Amir Khan takes £1m pay-cut to save title fight with Paul McCloskey

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  1. cuco10701

    cuco10701 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Amir Khan today accepted a £1million pay cut to ensure that his world light-welterweight title defence against Ireland’s unbeaten Paul McCloskey goes ahead in Manchester next Saturday night.
    Fears that the fight might be cancelled after Sky pulled the plug on the pay-TV broadcast were allayed as Khan’s father, Shah, said: ‘The fight is definitely on. Amir is taking the maximum purse reduction so that McCloskey still gets decent money.
    ‘Both the fighters have agreed to go ahead.’


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    Knockout: Khan defended his title successfully last December against Marcos Maidana...


    The proposed shift from Sky Box Office to a normal Sky Sports Channel is reducing Khan’s take from £1.25 million to £250,000.
    That has helped guarantee the unbeaten McCloskey the biggest pay-night of his career, around £100,000, even though his purse has been trimmed.

    Shah Khan added: ‘In real terms Amir is paying McCloskey out of his own pocket but he’s okay with that because he has always wanted to come back from the US for this fight in front of his home fans.’

    Despite Sky’s concerns that the fight might not generate a pay-per-view audience, all but 2,000 of the 16,000 seats at the MEN Arena have been sold already.
    Lingering doubts as to whether Sky can now juggle the event into their regular programming will surely clinch a sell-out crowd.

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    cuco10701, Apr 9, 2011
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  2. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    Glad hes done that.
    Shows hes not as much of a twat as he sometimes seems.
     
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  3. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    Remember this is the card that Sky wanted to go ahead with for PPV over Wlad - Haye!

    Hilarious.

    Sky are a bunch of amateurs.
     
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  4. Shane W

    Shane W Former Heavyweight Full Member

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    Shows me he would lose a million pounds to avoid Presscott. He would have made that money if he was fighting Prescott. And yeah......they picked this over Wlad/Haye........brilliant!!! Wonder why Sentana sunk?? Same stupidity???
     
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  5. Peril

    Peril The Scholar Full Member

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    Brits aren't very smart when it comes to boxing, and this is yet another proof.

    Good for Khan to take the cut, but he needs to fight in US.
     
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  6. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Indeed.
     
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  7. T.C.W

    T.C.W Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    it was never a PPV fight
     
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