Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
IBF ‘official’ to speak out
The man at the centre of the Khan v Peterson scorecard storm
will get the chance to give his side of the story at the Amir Khan appeal
hearing next week after being accused by Khan of interfering with the official
scorecards at his Washington fight last month.
Mustafa Ameen, who works with the International Boxing Federation
in an official capacity, attended Khan’s controversial bout without being legitimately
appointed and is now to be summoned to explain his appearance at the Convention
Center.
"I've got nothing to hide. I'm not running or ducking
or anything,” stated Ameen.
"Without talking about the merits of what happened, I
will just say that there's a lot of misinformation. I've been called a lot of
names over the past several days and that attacks my credibility, attacks my
reputation that I worked very hard on in all my years in boxing.
"I'll tell you that that part is definitely something
I'm going to defend prior to the hearing."
Khan, 25, is hoping to have the result of his loss to Lamont
Peterson changed to a no contest, citing the judging by referee Joe Cooper
coupled with Ameen’s alleged scorecard tampering and at the very least wants a rematch
with the American immediately.
27 year-old Peterson has continually tried to brush off the
activity from the Khan camp as he attempts to secure a lucrative fight with
Manny Pacquiao in the summer and may avoid a rematch with the Briton if the
appeal goes his way.