Amir Khan insists on settling score with Lamont Peterson once and for all

Former IBF and WBA light welterweight titlist Amir Khan held a conference call along with his upcoming opponent Danny Garcia to promote the July 14 showdown.

Khan will be taking on Garcia for the WBC light welterweight title and the vacant WBA light welterweight title at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Nevertheless, Khan still finds himself craving a match against Lamont Peterson to settle scores once for all.

“Well, yeah, you still think about what happened and stuff because I would have kind of preferred to settle the score properly and gone in there and fought him. I mean even when he got caught positive I thought there was still a chance of me fighting him and I told my team and my team still advised me not to because it’s not fair, but I would have like to have settled the score properly,” said the British-Pakistani fighter who feels cheated after Peterson’s positive drug test report came out.

When asked if the entire scenario of Peterson defeating him, while the American was on drugs, troubles him,  Khan iterated, “But now I’ve just put it behind me because this is another tough fight for me and I need to stay focused 100% for this fight because we know when we start thinking ahead and looking too far ahead you can make mistakes and we don’t want to do this. I’m at my peak now where I like to be very professional because in the future there are some super fights out there, so it’s all about winning this fight, taking fight step out time, and not really looking too far ahead.”

In his previous interviews, Khan has spoken about the possibility of facing Lamont Peterson in a rematch, once he is assured the IBF light welterweight titlist is not on drugs.

For now, Khan is preparing to face Garcia, the current WBC light welterweight titlist. The bout will be a title unification bout with the WBA and the WBC light welterweight titles on the line.

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