Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
Briton questions excuses of unofficial ‘man in the hat’
Amir Khan touched down in Britain this morning and was
adamant that a rematch with Lamont Peterson was his only option as he seeks to
rectify his controversial loss to the American last month.
The 25 year-old cancelled a scheduled IBF hearing this week
when he and his team learned that WBA supervisor Michael Welsh would not be
present to give his evidence following apparent interference from un-appointed
official Mustafa Ameen.
Ameen has this week given his side of the events that
unfolded in Washington as Khan lost his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles,
citing that Welsh was not feeling well and he was on hand to help him with totting
up the scorecards.
Khan dismissed this theory in an interview with the BBC
today and hopes that the new champion will give him the opportunity to win back
his titles in the spring with a 50/50 split of US and UK revenue on offer for
Peterson.
“I don’t accept it. How much help do you need counting
scorecards? Michael Welsh is a chartered accountant. I mean he is not going to
find it hard if he is ill to count numbers and it’s only 9, 9, 9 or 10, 10, 10.
“We don’t know the whole story because Michael Welsh wasn’t
at the hearing and that would have been one side of the story but hopefully
within a week we will find out what’s going to happen.
“I just want a rematch. I just want to fight Lamont Peterson
and settle the score fairly,” he added.
The Bolton man now faces an anxious wait to find out if his
rematch if forthcoming and has hinted that he may be ready to move up to
welterweight if Peterson decides against a return at a neutral venue.