Unified junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson, who earned $650,000 for the first fight with former titleholder Amir Khan will meet in a rematch at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on May 19.
Peterson accepted the deal from Golden Boy, which handles Khan, for the rematch though coming to a deal wasn’t easy. Peterson rejected a $1 million offer for the rematch shortly after the first fight, but now he will make more than $1 million and 50/50 split.
“We offered 50-50 because that was how much Amir wanted this fight,” Golden Boy promoter Richard Schaefer told ESPN. “There were times where it looked like we were close to getting it done, but it was a drawn out process. But in the end it was not a sanctioning organization, a TV network, the media or fans who made this rematch. It’s the fighters who wanted to get the fight done. It was Lamont Peterson saying he didn’t want to fight anybody else except Amir Khan and it was Amir Khan saying he wanted to fight only Lamont Peterson. That is what makes fights.”
Schaefer said he is close to finalizing the co-featured bout for the card, which would also take place in the 140-pound division: Lucas Matthysse (29-2, 27 KOs), the hard punching contender from Argentina, against former lightweight titleholder Humberto Soto (57-7-2, 34 KOs) of Mexico, who is now fighting as a junior welterweight.
The doubleheader will be televised by HBO.
Khan will win the first 5 rounds if he hasn’t won by then he will run backwards for the rest of the fight!!!!
I’m from uk, he’s overrated,,
Stand and fight!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe now Khan can finally shut up, I’m rooting Peterson in this one. Khan disappointed me with how he behaved after the first fight.
Can wait to see this fight!!
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