Amir Khan vs. Danny Garcia: The Bolton proud eyeing Peterson rematch after stopping Garcia

Former IBF and WBA light welterweight titlist Amir Khan still wants to go head to head with Lamont Peterson, after ending Danny Garcia on July 14. Khan will take on Garcia at the Mandalay Bay & Resort, the same venue where he was scheduled to fight Peterson, the current IBF light welterweight titlist.

Hailing from Washington, USA, Lamont Peterson was the man to defeat Khan in December last year, taking his IBF and WBA light welterweight titles away. Both fighters were scheduled to ready for a grudge rematch, scheduled for May 19. However, the match was cancelled following Peterson’s positive drug test in April.

Earlier last week, the WBA stripped Peterson off the title but the IBF still has to rule over the situation. Therefore, now the American fighter only holds the IBF title. The now vacant WBA title is on the line for the Khan vs. Garcia event.

“Things happen for a reason and it’s good to know Lamont Peterson was on something in our first fight and then got caught and now admits it,” said Khan.

He added, “But I would, 100 per cent, consider fighting him again. Even when it got called off I wanted to fight him, but then he started to lie and I thought, ‘I don’t have to give this guy a chance’. Maybe we could fight again if he is not banned for life, and I hope he does get a ban of some sort.”

“I would love to set the record straight against him, after he took away my titles, but I will take one fight at a time and leave it to my promoter to sort out.”

After the rematch against Peterson was cancelled, Khan immediately opted to fight Garcia, the current WBC light welterweight titlist who will be defending his title. On July 14, it will be a title unification bout between the British-Pakistani fighter Amir Khan and the unbeaten American fighter Danny Garcia.

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