Mustafa Ameen, the Amir Khan fight 'mystery man', has 'nothing to hide' over ringside presence in Washington

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"I think it's important to let the facts be known and I don't want anybody crafting a defense based on something that someone wrote on the internet on what I said happened. I will defer any explanation telling them, telling anybody else that's an interested party at the official hearing.

"I've got nothing to hide. I'm not running or ducking or anything.

"Without talking about the merits of what happened, I will just say that there's a lot of misinformation. I've been called a lot of names over the past several days and that attacks my credibility, attacks my reputation that I worked very hard on in all my years in boxing.

"I'll tell you that that part is definitely something I'm going to defend prior to the hearing."

Ameen's identity was initially unknown but he is in fact an experienced figure in the sport and is seemingly a close associate of American amateur heavyweight star Michael Hunter.

"There's a lot of things that have been said, that have been put on the internet, which is why I'm going to refuse to fight my defence on the internet," he said.

"It's just unfair. I'm known in boxing circles, I'm not a secret. [It's unfair] for them to slander me and undo all the things that I've worked hard for in terms of my reputation. I'm going to defer to the hearing and I've got nothing to hide. People know me through Michael Hunter and the IBF.

"I'm not a mystery man at all. That was a bunch of BS from the very beginning."

Khan's team want the fight declared a no contest - which would give him his titles back - after criticising Cooper's deduction of two points while also highlighting several ambiguities on the night, the latest of which is Ameen's presence and alleged interference with WBA supervisor Michael Welsh.

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