Amir Khan Vs Paul McCloskey Build-Up Thread!

Lazarus · Apr 15, 2011

Frank Warren Article for this week:

AMIR KHAN'S preparations for tonight's fight could not have been any worse this week - with the distractions going on behind the scenes with his finances and the broadcasting of his bout.

Sky Sports decided that Khan's light-welterweight defence against Paul McCloskey at the MEN was not worthy of pay-per-view and would only broadcast the bout on Sky Sports 3 at short notice.

This caused Team Khan to walk away and do a deal for pay-per-view on Primetime.

Amir and one of his spokesmen have said he is "a pay-per-view fighter". He may be, but the fact is him against McCloskey with a poor undercard is not a pay-per-view event - that's what the issue is and the problem Team Khan do not seem to understand.

If the main event isn't so strong then you have to beef the card up with quality fights.

I had the same problem when Khan had his last fight with me, his mandatory defence against the out-of-depth Dmitriy Salita.

I argued with Team Khan the amount of money that needed to be spent to ensure a competitive undercard. They disagreed but I insisted and it was a good job I did.

After Salita folded in the first round, the top-quality undercard saved the show.

Why argue the point? Simple, because when boxers promote themselves they cut corners, try and save every penny they can to boost their end of the cut.

It's understandable, but it does nothing for the development of future stars and short changes the public.

I've been asked if James DeGale and George Groves is worthy of a PPV.

They are both unbeaten and I think their intense rivalry sells the fight, but don't forget the main event is a cracking world title showdown between Nathan Cleverly and Jurgen Braehmer with other title bouts.

Pay-per-view was the only way to put this show together. And tickets are going like hot cakes!

Khan's purse will now be a fraction of what he expected. He has lost his Sky guarantee, his Primetime deal is a 50 per cent split of the pay-per-view revenue.

The official line is that ticket sales have been fantastic. But with Man U, Man City and Bolton in FA Cup ties at Wembley this weekend I'd be surprised if they get more than 8,000 at the MEN.

It will be a far cry from the 18,000 fans I got in for Khan's fight with Marco Antonio Barrera there.

I'm sure his purses have been less than I offered him the last three times he has fought. And I can't see things getting much better for him in the summer.

Sky won't be pleased. After all, McCloskey was supposed to be a warm-up fight. Khan was banking on them to show his proposed match-up with Timothy Bradley on PPV in July.

There's now a good chance it will wind up on Primetime again, especially as Sky already have one PPV show late June/early July, with David Haye set to take on Wladimir Klitschko.

The problem here is fighters promoting themselves.

Obviously I would say that. But the common theme with shows put on by the likes of David Haye in his last show, Audley Harrison driving the Beeb out of boxing and now Khan, is that the fans are the ones who miss out on quality undercards.

This week, head of Sky Sports Barney Francis told me boxing was a "headache" to deal with. But the broadcasters should take some responsibility too. They chose to deal direct, in some cases, with unlicensed operators.

And the British Boxing Board of Control should be doing more to prevent unlicensed people getting involved.

In the last week or so, I told Kell Brook I did not want to promote him any more. I was fed up with constantly dealing with his father, rather than Kell himself.

It felt like the situation that led to the breakdown of my relationship with Ricky Hatton.

All the fallout from this week is bound to have had some effect on Khan. But he has operated several levels up from McCloskey for some time now and it would be a major shock if he didn't beat him.
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WalletInspector · Apr 15, 2011

"In the last week or so, I told Kell Brook I did not want to promote him any more. I was fed up with constantly dealing with his father, rather than Kell himself."

Yeah, I ****ing bet you did...

Scotty321 · Apr 15, 2011

Classic Frank article that.
No mention of Chisora V Tyson this week..

roe · Apr 15, 2011

lol at how Warren just quietly slips in that he didn't actually want to promote Brook anymore

Ace · Apr 15, 2011

They cannot have a British fighter of Muslim ****stani heritage being popular or given much time air time right now when the powers at be are doing everything in there powers to provoke a far right reaction against Muslims and especially ****stanis.

It might not surprise you that this cocksucker Warren is part of the same masonic lodge as the cocksucker in charge of Sky PPV, this is much deeper than any of you can begin to imagine.

roe · Apr 15, 2011

Ace said: ↑

They cannot have a British fighter of Muslim ****stani heritage being popular or given much time air time right now when the powers at be are doing everything in there powers to provoke a far right reaction against Muslims and especially ****stanis.

It might not surprise you that this cocksucker Warren is part of the same masonic lodge as the cocksucker in charge of Sky PPV, this is much deeper than any of you can begin to imagine.
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:huh

liger05 · Apr 15, 2011

Ace said: ↑

They cannot have a British fighter of Muslim ****stani heritage being popular or given much time air time right now when the powers at be are doing everything in there powers to provoke a far right reaction against Muslims and especially ****stanis.

It might not surprise you that this cocksucker Warren is part of the same masonic lodge as the cocksucker in charge of Sky PPV, this is much deeper than any of you can begin to imagine.
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Dont be so stupid. I'm muslim but cant accept this. Khan ****ed up simple as that.

awas88 · Apr 15, 2011

Ace said: ↑

They cannot have a British fighter of Muslim ****stani heritage being popular or given much time air time right now when the powers at be are doing everything in there powers to provoke a far right reaction against Muslims and especially ****stanis.

It might not surprise you that this cocksucker Warren is part of the same masonic lodge as the cocksucker in charge of Sky PPV, this is much deeper than any of you can begin to imagine.
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Anthony?? :huh

Lazarus · Apr 15, 2011

I have a hunch something will be done after this fight.

Khan hasn't looked happy with Asif.

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Anyway, that's enough for tonight!

King Khan time in less than 24 hours, baby!

Ace · Apr 15, 2011

No I'm not Anthony Small, but that would give you the right idea.

This is the truth. not some crazy conspiracy. Until you understand this you won't get why Khan's seemingly dumb team decided to go for Primetime or why Khan in the next 12 months will fall into obscurity in the UK

Scotty321 · Apr 15, 2011

Ace said: ↑

No I'm not Anthony Small, but that would give you the right idea.

This is the truth. not some crazy conspiracy. Until you understand this you won't get why Khan's seemingly dumb team decided to go for Primetime or why Khan in the next 12 months will fall into obscurity in the UK
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:shock: Thanks for tuning us in!

liger05 · Apr 15, 2011

Ace said: ↑

No I'm not Anthony Small, but that would give you the right idea.

This is the truth. not some crazy conspiracy. Until you understand this you won't get why Khan's seemingly dumb team decided to go for Primetime or why Khan in the next 12 months will fall into obscurity in the UK
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my mistake. I thought Khan was offered a slot on SS3. Nobody forced them to go with primetime.

JIM KELLY · Apr 15, 2011

lol @ the warren piece, well done fwank!

ImElvis666 · Apr 15, 2011

JIM KELLY said: ↑

lol @ the warren piece, well done fwank!
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You just know he had a massive erection for the duration of writing that article.

happydrinks · Apr 15, 2011

ImElvis666 said: ↑

You just know he had a massive erection for the duration of writing that article.
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Yes but whose

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