Amir Khan: record, next fight and profile →
When a bulldog like Big Gary Shaw is not barking, there has to be a reason for it. Which is why I called the fesity promoter to see what's been keeping him off the airwaves so much lately.
Amir Khan's homecoming fight against Derry's Paul McCloskey at the MEN Arena, Manchester on April 16 has now been moved from PPV to Sky Sports 3. Sky have updated their schedules to reflect the change and have made the decision after the bill fell apart in recent weeks. Tyson Fury was said to be taking on Hasim Rahman in a bid to shore up the bill only for Rahman's trainer, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad to pull the plug on the heavyweight clash, which joins Anthony Crolla versus Gavin Rees on the cutting room floor.
BoxingScene.com has been advised that a possible fight between junior welterweight champions Timothy Bradley and Amir Khan is going to have some serious hurdles over the money. Team Bradley, and manager Cameron Dunkin, are not happy with Bradley being forced to sit out until July 23, and that date is not set in stone.
Ricky Hatton believes that Amir Khan has the makings of a P4P star and has urged the British boxing public to get behind 'King' Khan ahead of next weekend's MEN Arena bill, a show which has suffered its fair share of problems and is now to be shown on Sky Sports 3 rather than Sky Sports PPV after a string of undercard fights fell through.
WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan is said to be furious at Sky’s decision to move his pay-per-view fight with challenger Paul McCloskey on April 16th to Sky Sports 3 and it is thought the move could shrink his purse from £1.25 million pounds to around £250,000.
Paul McCloskey is a massive underdog going into next Saturday's WBA light-welterweight challenge against Amir Khan. The EBU title holder holds a 22-0 (12) record yet is taking a huge step up in class as he bids to rip away the Oldham boxer's title and bring it back to Derry.
The last two days have been hectic for the Amir Khan-Paul McCloskey undercard. After what appeared to be a done feal two days ago, former WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (49-7, 40KOs) withdrew from a scheduled fight with unbeaten Tyson Fury (14-0, 10KOs). While unconfirmed, BoxingScene.com was told that Rahman's trainer Eddie Mustafa Muhammad was not comfortable with his boxer taking such a fight on two weeks notice.
John Breen, trainer of WBA light-welterweight title challenger Paul McCloskey says his man should not be considered the underdog when he takes on champion Amir Khan at the MEN Arena on April 16th and believes people will stand up and take notice when McCloskey rips the title away from the Brit.
In less than two weeks, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KOs) defends his title against unbeaten Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KOs) at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. McCloskey is convinced that Khan can't beat him. The former British and European 140-pound king is preparing to travel over to England to finish up his training.
During his thrilling, Dec. 11 clash with then-WBA interim titlist, Marcos Rene Maidana, of Argentina, WBA junior welterweight king Amir Khan of England dropped his rival in the first round as a result of a right-left to the body, but had to survive a more than 40-punch barrage that nearly had Khan out on his feet in the 10th round of a match up that was voted 2010 Fight of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America.