Lamont Peterson’s Camp Issues a Statement
Dan Rafael of ESPN reports: In the immediate aftermath of the Lamont Peterson-Amir Khan junior welterweight title rematch being canceled on Wednesday because of Peterson’s failed drug test, his team didn’t have much to say.
In fact, numerous emails and phone calls went unreturned. I would imagine Peterson’s people were trying to collect their thoughts and figure out what to say and how to explain why, during a random urine test conducted on March 19 in Los Angeles, Peterson (who had asked Khan to undergo random testing during the buildup to their fight) tested positive for synthetic testosterone.More info.