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Amir Khan is confident he has done everything possible to prepare himself to face Lamont Peterson again © Getty Images

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Amir Khan insists he is leaving no stone unturned in his bid to reclaim his light-welterweight titles off Lamont Peterson.

Khan is currently in the middle of a training camp in the Philippines ahead of his rematch against Peterson on May 19, after losing the WBA and IBF belts to the American in a controversial defeat in Washington DC at the end of 2011.

The Bolton fighter revealed that trainer Freddie Roach has been pushing him very hard in training - as he jousts with bigger fighters in sparring and intensively studies his opponent's technique ahead of a fight he is determined to win.

"Freddie has been going through things step by step on how we are going to approach the rematch with Peterson," Khan told World Boxing News. "I've been working on a lot of things to help minimise the threats posed by him. As I mentioned previously we've gone through the video of the fight and dissected it bit by bit and I've seen the mistakes I made in the first fight and know that I won't be falling into any of those traps again.

"Sparring for this fight has been excellent and I'm taking on a lot of bigger guys who are similar to Peterson in order to prepare for me for this fight. During sparring you get a real indication of where you are at and I'm pleased to say that it's gone really well and Freddie is happy with what he has seen."

To further assist his preparations, Khan has cut back on his media commitments in order to focus on the job he needs to do.

"I'm really focused for this fight and am not looking beyond Peterson and May 19th. This camp has been one of my most secluded and private to date," he said. "I've just got my head down and trained hard and have not done the amount of media work I usually do during my camps.

"This fight will be different to the last one and I'm aiming to produce the stoppage this time round."

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