Comments Thread For: Amir Khan Upset: I Won't Fight in the UK For a Long Time

[Check_hooks]

Maybe this will force him to fight Pacquiao one day because we all know he would make more fighting Pacquiao than Mayweather.

[JoeDaWg]

dont forget the fans.....

HA your right, let's not forget about the fans now!

[Dirk Diggler UK]

It was a debacle of a card and evening. BUT it still sold in the droves. Seemingly Khan is generating that kind of pull.....

I agree that Khan's card shouldnt be on PPV. But its certainly a more legit fight than Haye vs Harrison. Sky didnt want another backlash. Its a good thing overall because it might force promoters to make their cards better.

But seeing Haye nuthuggers slagging off Khan and talking about ripping off the public is ****in laughable.

[apunchnotseen]

Khans walking a fine line, his promoter supports him better in America. If this fight was in Vegas with this joke undercard it wouldn't draw flies. This whole production has been a disaster from start to finish, hopefully it knocks Kahn down a notch.

[J.R]

I agree that Khan's card shouldnt be on PPV. But its certainly a more legit fight than Haye vs Harrison. Sky didnt want another backlash. Its a good thing overall because it might force promoters to make their cards better.

But seeing Haye nuthuggers slagging off Khan and talking about ripping off the public is ****in laughable.

Sky rely purely on name status rather than actual boxing status. I agree, McCloskey warrants PPV status over Harrison but it was the name / 'star' status that determined that fights PPV slot, unfortunately for you, me, boxing fans and boxing as a whole. But this fight would have been PPV if it wasn't for the flailing under card, therefore 'Khan vs McCloskey' ON PAPER is lesser than 'Haye vs Harrison' ON PAPER.

[Fetta]

Who knows people, this may be the day we are introduced to Mr. McCloskey.

[Grimmer]

You only have to hear the reception he at the weigh in to understand why. He was booed like some foreigner despite being the home champion. McCloskey got an ovation.

[wazaa.]

the thread title is misleading.

I swear, sometimes....

[edgarg]

Amir Khan is ready to turn his back on Britain "for a long time" after the row over television coverage for tomorrow's WBA light-welterweight title defence against Paul McCloskey.

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Although Khan has had all but 2 of his fights in Britain, he's always been talking about his "home" fans..... To me that means Bolton, where he was born and lives, and where he had his first fight. His next 8 fights were elsewhere. Altogether, in his 25 or so fights he's fought only 3-4 times in Bolton. He only fought in nearby Manchester M.E.N. for the first time against Prescott who KO'd him in the 1st, in his 19th-20th fight, just a few fights ago.

So, although he may have many British fans, they must be very recent, since he won his title a couple of fights ago, in the States. I would think that the British boxing public would not be particularly perturbed at Khan's threat not to fight in Britain again for a long time. Sky, who should know, seems to think that he doesn't have enough British fans to make it fiscally attractive enough for them to display him on their premier programme.

I don't care, either way. There are enough children mouthing away on these pages to overload any reasonable reader, without having to get the same tripe from the fighters too.

Too childish, too petulant.

[Ray*]

Good Riddance