Khan hints at IBF conspiracy for defeat
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January 8, 2012, Sunday
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THE mystery man accused by Amir Khan of "interfering" with the scorecards of the judges in the boxer's world title defeat by American Lamont Peterson was an IBF official.
Khan, who lost his WBA super-lightweight and IBF light-welterweight crowns to Peterson last month, posted messages on Twitter on Thursday and highlighted footage from the fight as he questioned the appearance of the unidentified man at ringside. The Briton's camp had already lodged an appeal against the result of the Washington fight.
Golden Boy chief executive Richard Schaefer said the unidentified man was an IBF official who was not assigned to the bout. "The IBF requested credentials for this man. We were told by the IBF he does work for the IBF but that he was not assigned for that fight. Therefore it's even more troubling," said Schaefer.
"Why was he sitting there and why didn't anyone from the IBF remove him or tell him he had no authority? He identified himself to our staff as an official of the IBF and that he had the right to sit there and the fact the IBF supervisors allowed him to sit there is really quite astonishing," he added.
"What's further astonishing ... is he was permitted to actually touch and be handling the scorecards ... the plot thickens and we're going to continue our investigative work here."
Khan, who lost his WBA super-lightweight and IBF light-welterweight crowns to Peterson last month, posted messages on Twitter on Thursday and highlighted footage from the fight as he questioned the appearance of the unidentified man at ringside. The Briton's camp had already lodged an appeal against the result of the Washington fight.
Golden Boy chief executive Richard Schaefer said the unidentified man was an IBF official who was not assigned to the bout. "The IBF requested credentials for this man. We were told by the IBF he does work for the IBF but that he was not assigned for that fight. Therefore it's even more troubling," said Schaefer.
"Why was he sitting there and why didn't anyone from the IBF remove him or tell him he had no authority? He identified himself to our staff as an official of the IBF and that he had the right to sit there and the fact the IBF supervisors allowed him to sit there is really quite astonishing," he added.
"What's further astonishing ... is he was permitted to actually touch and be handling the scorecards ... the plot thickens and we're going to continue our investigative work here."
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