Khan: I’ll treat McCloskey like he’s another Maidana
March 29th, 2011
By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) isn’t over-looking his next opponent Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) and plans on treating him like he another Marcos Maidana, Khan said in an interview at the BBC News. Khan, 24, faces McCloskey on April 16th at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester.
Now Khan is saying he wants to use McCloskey to try and look good against. The chances are high that Khan will look good against McCloskey, but that’s normally the case when you selected someone that is way out of his class and has never fought a 1st tier fighter before. When you’re a champion like Khan, you’d at least like to see him fighting someone with experience beyond the EBU level, don’t you? Sadly, McCloskey has been fighting Euro level opponents until now.
The #5 ranking by the WBA seems to be another case of the WBA giving a fighter without experience at the upper level a high ranking. They did this with Dimitriy Salita and look what Khan did to him. Salita had never fought a 1st tier fighter before and was given a number #1 ranking by the WBA. Khan promptly destroyed Salita in a 1st round blowout. How the WBA could make Salita #1 above guys like Victor Ortiz is beyond me. I don’t understand that kind of ranking.
In the BBC interview, Khan said “I want to prove to everyone how good Amir Khan is. Not only in England, but all over the world. So I want to beat McCloskey in better fashion than Bradley beat Devon Alexander.”
The one problem getting in the way of Khan getting more credit than Bradley did for his win over Alexander is that McCloskey isn’t in the same class as Alexander. I mean, come on, Khan. Do you really think that boxing fans see the little known McCloskey as being in the same league as Alexander? All it takes is one glance of one of McCloskey’s fights on youtube for you to see how painfully slow, hittable and weak-punching McCloskey is. Does Khan think McCoskey’s mediocre skills are going to be missed by boxing fans worldwide who see the Khan-McCloskey fight?
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@ Hoppalong Harry
Why’s that, was it an irishman that stole your ear, arm, leg and personality?
Paul McCloskey has no quit in him and Amir Khan will have to completely overwhelm him to take McCloskey out of the fight by TKO. Khan is undoubtably very quick and athletic boxer but whether he has the power to completely overwhelm McCloskey who is a tough durable guy remains to be seen. Likewise it remains to be seen if McCloskey can handle Khan’s hand speed. I see Khan being able to take a decision if he is allowed to box from range and retreat and if McCloskey doesn’t adapt his game to suit Khan (e.g. keep his hands higher and pressure more). However I have a feeling that McCloskey is a smart crafty fighter and could easily cause Khan major problems. But we’ll need to see what happens on the night! I’m looking forward to the fight
Khan will win, no doubt. He has now proved he can get hit hard on the chin, against Maidana he got caught flush many times and still his legs did not fail him. Going into the Maidana fight everyone was saying Maidana is one of the biggest bangers in the weight class.
mcloskey wont b eatin anybody..just like casey..dreamin
KHAN IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE BRADLEY FIGHT.
You won,t see khan put in with any bangers,they will be hand picked.
Khunt will always be another overatted boxer.
That fight still haunts him by the sound of his remark.he came real close to a loss.khans strength is in his boxing.take it right to him and he is average on the inside.
“Khan: I’ll treat McCloskey like he’s another Maidana.” “I will run after he hurts me and escape a loss!!”
is this fool really saying hes gonna run all over the ring from the opponent on hes next fight?
only a retard would say hes gonna do the same than previous when he was about to get knocked out he must be very gratfull on cortez for saving hes ass.
@ beetchief & rocky
I wouldn’t be so sure boys. McCloskeys a decent fighter with good timing, But he’s never been in with anyone anywhere near as good as Khan. McCloskey must be treated with respect as he’s unbeaten and Khan would be foolish to overlook him, But i give him only a punchers chance.
The irish drunken thick c@nts,if its not nailed down they will nick it.
I totally agree with u rock!!! u see alot of boxing fans can be very ignorant and blined to the fact that all of these big glamour boxers with all of these big promoters lose there hunger and alot seem to lose vision of the game ahead of them through pure greed!!! and that is the start of a slippery slope!!!FACT. paul(dudey)mccloskey is a very hungery boxer with alot of support through the whole of his career!! and the true boxing fans that has watch paul rite through (i for 1) is gona be in for a treat!!! come the 16th arpril the boxing world is gona have a new W.B.A CHAMPION PAUL(DUDEY)MCCLOSKEY!!! UP THE FIGHTING IRISH!!!!
mccloskey gona shock the world and he’ll be fighting bradley in the summer