Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
Briton may get answers as identity comes to light
WBN Editor
The man at the centre of a storm between Amir Khan’s team
and the controversial scoring of his WBA and IBF light-welterweight title
defeat to Lamont Peterson in Washington has finally been named as IBF official
Mustafa Ameen.
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, who is investigating the
matter of behalf of Khan, revealed the identity of the man that the Bolton
fighter claimed was tampering with the scorecards inbetween rounds and had no
business ringside.
"His name is Mustafa Ameen and the IBF have confirmed
to us his name, and they have confirmed to us that he's involved in an official
capacity with the IBF," Schaefer told Sky Sports News.
"However, he was not in Washington in an official IBF
capacity, but the IBF asked the Washington commission to issue him a credential
so that he could attend the fight."
Khan, 25, has now been informally promised a rematch by the
WBA vice-president Gilberto Mendoza according to Schaefer, who is hoping the
organisation make it official as early as next week and they can start negotiations with
Peterson’s camp.
"We have been informed today by the WBA that they will
order an immediate rematch," confirmed Schaefer.
"We received a verbal confirmation today and we will
get a written confirmation by next Tuesday.
"That means that no fighter can take an interim fight,
that the next fight for Peterson would be a rematch.
"We hope that the IBF will follow because that's the
least they can do. The ruling of the WBA to order an immediate rematch should
put additional pressures on the IBF."
Breidis Prescott, the first man to defeat Khan in 2008, had
been hoping for a rematch after Oscar De La Hoya claimed interest in bringing
the Colombian back to the UK in March and this ruling would certainly put an
end to his chances.