Amir Khan

Amir Khan (boxer)

Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....

 vs. Lamont Peterson

Lamont Peterson

-Background:Peterson and his brother Anthony Peterson are regularly featured on ESPN boxing telecasts, and their story has been frequently discussed on the show. The Petersons were left without parents at an early age, with their father in prison and their mother suffering personal issues. The...

, billed as Capitol Showdown, is a Super-Lightweight championship fight for the IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 & WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 Super World titles. The fight will take place in the Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, on 10 December 2011. Khan will be making the first defense of his IBF belt against his mandatory challenger.

Background

Golden Boy Promotions

Golden Boy Promotions

Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is a combat sport promotional firm started by former boxer six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya...

 CEO Richard Schaefer has announced in a conference in London

London

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 to officially kick off "Capitol Showdown: Khan vs. Peterson."

The tour touts an HBO-televised bout featuring WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 and IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 junior welterweight beltholder Amir Khan of England in the first defense of his IBF belt against mandatory challenger Lamont Peterson of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, which is slated for Dec. 10 in Peterson's home town.

Khan has won eight consecutive fights, four of them by knockout. Peterson won an IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 Eliminator with a 12th-round stoppage of Victor Cayo (26-2, 18 KOs) in July, earning the organization's No. 1 contender status and the right to challenge Khan.

Televised

• Super Lightweight Championship bout:   Amir Khan
  Amir Khan (boxer)
  Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....
  
    vs.   Lamont Peterson
  Lamont Peterson
  -Background:Peterson and his brother Anthony Peterson are regularly featured on ESPN boxing telecasts, and their story has been frequently discussed on the show. The Petersons were left without parents at an early age, with their father in prison and their mother suffering personal issues. The...
  
  

• Heavyweight bout:   Seth Mitchell
  Seth Mitchell
  Seth Mitchell is an undefeated professional boxer in the heavyweight division. Mitchell is signed to Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions...
  
   vs.   Timur Ibragimov
  Timur Ibragimov
  Timur Ibragimov is a heavyweight professional boxer.-Personal:...
  
  

Preliminary card

• Lightweight bout:   Anthony Peterson
  Anthony Peterson
  Anthony Peterson is a professional boxer.-Amateur career:Peterson had an outstanding amateur career, and was the 2003 National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion. In 2004 he lost twice to Mexican American Vicente Escobedo at 132 lbs which cost him his place in Athens...
  
   vs.   Sergio Rivera

• Lightweight bout:   Jamie Kavanagh
  Jamie Kavanagh
  Jamie Kavanagh is an Irish professional boxer. At 11 years old, Kavanagh moved to Malaga, Spain were he would meet one of his current trainers Sedano Ruiz.-Amateur boxing career:...
  
   vs. TBD

• Welterweight bout:   Dusty Harrison
  Dusty Harrison
  Dusty Harrison is an undefeated boxer in the Welterweight division.-Amateur career:After having almost 200 amateur bouts and numerous championships at that level, 16-year-old Dusty Harrison will take the plunge into the paid ranks.-Pro career:On June 11, 2011 Dusty won his pro debut against the...
  
   vs.   Terrell Davis

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Thomas Williams Jr. vs. TBD

• Lightweight bout:   Terron Grant vs.   Dashawn Autry

• Lightweight bout:   Joshua Davis vs. TBD

International broadcasting

Country	Broadcaster
Australia	Main Event Main Event Main Event is Australia's only pay-per-view channel. It transmits through Foxtel, Optus Television and Austar, which jointly own the channel...
Czech Republic	Sport 1 Sport 1 Sport 1 is a European sports channel which is currently available in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania broadcasting in different languages...
Hungary	Sport 2 Sport 1 Sport 1 is a European sports channel which is currently available in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania broadcasting in different languages...
Indonesia	tvOne TvOne (Indonesia) tvOne is an Indonesian privately owned national television station based in East Jakarta. It used to be known as Lativi, but the name changed due to changes in ownership in the middle of February 2008...
Italy	Sportitalia Sportitalia Sportitalia is an Italian terrestrial and satellite television channel specialized in sports broadcasting 24 hours a day. Sports broadcast include soccer, basketball, tennis, cycling, volley, motoristic sports, rugby, wrestling; informations about other sports is also...
Malaysia	Astro Astro (Malaysian satellite television) Astro is the brand name of the Malaysian direct broadcast satellite pay television service. It transmits digital satellite television and radio to households in Malaysia & Brunei...
New Zealand	Sky SKY Network Television Sky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:*808,617 digital subscribers*20,840 other subscribers...
Pakistan	Geo TV GEO Super Geo Super is the first 24-hour Pakistani channel dedicated to the world of sports. It belongs to Independent Media Corporation, owner of the Jang Group of Newspapers.-Launch:...
Philippines	AKTV AKTV AKTV is a sports and lifestyle primetime programming block in the Philippines. Owned and operated by TV5, it occupies the 5:00 to 11:00pm timeslot of IBC; weekend coverage usually begins at 10:00 am. It started since June 5, 2011.-History:...
Poland	Polsat Sport Polsat Sport Polsat Sport is a Polish sports channel owned by Polsat. It launched on 11 August 2000 and is available via satellite on Cyfrowy Polsat.-Logo History:-See also:* Polsat Sport HD* Polsat Sport Extra* Polsat Futbol...
Portugal	Sport TV Sport TV SportTV is the brand name for a group of seven Portuguese sports-oriented television channels. SportTV is the dominant subscription television sports brand in Portugal. The first channel, then known as only SportTV, was launched on 16 September 1998 and is produced by ZON Multimédia and...
Qatar	Al Jazeera Sports Al Jazeera Sports Al Jazeera Sports is a popular Arabic-language sports channel launched in November 2003 by the well-known Al Jazeera network.Al Jazeera Sports also owns the exclusive broadcasting rights in the Middle East for major football leagues, such as the Spanish La Liga, the French Ligue 1 and the Italian...
Russia	NTV Plus NTV Plus NTV Plus is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television service from NTV, transmitted from Eutelsat's W4 satellite at 36.0°E & from Bonum 1 at 56.0°E...
South Africa	SuperSport
United Kingdom	Sky Sports Sky Sports Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
United States	HBO

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