Light Welterweight world champion Amir Khan will fight on Sky Sports for his next three bouts after penning a new contract with the satellite broadcaster.

Khan left Sky in April this year after the poor undercard for his fight with Paul McCloskey fell apart, and the broadcaster wanted to pull it from pay-per-view on Sky Box Office down to standard Sky Sports. Khan and his advisors were unhappy at the move, and instead went to a company that would offer them a pay-per-view outlet for the contest, the independent company Primetime.

After defeating the Ulsterman, he moved on to fight Zab Judah in a title unification in the States in July. This was also on Primetime, and despite both parties claiming otherwise, the fact that no viewing figures were ever released suggests they were embarassingly low.

But his next fight against Lamont Peterson in Washington on the 10th December will be televised live on regular Sky Sports, and not Sky Box Office. Sky have said they have no plans for any further pay-per-view fights in the near future, but this attitude will no doubt change if, as expected, Khan fights Floyd Mayweather Jnr. next year.

Khan is scheduled to commentate on Primetime’s coverage of the Manny Pacquiao v Juan Manuel Marquez fight this weekend, which makes the move back to Sky more surprising.

This will no doubt be a huge blow to the ego of Khan and his advisors, who have gone running back with their tail between their legs after having it drummed in to them since he moved to Sky in 2008 that he is a pay-per-view fighter, despite continued poor figures along the way.