This weekend WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Amir Khan will defend his titles against the always-dangerous Lamont Peterson at Convention Center in his opponent?s native Washington, D.C. And while Peterson is essentially as proven of a challenger as you will find at 140 pounds, it is a fight that figures to be Khan?s to lose given his edge his speed and overall skill.
Khan has had a fun ride at 140 pounds but has hinted he will soon be moving up to the welterweight division. If successful against Peterson on Saturday night, the fighter?s trainer, Freddie Roach, would love to see him stick around and defend his belts one more time against a select name; former champion Brandon Rios.
This past weekend Rios was stripped of his WBA lightweight crown after he failed to make the 135-pound limit for his scheduled defense against Manchester?s John Murray on the televised undercard portion of the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito rematch on HBO pay-per-view. Rios would end up pushing forward with the fight, stopping the brave but outgunned Murray in the eleventh round, but now appears headed for a move up in weight.
