World champion negotiating Peterson fight rights

Unified world light-welterweight champion Amir Khan is reportedly close to securing a return to Sky Sports after fighting his last two world title bouts with Paul McCloskey and Zab Judah on rival network Primetime.

The 24 year-old officially announced his December 10^th meeting with IBF mandatory challenger Lamont Peterson in Washington yesterday and according to The Guardian, could take the bout back to his former home after a public fall-out in April this year.

Sky have recently scrapped all boxing pay-per-view events and it is not known whether a Khan return would signal the re-igniting of fights on Sky Box Office as ‘King’ Khan has stated in the past that he is solely a ‘pay-per-view fighter.’

The recent formation of Frank Warren’s BoxNation boxing channel may have been the catalyst for Sky positioning themselves to pick up the rights to Khan fights as their only current world champion is Carl Froch, who is signed to Matchroom Sport.