LAS VEGAS (AP) — The WBA is reinstating British boxer Amir Khan as its junior welterweight champion, just in time for a unification bout this weekend in Las Vegas with WBC 140-pound champion Danny Garcia.
Nevada State Athletic Commission executive Keith Kizer said he learned Wednesday that Saturday’s Khan-Garcia matchup at the Mandalay Bay Events Center will be a WBA-WBC unification fight.
The WBA announced Wednesday that Khan was being given back the crown he lost to Lamont Peterson in a disputed split decision last December in Washington, D.C.
Peterson later failed a doping test and a May rematch against Khan in Las Vegas was canceled.
Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer who represents Khan did not immediately respond Wednesday to a message from The Associated Press.
