Lamont Peterson Fails Doping Test; Amir Khan-Peterson Rematch in Doubt

[Abu Zolfiqar]

LAS VEGAS — Lamont Peterson’s scheduled May 19 rematch with Amir Khan in Las Vegas has been called into doubt after a Nevada boxing official said Peterson failed a doping test.

Peterson, 28, the WBA and IBF junior welterweight champion, tested unacceptably high for synthetic testosterone in a urine test administered in March by the Las Vegas-based Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, Nevada Athletic Commission executive Keith Kizer said Tuesday.

Separate tests on a second sample from the same time were reported positive last Thursday, according to a report Kizer said he received Monday from Dr. Margaret Goodman, VADA chief executive and a former ringside physician.

“Unless there’s some real obvious and legitimate reason for the positive test, he’s not fighting,” Kizer told The Associated Press.

Kizer said Peterson (30-1-1, with 15 KOs) isn’t currently licensed to fight in Nevada, but would usually get routine approval in the next several days for the fight scheduled next week at the Mandalay Bay resort.

Now, Peterson needs to win an appeal to the five-member commission, which isn’t scheduled to meet until May 21.

Kizer said Peterson’s Washington, D.C.-based lawyer, Jeff Fried, promised him an explanation by the end of the day Tuesday.

Khan’s promoter, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions in Los Angeles, called it premature to say whether the Peterson-Khan fight will be held.

But if Peterson can’t fight, Khan won’t face a substitute opponent, Schaefer said.

“If he is allowed to fight, obviously we will fight,” Schaefer said. “We’re going to wait to see what the Athletic Commission decides. It would be impossible to find an opponent within a week and a half for a fight of this caliber.”

Goodman and Dr. Edwin “Flip” Homansky, a former Nevada Athletic Commission member also affiliated with the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, declined to comment on Peterson’s test results. They cast VADA as a neutral testing agency.

Peterson and Fried were notified April 13, but didn’t share word of the first positive steroid test by the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory in Los Angeles.

“It appears as though Mr. Peterson and Mr. Fried ... chose not to notify third parties at that time in the hope that Mr. Peterson’s “B’’ sample would test negative,” Goodman said.

The document said the second test was conducted at the UCLA Olympic lab April 30 with at least one Peterson representative present.

Kizer said Fried told him Peterson recalls receiving testosterone treatment from a doctor before his first fight against Khan ended in controversy last December in Washington.

“He’s saying Peterson’s only real fault was that he failed to report therapeutic use of testosterone,” Kizer said.

Khan (26-2, with 18 knockouts) lost his WBA and IBF belts in a split-decision loss to Peterson on Dec. 10, but was granted a rematch after complaining about the referee’s decision to deduct him two points for pushing. He also was upset by the presence of an unauthorized man at ringside who was seen distracting an official.

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Lamont Peterson fails doping test; May 19 rematch in Las Vegas against Amir Khan in doubt - The Washington Post




Peterson ......sound more like CHEATERSON

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Peterson vs Khan Update: NSAC Explains Details Of Peterson's Failed Drug Test


Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director:

In mid-April, the "A-Sample" for Peterson came back positive. This led to Team Peterson challenging the findings and having the "B-Sample" tested. At that point, Peterson was "shocked" and couldn't see any way he failed the test.

Once the B-sample came back positive as well, Peterson remembered that he was given a "testosterone pellet" by his doctor before the first fight with Khan in December. Kizer said that, from what he understood, they are saying that he has not used it since, and that they're blaming it on that pellet back in December. No word on why the doctor gave it to him to begin with.

Kizer had to call the Mandalay Bay, HBO and Golden Boy to inform them of the positive test. Golden Boy is claiming that they had no idea, which would mean that Team Peterson did not inform them of any of this going on during the almost two months prior.

From his understanding, Peterson did not disclose any testosterone pellet on VADA paperwork.

Peterson vs Khan Update: NSAC Explains Details Of Peterson's Failed Drug Test - Bad Left Hook

 

[Kambojaric]

"remembered" my a.**. Cheater caught.

