By William Mackay: WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan has been campaigning long hard for a shot at arguably boxing’s biggest star and moneymaker Floyd Mayweather Jr. Despite only a handful of fights against guys that you could considerable credible, Khan feels that he’s deserving of a Mayweather Jr. fight.
Breidis Prescott
McCloskey will fall apart during first attack by Prescott – Prediction
By Scott Gilfoid: Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) has done a great job against domestic level opposition during his six-year pro career. You put McCloskey in with a domestic and or European level opponent, he wins nine times out of ten. But he’s stepping up with the big boys now at the world level where you have to have much better talent than what he’s been showing.
Prescott: I hope McCloskey doesn’t run all over the place
By Scott Gilfoid: The last thing that Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) wants is to have to chase Irish light welterweight all around the ring trying to get him to actually fight on September 10th in their WBA light welterweight title eliminator at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Northern, Ireland.
Prescott: Khan is a fraud and a punk
By William Mackay: Colombian knockout artist Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) had some choice words to say about WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan, who Prescott destroyed in one round three years ago. Prescott has zero respect for Khan because he never attempted to avenge his knockout loss. Prescott sees Khan as a fake, a fighter that isn’t the genuine article.
McCloskey-Prescott: You can’t win with defense only
By William Mackay: Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) has some of the best defensive skills in the business. He’s incredibly hard to hit and is good at rolling with the shots that do him. However, that’s about all he can do. He doesn’t possess world class offensive skills and is too one-dimensional. You can win with great offensive skills, but you can’t win with only defensive ability at the world level.
Chances are slim McCloskey makes it to the 4th round against Prescott
By Scott Gilfoid: In one of the bigger mismatches in recent years, knockout artist Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) is being handed a little snack in the form of Irish fighter Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) on September 10th. The winner of the fight takes on WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana in a fight that will likely be shown on HBO. McCloskey, however, isn’t going to be the one that ends up facing Maidana.
McCloskey: Prescott doesn’t have the same power he used to
By Scott Gilfoid: Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) thinks Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) isn’t the puncher that he once was when he fought at 135 pounds. McCloskey says that at 140, Prescott’s power isn’t as good. I think McCloskey has been watching some grainy youtube video of Prescott’s recent fights he looks just as powerful to me as he did before.
McCloskey: I’m not going to get involved in a war with Prescott
By Sean McDaniel: Ireland’s Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) is convinced that he’s going to be able to out-box knockout artist Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) next month in their WBA light welterweight eliminator bout. McCloskey, 31, is a slick fighter that likes to make his opponent’s miss and is counting on that attribute to carry him to victory over the lanky 5’11” Prescott.
Maidana is next for Prescott after he dispatches McCloskey on September 10th
By Scott Gilfoid: Now that Robert Guerrero is safely out of the picture due to his left shoulder injury he sustained on Thursday, WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana is sitting and waiting on the winner of the September 10th fight between Breidis Prescott and Paul McCloskey in the WBA light welterweight title eliminator bout in Belfast, Ireland.
McCloskey’s fans have an after-party planned for after the Prescott fight
By Scott Gilfoid: I never thought I’d see Paul McCloskey’s (22-1, 12 KO’s) fans talking about an after party for his September 10th fight against Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s). That’s got to be one of the worst ideas I could ever think of. Can you imagine what a McCloskey after party is going to be like after gets knocked cold by Prescott in the 2nd or 3rd round?