Amir Khan's 'mystery man' identified, WBA vice-president insists a 'direct rematch'

The 'mystery man', who is accused of interfering with score cards during Amir Khan's match with Peterson, has been identified by IBF as one of their officials.

Golden Boy Promotions, Khan's promotors, claimed that the IBF told that he was one of their officials named Mustafa Ameen.

"His name is Mustafa Ameen and the IBF have confirmed to us his name, and they have confirmed to us that he's involved in an official capacity with the IBF," Schaefe, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, told Sky Sports News.

World Boxing Association (WBA) vice president said that Amir Khan should be given rematch with Lamont Peterson.

Desperate Khan, who lost WBA and light-welterweight world titles on a split points decision to Peterson and had two points deducted by referee Joe Cooper, had earlier accused that a man was interfering with the judges’ scorecards during the fight on Twitter on Thursday afternoon.

"I want to know the reason this person sat there and what's going on. We did the table plan with Golden Boy Promotions and the WBA official was already in his seat and the IBF official was already in his seat, so who is this person? What's he doing talking to the WBA? Why is he handling the slips?," said Khan's business manager Asif Vali.

WBA's vice president, Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, insisted there would be an investigation and said that, in his view, “there should be a direct rematch”. He explained: “You have to guarantee fairness, you have to guarantee that no one who isn’t directly involved can sit at the table.”

The WBA official also criticised “poor security measures” by the local commission, in allowing the unsanctioned official to be ringside.