Amir Khan has spoken of his hurt and disappointment following the cancellation of his world light-welterweight title rematch against Lamont Peterson.
Khan said the American champion's failed drugs test proves he was 'a cheat'.http://secure.signup-way.com/8407/21000/rugby_tv
It emerged earlier this week that Peterson, who controversially beat Khan in December to capture the Bolton fighter's WBA and IBF titles, had tested positive for a banned steroid. The news cast doubt over the pair's May 19 rematch in Las Vegas.Speaking to Sky Sports News, Khan said: 'First of all I'm disappointed because I trained very hard for this fight.
'It was only 10 days away from the fight where my dad came knocking on my bedroom door and said to me "look, Lamont Peterson's failed his drug test and the fight's no longer going to happen".
'It was a big shock for me. My head was all over the place, I really, really wanted to win my titles back and have the fight. But the truth's come out now and it just proves that Lamont Peterson was a cheat really.
'It hurt me more than anything because I really did want to go in there and put on a performance and show the world how good Amir Khan is.http://secure.signup-way.com/8407/21000/rugby_tv
Amir Iqbal Khan (born 8 December 1986), is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is the former unified WBA (Super) & IBF Light Welterweight Champion.He previously boxed in the lightweight division, where he held the Commonwealth, WBO Inter-Continental, and WBA International titles.Khan is the youngest British Olympic boxing medalist, winning silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics at the age of 17. He is also one of the youngest British world champions ever, winning the WBA Light Welterweight title at age 22.
Lamont Peterson defeated Khan for the WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles in Washington DC on 10 December 2011 by split decision. Khan was deducted 2 points in rounds 7 and 12 by the referee Joe Cooper for pushing. Peterson and Khan both boxed well and a re-match looks certain. Two judges scored it 113-112 to Peterson, with the other 115-110 to Khan (originally announced as 114-111 to Khan).
Newly-crowned IBF/WBA 140-pound titleholder Lamont Peterson has agreed in principle to an HBO-televised return bout against Khan on May 19 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.http://secure.signup-way.com/8407/21000/rugby_tv
