Comments Thread For: HBO's Rejection of Witter Led To Khan-McCloskey

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It was anounced on Saturday that WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan had finally reached an agreement with an opponent for his fourth world title defence on April 16th at the MEN Arena in Manchester, with Paul McCloskey putting pen to paper after lengthy negotiations.

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mccloskey is no better than witter. from a USA perspective, this fight doesn't nothing for khan.

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I seen McCloskey. He has a nice uppercut , is a little slick and is a lefty. Hes nothing special at all.

Tim Bradley vs. Khan?? I like Khan bro. You and Dirk dont have to defend this fight. It was a poor choice.

@walterson, will answer both here

remember when everyone was bashing khan for fighting kotelnic, saying he was a paper champ and easy, even when khan won people had a huge go saying it was a nothing fight

only when kotelnic beat alexander (but lost the decision) did people realise the feat khan achieved

mccloskey is the same, yes it will be a one sided fight but that will be because khan is that good mate, only in around 1 year will we see how good the win was if mccloskey gets some big fights in america

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mccloskey is no better than witter. from a USA perspective, this fight doesn't nothing for khan.

We finally agree on something.

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McCloskey is miles better than Witter. He's in the Ring top ten. He deserves the exposure.

People all over Ireland been calling Khan a duck. If he'd fought Prescott likelihood is they would have said Khan was ducking McCloskey cos Prescott was unrated.

McCloskey is ranked higher than Peterson by two bodies. He deserves this.

Witter on the other hand....

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turd fight. honestly they should cut the bull**** fights out. they could have done bradley v khan on the 16th april.

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great another top fighter fighting a tune up..........

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Prescott, Peterson, Malignaggi, Alexander and Ortiz would all struggle against the undefeated McCloskey.

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mccloskey is no better than witter. from a USA perspective, this fight doesn't nothing for khan.

From a US television standpoint, Witter has shat down his leg in three fights.

I'm actually surprised he was even considered for a US television date.

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American TV havent really wanted to touch Witter since his debacle against Zab

he was a green fighter with a low ko ratio against zab...

he wasnt even that popular in britain

the way he quit against alexander looked to be the reason no american tv network ever took interest in him

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@walterson, will answer both here

remember when everyone was bashing khan for fighting kotelnic, saying he was a paper champ and easy, even when khan won people had a huge go saying it was a nothing fight

only when kotelnic beat alexander (but lost the decision) did people realise the feat khan achieved

mccloskey is the same, yes it will be a one sided fight but that will be because khan is that good mate, only in around 1 year will we see how good the win was if mccloskey gets some big fights in america

kotelnik was handpicked and he was the weakest beltholder at that time along with witter

all will be revealed once alexander becomes a journeyman