By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s April 16th fight against EBU light welterweight champion Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) may not happen, as McCloskey and his manager Francie McNicholl aren’t happy with the money that’s being offered for the fight. McCloskey, 31, wants more money and doesn’t feel like he’s getting a fair offer from Khan.

In an article at the Derry Journal, McNicholl said “Amir’s father Shah phoned me last night but Khan’s team are very difficult to work with. They’re not prepared to meet our demands. They’re not prepare to give up what we want. We feel our demands are reasonable, but they’re not prepared to move on it. It’s probably slipping away to be honest.”

Khan believes that his opponents are asking too much money to face him, but you can’t blame them. Sky Sports is paying Khan good money for his fights on pay-per-view. This is obviously not lost on his opponents, who want to receive a good payday for their troubles. Khan wants to fight McCloskey for some reason rather than Breidis Prescott, Lucas Matthysee and Victor Ortiz. It could be that those fighters are too risky for Khan, and he sees the weak punching McCloskey as an easy money fight for him. Contrary to what some of McCloskey’s fans have said about him having excellent power, he doesn’t look anything like a puncher and his speed is quite poor to say the least. This is an easy fight for Khan and one where his glass chin won’t be at risk of being dented like it would if he stepped it up and fought someone with power. But at least Khan has an excellent chance of not being knocked out if he faces McCloskey, which is why I see him ultimately making the fight with him.