 

[Rafi]

This guy was probably doped up, in the first fight, this idiot should be stripped of the title.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

according to news sources i am seeing, his doctor "prescribed" him this testosterone enhancer pill prior to the Amir Khan fight


so in other words, if things were MY way -- this Cheaterson would be stripped of the title he (wrongfully) claimed from Khan.


the whole Khan-Peterson has become totally embroiled in one controversy after the next. First, it was the issue of a biased judge....then it became an issue of a corrupt official interfering with the judges while they were determining the scores....and now, THIS!!!!!


maaaaa di p**** vich

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Lamont Peterson to lose titles and chance of rematch with Amir Khan | Sport | The Guardian

• Peterson tested positive for banned synthetic substance
• Amir Khan likely to fight for vacated titles in June


Amir Khan's rematch with Lamont Peterson was officially cancelled last night and the American will almost certainly be stripped of his world titles over a failed drug test when he goes before the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Tuesday.

Khan is likely to fight on 30 June for the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation light-welterweight titles he lost to Peterson in Washington last December. The former champion will return to Bolton on Saturday and await the announcement of his new opponent.

It is an anticlimactic turn of events for Khan, who confirmed on Twitter: "The fight is off! sorry everyone the only person to blame is [Peterson]." He was desperate for revenge over the American, who rose from living on the streets of Washington with his brother as an abandoned waif to being warmly embraced as one of the sport's most heart-warming heroes. That fairytale now lies in tatters.

When Peterson's team flew from Washington to Las Vegas on Tuesday it was to argue that the presence of a banned synthetic substance resulted from the "inadvertent" use of pellets designed to counter low testosterone levels.

The Nevada commission's executive director, Keith Kizer, said beforehand it would take some "really enlightening" new evidence to persuade the commission that Peterson should be granted a licence to box in Nevada. Nobody thought that was going to happen and last night the promoters called it off.

Even before their plane had landed, sentiment had swung away from the likable Peterson. He had left his supporters disappointed – and Khan without a credible opponent.

The drama of the past couple of days reached another high point on Wednesday when the commission released details that Peterson tested positive before challenging Khan before Christmas in his home town. It was a fight of rolling controversy but recent developments have overridden even those rows about questionable refereeing and the mysterious appearance at ringside of the man who came to be known as "The Cat In The Hat", Mustafa Ameen.

Referring to Peterson's positive test for excessive levels of testosterone, Kizer said: "He and his team say it was inadvertent. We consider it dishonest. We have to go through the proper procedures, not least with reference to the chairman [of the commission, who has the final say on granting a licence], but we can see no alternative to refusing him a licence."

Asked about Peterson's pre-fight declarations in support of stringent drugs-testing, Kizer replied: "Isn't it always the way with athletes who [test positive for] drugs? We would have loved to have Mr Khan fight here on the 19th but clearly that is not possible. The Peterson team left it too late to inform everybody, ourselves included.

"I feel sorry for Mr Khan and all the undercard fighters who will not now be paid, as well as all the fans who bought tickets and made travel plans."

It is estimated as many as 4,000 British fans have already booked flights, hotels and tickets – Khan's biggest ever contingent of support since he moved to the US to fight under the tutelage of Freddie Roach. He has grown in popularity, with local fans and with the powerbrokers of the game, from Golden Boy Promotions, to the commissioners.

"Hopefully we will have Mr Khan back here in June," Kizer said. "He is always welcome here. We have informed the Washington commission and I suppose they will invalidate the result [of the fight in December]. It's certain we would have been doing so had it taken place in Las Vegas. I suspect the World Boxing Association and the International Boxing Federation will strip Mr Peterson of his titles."

Khan tweeted: "Let's hope the right thing will be done." He added: "Boxing is a dangerous sport a toe to toe battle someone can seriously get hurt especially with an unfair disadvantage, we need to put a stop to this, I still believe they are my belts."

The options for Khan are many and varied. He may contemplate another go with a fellow Golden Boy client, Marcos Maidana, whom he beat in a belting affair at the Mandalay Bay. Zab Judah, whom he beat at the same venue, is likely out of the picture as he is trying to negotiate a fight with Juan Manuel Márquez, but the unbeaten Philadelphian star Danny García would fancy his chances.

Whoever it is, it will not be the opponent Khan was desperate to fight.

 

[jaunty]

Proper KLPD, they should return the titles to Amir Khan.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Khan and Cheatersons twitter/facebook pages are going viral


everyone is behind Khan and his army.