Lamont Peterson agrees to fight Amir Khan in a rematch on May 19th in Las Vegas

IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) has reportedly accepted the latest offer made to him by Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) and his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions for a rematch on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Apparently, Peterson received an even bigger offer than the 50-50 purse split that was offered several weeks ago by Golden Boy and he went ahead and accepted the deal.
It’s unknown at this time who the referee will be for the Khan-Peterson II fight. However, Khan had a lot of luck with Joe Cortez as his referee for the Marcos Maidana and that might be one that Khan would do well with in the Peterson rematch.

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