Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
Briton seeking immediate rematch with Peterson
Exactly one year ago to the day, Amir Khan was celebrating a
close unanimous points win over Marcos Maidana in what turned out to be the
Fight of the Year and Khan accepted the plaudits for his efforts.
Fast forward twelve months and the former unified
champion is on the receiving end and will now know exactly how Maidana felt if
the Bolton man goes on to win the award for the second year running.
The 25 year-old’s split decision loss to Lamont Peterson is to be contested by
his team after what they saw as discrepancies in referee Joe Cooper’s awarding
of points deductions which ultimately cost Khan his WBA and IBF
light-welterweight titles in Washington.
Khan is looking to secure and immediate rematch with the
American, hopefully in the UK in March if the money is right and any chance that
he had of facing Floyd Mayweather in 2012 disappeared when the final judges’
card read 113-112 to Peterson.
In my personal opinion, I think Khan is done with 140lb
division after winning two world titles and he should steer clear of a return
with the newly-crowned two-belt title holder to build at 147lbs.
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