Team Khan's hearing fears
Golden Boy Promotions to focus their full attention on next fight
Amir Khan's promoters claim they withdrew their appeal over the controversial defeat to Lamont Peterson because they feared the IBF hearing would be "one-sided" and not "fully transparent".
Khan, along with father Shah and business manager Asif Vali, had flown to America ahead of the hearing in New Jersey, only for it to be cancelled at the 11th hour.
Golden Boy Promotions released a statement outlining their reasons and chief executive Richard Schaefer has revealed they feared they would not get a fair hearing.
Two men central to Khan's complaints - referee Joe Cooper and WBS supervisor Michael Welsh - would not be present at the hearing.
Cooper has been accused by Khan of unfairly docking him two points in the split decision loss, while Welsh was the man seen being approached and allegedly interfered with by 'mystery man' Mustafa Ameen, who had no apparent reason to be there.
A statement from Golden Boy read: "Due to the fact that there was only to be partial representation of fight officials who were involved with the December 10, 2011 Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson bout at tomorrow's scheduled appeal hearing of the fight's outcome before the International Boxing Federation (IBF), Golden Boy Promotions and Team Khan have decided to withdraw their appeal and focus their full attention on Amir's next fight." - http://www1.skysports.com
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