Oscar De La Hoya wants Peterson stripped of titles...

Peterson with titles after his fight with Khan.

Golden Boy boss Oscar De La Hoya says that the WBA and IBF should vacate their 140lb titles, held by controversial light-welterweight Lamont Peterson, following their hearing in the next few days. Many people believe that Amir Khan is the rightful champion as Peterson was caught using steroids in the build-up to their rematch.

Khan hopes to have at least one world title on the line when he faces WBC champ Danny Garcia on July 14th. De La Hoya would like all three titles to be on the line next month at the Mandalay Bay and he believes that the two organisations will see sense and allow Khan to have a chance of winning the vacated titles against Garcia.

"They have to vacate the title, otherwise it would be an endorsement for steroids and other illegal substances," De La Hoya told World Boxing News. "Sanctioning bodies don't want to send the message that it's alright to juice up a month before their title fight as happened in this case."

There is also one other problem that needs to be solved before July 14th. The mandatory challenger for Garcia's WBC title is not Khan, it's Ajose Olusegun. Golden Boy are trying to persuade Olusegun to step aside but at the moment he is refusing. If the problems is not solved then Garcia will most likely be stripped of his title.

"I can confirm that there is no deal in place yet with Olusegun," added De La Hoya.

Mayweather could be stripped of WBC Title!

Mayweather Jr with WBC belt.

According to reports, the No.1 Pound-for-pound fighter in the world Floyd Mayweather may have his World title taken away from him by the WBC. There has been rumors that the World Boxing Council is considering stripping Mayweather of his title following his clash with WBA light-middleweight champion Miguel Cotto on May 5th and his jail sentence of 87 days which will start shortly after the fight.

No.1 Welterweight contender
Selcuk Aydin.

Seeing as 'Money' Mayweather is moving up in weight and that he is going to jail, WBC President Jose Sulaiman thinks it is only right that their is a new Welterweight champion. 

It has been revealed that Sulaiman has said that the winner of Selcuk Aydin Vs Robert Guerrero on July 28th woill likely be recognized as the new champion.

WBC silver welterweight champion Aydin is undefeated and Guerrero has won world titles in three different weight divisions but they are hardly the two guys that you would put first in line for Mayweather's title.

If it was down to us we would have recent eye-opener Devon Alexander next in line to fight for the title, but unfortunately it's not up to us or the fans. It's up to the WBC and they perhaps think that Alexander's impressive victory over Marcos Maidana wasn't enough to have him as the No.1 contender.

Mayweather is yet to talk out about the situation but it will definitely be very interesting to hear what him and his team have to say.