Amir Khan has the last laugh as Khan vs. McCloskey beats Froc-Kessler in PPV numbers
April 19th, 2011
By Saqib Khan: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan last Saturday fight with Paul McCloskey might have been a farce, but there was no denying one thing Khan is a Pay-per-view fighter, from such short notice khan vs McCloskey were able to generate 50,000 PPV on Primetime channel. Primetime submitted a statement that Amir Khan had broken their last PPV record which was held by the super six fight Carl Froch vs Mikkel Kessler “We are delighted with the figures which was a record breaking night for Primetime.”
Well Eddie Hearn and sky box office eat your own words. This is really bad news for sky box office as they have lost a marquee name. Amir Khan Promoter Oscar Dela Hoya also stated he will do future business with Primetime and put on his other fighters. Sky should have known Khan was going to get good ratings after the Marcos Maidana fight and they weren’t even interested in the Bradley fight. That’s a pick ‘em fight where anyone can get KO or loose, even though I pick khan to KO Bradley early. Sky should have realized is that Khan is marmite he has two set of fans who are a passionate both ways, to see him get a knockout or to see him win that’s why he is a PPV attraction, my friends who don’t like Amir khan would pay to watch Khan vs Bradley to see if Khan will get a knockout.
As for the fight it was a landslide for Amir Khan, Paul McCloskey didn’t even throw a punch. This was his world title fight he needs to throw more, boss the fight. As for Khan I didn’t think he was in good shape for this fight …. He looked pale and weight drained for this fight, and his punches did not have any effect in the fight, there was speed but no power. I think there was a case to say Amir khan you need to bring back Alex Ariza before you fight Tim Bradley, because there was big difference from the Paulie Malignaggi and this one as both fighters were awkward customers, and you Amir khan did look weak in the fight.
The second part to this is does Paul McCloskey warrant a rematch, there are many factors:
On the fight performance no chance, all he did was dodge and weave and made Amir khan look clumsy, and you don’t win world titles like that you have to win them.
If McCloskey really wants the re match he should look no further that golden boy promoted fighter Maidana who is the interim WBA champion. That fight in Ireland would sell thousands and if he did beat him then he would become mandatory. Amir Khan would have to face Paul again, but Maidana would destroy Paul he would look clumsy but when he connects it would be lights out.
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I admired Amir But this fights is boring,his opponnent looklike a running child playing at the street.
this article is a great article on both sides… amir khan outsold froch vs kessler who had massive exposure in the us and super six. the virgin media ppv buys have not been counted yet the amount can go up to 80 thousand plus that is a record of its own, in just one week. sky box office will be on the phone to amir for the unification fight . amir should fob them off. as for bradley vs khan. khan will ko him out, bradley wont be there just to SURVIVE, he will got there try to ko amir. it will be a war. i dont like it people are not giving MCCLOSKEY enough credit anyone will look bad against him, hes got good movement but a RUBBISH OFFENSIVE. khan did a good job in connecting him clean. macCloskey vs maidana or against robert guerrero im sure eddie hearn has oscar dela hoya number. but mccloskey is not world class, just an awkward fighter
I think mccloskey actually only sold 3000 tickets not 5000! Some people really don’t know facts. I’m a big carl froch fan but the truth is khan is a bigger draw. Olympic fighters generally are. They have more exposure from the very start of their career!
Whether there to see him win or lose don’t make a difference there to watch amir khan and it makes him richer so well done.
saqib khan loves amir khan
balls most of people were watching to see mccloskey win and he sold 5000 tickets proberly more than khan because alot of people just went there from england for the night and to see a popular name. mccloskey had his fans over singing louder and was robbed by a mickey mouse cut and 3 english judges lol
@ guvnor – that’s BS and you know it! They haven’t even released the final numbers let alone where they were brought! If you don’t like khan just admit it don’t make up BS it don’t smell nice
Bradley beats Khan EASY SKY dont need him, they have got Ricky Hatton vs Erik Morales coming back for the Hitmans return they will do about 1 million PPV proberly lol
Lol so according to you round 10 is the rest of the fight? Go sign on mate then buy the sun newspaper and wipe your arse with it!
I am a big fan of khan, and his boxing ability. But, by going to primetime showed a big lack of desire to fight for his fans. I might get ppv against Bradley, but am reluctant with primetime, as the quality of the broadcast is very, very poor.
imagine all those angry people who want a refund
Maybe it did sell more, maybe it didn’t, but I do know that I would much rather pay to watch Froch fight than Khan, having said that I thing McCloskey was to blame for the quality of the fight, just as the absolutely terrible Dirrell was is in his fight with Froch.
@ Paul and king khan – according to sources it’s 50,000 plus and there still counting, and they haven’t counted the virgin media buys yet. I guess the hearns don’t know as much as they like to let on!!!
@ anon – yeah I guess Cortez held up maidana’s left hand while khan nailed him with that body shot! What a nob you are!
@ Paul – 50000 people brought the fight at the price of £14.95 what’s hard to understand about that? Infact I’m hearing it’s more then 50000 so let’s wait for the official figure. But khan v Bradley will do 100,000 easy probably more.
whats got all the kebab sellers so excited.Khans rubbish this fight showed what a over hyped fighter Khan is hand picked opponents from day one,
Khan has been in with two dangerous puncher in his protected career Prescott who bang him out and Maindada who would have knock Khan out if wasn’t for I’m bent but I’m paid for Joe Cortez who protected Khan from round one,
omg the last laught it sold 50 thousand u dum fool he wuf of sold 700.000 fool..
These two mentioned are not in soap opra compatition are they?
The thing the author seams to conveniently leave out this article is the fact that this was £14.95 where as the Froch fight was £5.95 so Khan will have only had to sell about 19,899 to equal that record! So until the number sold come out I would not be too impressed with the figures!
Lets see how many he sells for his next fight, I have not been impessed with Khan since his loss as he now reminds me of Joe Calzaghe towards the end of his career throwing lots of punches to win fights but with no real power!
By the way I am from the UK
Khan a ppv worthy fighter? I don’t think so. Maybe in England but not to rest of the world. I still believe he is garbage and will never get a cent out of me. The guy is too cocky and believes he is the best out there. Other than prescott and maidana, what other fighter made him dig deep to prove what kind of fighter he is. As far the Bradely fight, I think Tim could win this. It all depends if khan can get Cortez or that ref from the berto Ortiz fight to save him like he was saved from the maidana fight.
tbf thats not alot of buys haye harrison did 800 000 buys on sky box office
most of the ppv buyers where from ireland thats why, FACT.
Lol… Sky really lost out – this has proved Khan is a PPV fighter – Froch fought against a 2time World Champ in Kessler and Khan fought a euro bum and still outsold him
if this is true then it proves English fans are idiots. You paid for this subpar fight and you paid for Haye v. Harrison. if you keep buying it then they’ll never learn
Good article but i have to disagree about your McCloskey v maidana prediction. Maidana is taylor made for mccloskey and too slow to lay a glove on him. Id love to see that fight though! after all maidana does have the equaliser in that right hand of his.
it may be called by this writer the last laugh,But realy a pathetic laugh ,don,t you think,as there is no comparison in the quality of matchup,only laugh left will be Bradleys who I am sure would rather fight khan than froch.