Khan had Peterson (right) on the floor twice during their 10 December bout
Wednesday’s hearing into Amir Khan’s controversial December defeat by Lamont Peterson has been cancelled.
The International Boxing Federation announced that Khan’s promoters, Golden Boy Promotions, withdrew its appeal without giving a reason.
An IBF statement said: “[We] received notice that Golden Boy Promotions withdrew their appeal of the Khan-Peterson bout.
“The hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled.”
It continued: “We have not received any further information on this decision by Golden Boy Promotions.”
In losing to Peterson, Khan relinquished both his IBF and WBA belts. But the WBA last week ordered that there should be a rematch between Peterson and Khan and that it should take place within 180 days.
Khan flew to the United States on Tuesday for the scheduled hearing in Newark, New Jersey, and took to social network site Twitter to announce his arrival.
“Landed safe and sound to
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