Khan vs. McCloskey

By Sean McDaniel: Freddie Roach, the trainer of WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s), reportedly has a good plan that he will have Khan employ against challenger Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) on Saturday night in their fight at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England.

By William Mackay: Unbeaten Irish light welterweight contender Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) thinks that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) may have been damaged from all the punishment he suffered in his last fight against knockout artist Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) last year in December.

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) thinks that Sky Sports will be sorry that they didn’t keep his fight against Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) on Sky pay-per-view this Saturday rather than moving it to Sky 3, which is a non-PPV channel. Khan promises to beat McCloskey by convincingly [...]

By Jason Kim: In looking at some of the fights of Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) it’s easy to see why WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) picked him out to fight on Saturday at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. McCloskey, 31, lacks power, hand speed or defensive ability. He’s there [...]

By Jim Dower: Once beaten WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) weighed in at 139 lbs at Friday’s weigh-in for Saturday’s fight against unbeaten challenger Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. For his part, the 31-year-old McCloskey also came in at one pound under the light [...]

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 [...]

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 Adam Fillingham Last weekend Unfortunately through no fault of my own (damn virgin media) I could not whiteness the fight last weekend between Stuart hall and John Donnelly. Here is a list of the results from the card;

MANCHESTER, April 13 – Home to some of boxing’s biggest events since its launch in 2009, Primetime (Channel 480) is proud to be the pay-per-view home for an explosive championship tripleheader on Saturday, April 16, featuring the WBA Light Welterweight World Championship bout between World Champion Amir “King” Khan and unbeaten European Champion Paul “Dudey” [...]

HBO Sports spotlights some of the sweet science’s brightest young stars on both sides of the Atlantic when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: ANDRE BERTO VS. VICTOR ORTIZ AND AMIR KHAN VS. PAUL McCLOSKEY is seen SATURDAY, APRIL 16 (9:45 p.m. ET/6:45 p.m. PT) from the MGM Grand Arena at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Conn. and the M.E.N. [...]

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 Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) may have shot himself in the foot by moving this Saturday’s fight against Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) from Sky Sports 3 to Primetime Pay-per-view. Eddie Hearn, the promoter for McCloskey, thinks it was a bad move by Khan, calling it “Commercial suicide,” [...]

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, [...]

By Dallan O’ Donnell: Amir Khan’s decision to change broadcasters for his WBA light Welterweight title defence against Paul McCloskey from Sky Sports to Primetime will damage Khans reputation with fight fans in the UK. Sky had down-graded the bout from PPV to broadcasting the fight on Sky Sports 3 meaning a huge loss in [...]

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 Sean McDaniel: With WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) and his team deciding not to agree to having the April 16th fight between Khan and unbeaten Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) moved from Sky Sports PPV to Sky Sports 3, a non-PPV channel, Khan has now decided to move to Primetime [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The April 16th bout between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) And challenger Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) will go ahead as planned according to Khan’s father Shah Khan. The bout was in doubt after Sky Sports decided to change the Khan-McCloskey bout from a pay-per-view bout to Sky [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Yesterday it was learned that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s April 16th bout against little known challenger Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) had been moved from Sky Sports pay-per-view to Sky Sports 3, making it available to be seen on free television. However, Sky has now completely take the Khan-McCloskey fight [...]

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 [...]