Paul McCloskey Boxing News

By William Mackay: A fight between Michael Katsidis and Paul McCloskey is being talked about as potential fight for March. McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) recently defeated Breidis Prescott by a 12 round unanimous decision last September in a WBA light welterweight title eliminator bout in Belfast, Ireland.

By Sean McDaniel: Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) defeated Breidis Prescott by a 12 round unanimous decision last year in September in a World Boxing Association title eliminator bout in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

By Sean McDaniel: Since successfully beating Breidis Prescott by a 12 round unanimous decision last September in a WBA light welterweight title eliminator bout in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) has kind of been the forgotten man in the division. The title fight that he had hoped would come with the Prescott [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Light welterweight contender Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) was feeling no sympathy for Amir Khan’s latest complaints that he was judged unfairly in his 12 round decision loss to Lamont Peterson. Khan was docked two points in the fight for shoving Peterson and as it turns out that was enough to tip [...]

By William Mackay: It looks like Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) is going to have to wait a little while longer before he gets a shot at fighting WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s), as Maidana isn’t pleased with the offer for the fight. McCloskey and his promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) is prepared to face his World Boxing Association mandatory challenger Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) next, and then provided that Maidana wins that fight, he then wants to face WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley after that.

By Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana has reportedly refused an offer from his promoter Richard Schaefer to defend his title against his number #1 contender Humberto Soto on November 26th on the same card as the Adrien Broner vs. TBA fight.

By William Mackay: WBA World light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his World Boxing Association title this Friday night against Russian Petr Petrov (29-2-2, 13 KO’s) at the Sociedad Alemana Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

By Adam Fillingham: Last Weekend The intriguing matchup between Irishman Paul McCloskey and Columbian puncher Breidis Prescott took place this weekend in Belfast. After a harsh battle of words before the bout the two commenced in a grueling twelve round war for a crack at Marcos Maidana’s WBA “regular” title. Prescott took control early using [...]

By William Mackay: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s), says he’d like to get WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) to travel to McCloskey’s home country of Ireland for their fight before the end of the year.

Paul McCloskey says he wants to challenge Marcos Maidana for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Welterweight title in Belfast after defeating Breidis Prescott in a thrilling eliminator contest on Saturday night.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana congratulated Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) for beating Colombian Breidis Prescott (24-3, 19 KO’s) by a 12 round decision in their WBA light welterweight title eliminator last weekend in McCloskey’s home country of Ireland. Maidana says he’s willing to fight McCloskey next, saying on his twitter [...]

Colombian slugger Breidis “The Khanqueror” Prescott (24-3, 19 KOs) can’t help but feel wronged by the controversial loss he suffered Saturday against Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KOs) in the Irishman’s backyard, the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s), wants the WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) to have to come to Belfast, Ireland to fight McCloskey in his home city for his next fight rather than in a neutral country or in Maidana’s home country of Argentina.

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s so sad that Paul McCloskey’s loyal and loving Irish and English fans can’t accept and come to terms with the fact that the better man didn’t win last night. It should have been Breidis Prescott (24-3, 19 KO’s) who walked out of the Odyssey Arena last night with the “W”, not [...]

By William Mackay: Breidis Prescott’s loss to Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) last night in Belfast, Northern Ireland had more significance than just the lost opportunity for Prescott to fight against WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana.

By Jose Simpson: When I knew Breidis Prescott vs. Paul McCloskey was on, I thought McCloskey would win. I thought he would be too slippery and quick for Prescott, but I was surprised by the boxing ability from Prescott.

By Dallan O’ Donnell: After a superb contest last night between Paul McCloskey and Breidis Prescott which was very close to call we are again left with the burning question of Hometown decision? Personally I think the judges made the RIGHT choice in picking McCloskey as he did more in the important rounds – the [...]

By Anthony Starkson: Well, well, well. Looks like 99 percent of the low-life writers are wrong once again. Two of them predicted “a brutal knockout for Prescott” and couldn’t see it “going past two or three rounds”. One of them posted his scorecard through the whole fight, giving all of them to Prescott (hehe). Seriously, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The fight is over and Breidis Prescott was the clear winner in my view, but I can’t say I was surprised Paul McCloskey won. McCloskey got totally dominated, getting knocked down, staggered and pounded in every round of the fight. The judges gave it to McCloskey by a 12 round decision by [...]

By Marius McDaid: In just a few hours Co.Derry man and former undefeated European Champion Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s will seek to avenge his defeat against Amir Khan by defeating Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s), the only boxer to defeat Khan.

By Scott Gilfoid: Showing what a class act he is, Colombian knockout artist Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) apologized ahead of time to the Irish boxing fans of Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) yesterday because he’s about to brutally knockout their hero McCloskey in front of a packed house at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, [...]

By William Mackay: The light hitting defensively oriented Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) will be looking to make his opponent Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) miss with his big shots on Saturday night and then make him pay for his misses with counter shots.

By Scott Gilfoid: I got a big laugh out of Amir Khan’s latest excuse for not fighting a rematch with Breidis Prescott, who knocked Khan out easily in one round a few years ago. Khan is now saying that Prescott has to beat all the fighters that Khan defeated in the past three years before [...]

US-based boxing fans interested in seeing the important 12-round WBA light welterweight elimination match between Colombian slugger Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KOs) and Irishman Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KOs) from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland, can do so online at ESPN3.com where coverage will start at 3:45 PM Eastern.

New York, NY – (9/9/2011) – It’s a busy weekend for DiBella Entertainment (DBE) fighters, as four members of the promotional outfit will be in action starting late this afternoon when “Khanqueror” Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19KO’s) takes on Ireland’s Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12KO’s) in an official World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight title eliminator.

By William Mackay: Ireland’s Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) is about to face his moment of truth against one of the most powerful punchers in the light welterweight division in Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) on Saturday night, and it’s going to be really tough for McCloskey to survive long once Prescott gets his offense [...]

U.S.-based boxing fans can watch the Breidis Prescott-Paul McCloskey 12-round World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight elimination match at Belfast, Northern Ireland’s Odyssey Arena, Saturday, Sept. 10, at 3:45 p.m. ET on ESPN3, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE.

Paul McCloskey has guaranteed his loyal fans victory when he faces Breidis Prescott at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on Saturday night.

By William Mackay: Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) intends on being quick about it on Saturday night in taking care of Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) in their WBA light welterweight title eliminator bout at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.