Khan vs. McCloskey

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 William Mackay: Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s), ranked No.2 by the WBA, will be fighting Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) in a World Boxing Association light welterweight title eliminator bout on September 10th at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Prescott, 28, is well known in the United States for his fights on [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for failed title challenger Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s), is upset with the decision that was made to have the Khan-McCloskey fight halted in the 6th round after the 31-year-old McCloskey suffered a minor cut over his left eye. Hearn isn’t letting the defeat go without complaints, saying [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook (23-0, 16 KO’s) wasn’t impressed with the performance from WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) in his recent 6th round technical decision victory over Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) on April 16th. Brook, who is currently ranked #2 by the WBO and one of [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) used a different way of telling Ireland’s Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) that he wasn’t going to ever give him a rematch by saying in their post-fight press conference that if the 31-year-old McCloskey can beat all the guys that Khan has beaten [...]

By Richard Doyle: Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) is a great fighter one in which I do admire with a fighting style much like that of the once great Prince Naseem and over the last few years I’ve been able to watch most of his big fights on sky sports and although I have much [...]

LOS ANGELES, April 19 – This past weekend was an unforgettable one for the Golden Boy Promotions team, as three of its world-class athletes competed in three world championship bouts on three continents, with Amir Khan, Victor Ortiz and Chris John all emerging victorious with world championship belts strapped around their waists.

By Scott Gilfoid: Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 Ko’s) gave it his best shot in his fight with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) last Saturday night, making Khan hit air for most of the fight and tiring him out by the 6th. Had the fight continued into the second half, I have [...]

By Eric Thomas: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions acknowledges that Ireland’s Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) deserves to get a rematch with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) after their fight last weekend was stopped prematurely in the 6th round after McCloskey, 31, was cut from a head clash [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) liked what he saw from WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) from his 6th round technical decision victory over a badly over-matched Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) last weekend at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. Haye seems to be going [...]

Hammer-fisted super lightweight contender Breidis “The Khanqueror” Prescott (23-2, 19 KOs) says he enjoyed watching HBO’s broadcast of World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan’s dominant TD6 over little-known Paul McCloskey at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester last Saturday night.

By Sean McDaniel: The Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey fight last reportedly did well on Primetime PPV last weekend. Primetime isn’t saying how buys they got but they did say this as reported by livefight.com:

By Eric Thomas: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) is looking to take on WBC/WBO Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) next on July 23 after beating Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) by a 6th round technical decision last Saturday night at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. Khan may have won the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Previously unbeaten Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) wasn’t happy with his 6th round technical decision loss to WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) on Saturday night saying that he felt that the referee and ringside doctor were too quick to stop the fight due to a small cut that [...]

By Dennis McCarthy: Last Saturdays fight between WBA champ Amir Khan and Irish challenger Paul McCloskey was due to take place on Sky Sports Box Office for £15. After poor sales, Sky demoted the fight down to one of their free channels for Sky Sports subscribers. Khan, unhappy about the pay cut, ended up having [...]

By Gari Jones: Amir Khan WBA Light Welterweight Champion took on the undefeated Irishman Paul McCloskey on the 16/4/2011. Khan won the fight in the sixth round he was good, but he wasn’t all that impressive. Here’s my round by round analysis of the encounter.

By Scott Gilfoid: In looking at how off WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) looked tonight in struggling to beat Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) by a 6th round technical decision you can only think of one thing: Could it be that Khan was wrecked by all the punches he absorbed in [...]

By Rahil Sheikh: Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KOs) retained his WBA light-welterweight crown with a technical decision victory over Northern Ireland’s European champion Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 Kos), in a packed M.E.N arena.

By William Mackay: Showing terrible punch accuracy, mediocre boxing skills and poor stamina, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) defeated his hand-picked challenger Paul McCloskey (22-1, 17 KO’s) tonight by a 6th round technical decision. What can you say about Khan? He looks like he’s getting worse rather than better.

By Sean McDaniel: Barry Hearn, the promoter for Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s), feels that McCloskey was robbed tonight in a controversial quick 6th round technical decision stoppage loss to WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s). The fight was stopped abruptly late in the 6th after McCloskey was cut from a head [...]

By Marius McDaid: Paul McCloskey was robbed. If that cut was on Amir Khan’s face the fight wouldn’t have ended. Khan’s face at the end of the Maidana fight was infinitely worse than that. There was no flowing blood. BS.

By Jason Kim: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) won a controversial 6th round technical decision on Saturday night against Irish challenger Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s). The fight was fairly competitive until the 6th when Khan collided heads with McCloskey, opening up a small cut above his eye.

By Sean McDaniel: Once again, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s poor stamina was exposed to the light day, this time in his controversial 6th round technical decision victory over Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester. Khan and McCloskey bumped heads in the 6th, opening up a tiny cut over [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If there was ever a situation where a fighter was exposed it was tonight with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s win over Paul McCloskey at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. Khan won the fight on a cut stoppage in the 6th. It was officially ruled as a technical decision after [...]

By William Mackay: Timothy Bradley must be feeling really confident right now after seeing how bad WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) looked tonight in beating Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) by a 6th round technical decision at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. The fight was stopped in the 6th round [...]

M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom Rendall Munroe UD 12 Andrei Isaeu Lee Purdy TKO 5 Craig Watson Martin Murray TKO 4 John Anderson Carvalho Andy Murray Pts 8 Graeme Higginson Richard Towers RTD 4 Raman Sukhaterin Kid Galahad pts 4 Dai Davies

By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya, the promoter for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s), sees the British fighter not only winning tonight against Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England, but then moving up in weight and winning titles in five weight classes. De La [...]

By William Mackay: If unbeaten Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) can survive what will likely be an early all out blitz by WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 12 KO’s), Barry McGuigan believes that the 31-year-old McCloskey can win this fight. McGuigan notes that the 24-year-old Khan has had problems with southpaws, and McCloskey [...]

By William Mackay: Unbeaten light hitting WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) thinks he has what it takes to beat Marcos Maidana, Erik Morales and Amir Khan. He wouldn’t mind fighting any of that bunch next, and is prepared to wait until next year to fight Khan if need be. He’s supposed [...]

By William Mackay: Frank Warren, the previous promoter for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s), doesn’t feel that Khan’s fight with Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) this Saturday night is a pay-per-view event without a good undercard to bolster the card. Warren points out that Khan’s team fail to understand that the [...]