LONDON - Lamont Peterson's camp accused Amir Khan of "foul tactics" in the wake of their light-welterweight title fight, criticising the British boxer for being a bad loser and discrediting the American's victory to cover up his own inadequacies.
Khan lost his International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Association (WBA) belts to Peterson on a split decision after being docked two points for pushing in the December 10 fight in Washington.
Having launched an appeal against the loss, which will be heard by the IBF on January 18, Khan also questioned the presence of a "mystery man" at the ringside who appears to interfere with the judges and lean over WBA supervisor Michael Welsh.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Barry Hunter, who is Peterson's trainer and manager, said his fighter is disappointed with the "unprofessional manner" of Khan's complaints.
"Khan blames everyone and everything but his performance and lack of ability to make adjustments in the ring for his loss," Hunter said. "He claims that the ring announcer privately stated he won, then that the referee's discretionary actions should be overruled, then a mystery man in a black hat with no association to the Peterson camp somehow affected the outcome of the bout, and also that the judges did not score the bout correctly. Each claim is boldly false.
"We will not let these foul tactics take away from Lamont's hard work, dedication and monumental victory."
At first reticent to comment about the "mystery man", the IBF released a statement on Wednesday identifying him as Mustafa Ameen, who participates in voluntary work with its programme for retired fighters. It said Ameen had no business being at ringside during the fight and confirmed that he would be present at the hearing to explain his actions.
Khan slated as sore loser
LONDON - Lamont Peterson's camp accused Amir Khan of "foul tactics" in the wake of their light-welterweight title fight, criticising the British boxer for being a bad loser and discrediting the American's victory to cover up his own inadequacies.
Khan lost his International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Association (WBA) belts to Peterson on a split decision after being docked two points for pushing in the December 10 fight in Washington.
Having launched an appeal against the loss, which will be heard by the IBF on January 18, Khan also questioned the presence of a "mystery man" at the ringside who appears to interfere with the judges and lean over WBA supervisor Michael Welsh.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Barry Hunter, who is Peterson's trainer and manager, said his fighter is disappointed with the "unprofessional manner" of Khan's complaints.
"Khan blames everyone and everything but his performance and lack of ability to make adjustments in the ring for his loss," Hunter said. "He claims that the ring announcer privately stated he won, then that the referee's discretionary actions should be overruled, then a mystery man in a black hat with no association to the Peterson camp somehow affected the outcome of the bout, and also that the judges did not score the bout correctly. Each claim is boldly false.
"We will not let these foul tactics take away from Lamont's hard work, dedication and monumental victory."
At first reticent to comment about the "mystery man", the IBF released a statement on Wednesday identifying him as Mustafa Ameen, who participates in voluntary work with its programme for retired fighters. It said Ameen had no business being at ringside during the fight and confirmed that he would be present at the hearing to explain his actions.
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