Manager/trainer Barry Hunter told The Daily Star that he won’t let himself or his fighter, newly crowned WBA/IBF junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson, be bullied into a rematch with Amir Khan:
“If it doesn?t make sense to me or Lamont, I don?t care what happens. I?m not going to let nobody bully us. I have got to do what is best and right for Lamont. Lamont said it best. A rematch has to make business sense.”
This is a fine statement. Chances are good that the Khan rematch will make business sense, and those hoping to cheer the underdog for not being pushed around, keep in mind that there are probably just a few fights out there that could hope to give Peterson the same “good business”: A rematch with Timothy Bradley, which is apparently being strongly considered, or fights at 147 with Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr.
And the wild card may be Brandon Rios, who recently gave up the WBA lightweight title and is likely headed to 140 pounds.
