Khan-McCloskey

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) may not be fighting in England anytime soon after this Saturday’s fight against the little known Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. Khan isn’t happy that Sky Sports decided to move his fight off of PPV and [...]

By Ben James: In my last article about promoters conning the boxing public by feeding us predictable fights while trying to convince us we are about to see a close competitive match up, I wrote off Irish boxer Paul McCloskey in his fight against Amir Khan this weekend.

AMIR KHAN’s pay TV ambitions may have suffered a knockout blow this week but there seems to be little danger of that happening against Paul McCloskey on Saturday, according to the betting on Betfair. Light welter-weight champion Khan is the massive 2-15 favourite to make a successful fourth defence of his WBA title at Manchester’s [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s fight with Paul McCloskey was moved from Sky pay-per-view to Sky 3 after two of the undercard’s better fights went up in smoke. Khan rather than seeing the benefit of fighting in front of 600,000 to 700,000 potential Sky Sports subscribers opted to move his fight [...]

MANCHESTER, APRIL 14 – The ‘King Khan Returns’ final press conference took place today at the Manchester Town Hall ahead of an explosive night of boxing at the M.E.N Arena this Saturday night which will be televised live on Primetime Pay-Per-View (Channel 480 on Sky) in the United Kingdom and on tape delay in the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten EBU light welterweight champion Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) feels that he has the physical tools to pull off a huge upset on Saturday night against WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s). McCloskey was picked out personally by Khan, who after nearly being knocked out in his last [...]

BBC Radio 5 live will provide full coverage of the build-up, live commentary and behind-the-scenes insight to Amir Khan’s World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Welter-Weight title defence against Paul McCloskey on 16th April.

By William Mackay: Despite WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan 24-1, 17 KO’s) saying he wanted to become a big star in the United States, he’s fighting on Saturday in the UK against a lesser known fighter named Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s), who isn’t even a star in the UK. If Khan gets by [...]

MANCHESTER, April 13 – On Saturday, April 16, British boxing royalty will take to the ring at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England, as WBA Super Lightweight World Champion Amir “King” Khan defends his crown against unbeaten European champion Paul “Dudey” McCloskey.

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) seems confused in a recent article in discussing the lack of interest in his upcoming fight against Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) on Saturday night at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. Khan thought that boxing fans would want to see him fight [...]

By Ben James: The title of this piece is slightly misleading. Of course boxing has changed in the past few years but not as much as the attitude, expectation and intelligence of its fan base.

By Marius McDaid: Here’s my take on Paul McCloskey: 1- McCloskey is little known Since when does that mean that he isn’t worthy of fighting for the World Title? Also he has been the British Champion and the European Champion, so he is known by the boxers in his division and the governing bodies, you [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) isn’t a huge star in the United States right now and the chances are high that he never will be. The bar is set high in the U.S., as American fans like fighters that mix it up like Marcos Maidana and Manny Pacquiao [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) left the UK to make it big in the United States, but after only two wins over Paulie Malignaggi and Marcos Maidana, Khan is back this Saturday against Ireland’s Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) in a fight at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, [...]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, April 11 – The April 16th world championship bout between reigning WBA light-welterweight champion Amir ‘King’ Khan and undefeated European champion Paul McCloskey, taking place at the M.E.N Arena in Manchester, will now be screened live on pay-per-view channel Primetime (Channel 480 on Sky).

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) is looking to defeat his hand-picked opponent Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) in an impressive overwhelming performance on Saturday night at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England.

By William Mackay: Sky Sports is reporting that next Saturday’s title fight between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) and Irish challenger Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) won’t be televised on Sky Sports, period. It was originally taken off of Sky Sports pay-per-view and moved to Sky Sports 3 shortly after the [...]

By William Mackay: At first I thought Paul McCloskey was just more of the typical fodder that Amir Khan has been facing since he got stretched by Breidis Prescott three years ago. Goodness knows Khan has faced a heck of a lot of soft punchers since that KO loss. But after watching five of McCloskey’s [...]

By Dan Ambrose: With the news that news that Sky Sports has decided to move Amir Khan’s April 16th bout against Paul McCloskey to Sky Sports 3 instead of pay-per-view, Khan is said to be losing as much as £1 million pounds from this move by Sky. The card lacks a co-main event with Matthew [...]

By William Mackay: Sky Sports had decided to move the April 16 fight between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) and Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) from pay-per-view to Sky Sports 3, a move that could reduce Khan’s previously hefty payday from £1.25 million pounds to around £250,000. Boy, that’s got to [...]

By William Mackay: If you ask me what the number one thing that challenger Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) needs to do to pull off an upset against WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) in their fight on April 16th, I’d have to say it would be for him to punish the [...]

By William Mackay: John Breen, the trainer for unbeaten light welterweight contender Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s), believes that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) is just as vulnerable as he was previously thought to be in terms of Khan’s ability to take head shots.

By Isobel Castillion: Will WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s chin hold out in future bouts while he faces faster and more skilled opponents than Marcos Maidana, cleans up the division, unifies titles and becomes a multi-weight world champion, which he has expressed an interest in lately?

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) could have his grand plans of unifying the light welterweight titles dashed by his next opponent Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s), who Khan faces on 4/16 at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England.

by Daniel R: With a record of (24-1, 17 Kos), WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan has without a doubt raised his game over the recent years. Since his devastating knockout loss to Breidis Prescott in 2008, Khan has gone on to beat Marco Barrera, Andriy Kotelnik, Dimitri Salita and Paulie Malignaggi in a very [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) wants to unify the titles in the light welterweight, welterweight and junior middleweight divisions. Is this possible or Khan dreaming?

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 Kos) will be sparring Manny Pacquiao this week in preparation for Khan’s bout against southpaw Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 Ko’s) on April 16th.

By Stephen Tannock: Amir Khan’s April 16th upcoming WBA title defense against Paul McCloskey is regarded as a tune up fight for a Khan -Timothy Bradley super fight in Las Vegas, New York wherever it takes place. BUT. What about if Paul gets the upset and becomes the new WBA champion were does this leave [...]

By Isobel Castillion: Why do some boxing fans want to see Paul McCloskey (22-0, 9 KO’s) beat Amir Khan (24-0, 17 KO’s) in their fight due to take place on the 16th April at Manchesters M.E.N. arena? Apart from the fact that he has Irish fans, I want to question why a huge amount of [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) expects a large crowd of 20,000 fans to come see his April 16th fight against the little known EBU light welterweight champion Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England.