Khan will defend the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation light-welterweight world titles at the Washington Convention Centre on Dec 10 against Peterson, a fighter who is equally happy to box or stand toe-to-toe.
“I give Amir a lot of credit for fighting me in my home town,” said Peterson, 27, who has lost just once in 31 contests, in London on Tuesday. “So many of the champions refuse to go to another guy’s back yard to fight.”
Richard Schaefer, Khan’s US promoter, said: “I asked the great Bernard Hopkins recently why he had wanted to fight against Jean Pascal in Pascal’s home town of Montréal when they fought — and Hopkins told me ‘because its gangster’ to do that’. Amir has plenty of ‘gangster’ about him, what I mean is, when he steps into the ring he is like a street fighter.”
"He has become the face of boxing in the United Kingdom and he has captured the attention of fans in the United States in a short space of time.”
Schaefer revealed that the event would be shown on HBO in the US, with the convention centre set up for a capacity audience of 12,000.
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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