.C on Saturday night, it won’t be just Amir Khan defending his two Light-Welterweight belts against Lamont Peterson, backed by a home crowd. This is supposedly Khan’s last fight at the division before moving up, or moving on to bigger and greater things. American Superstardom. If he wins.

  • Amir Khan Not Worried About Peterson and Washington

    Amir Khan might be stepping into Lamont Peterson’s backyard, Washington D.C., to defend his WBA and IBF Light-Welterweight title belts, but the British champion, with thoughts of Floyd Mayweather and Timothy Bradley on his mind, isn’t intimidated.