Khans Manager "I believe Sky are coming out of the Pay Per View Buisness"

Also says Khans next fight could possibly be back in the UK.




AMIR Khan’s manager says the Bolton boxer remains committed to returning to fight in the UK – with or without Sky.
The 24-year-old’s last fight in England, against Paul McCloskey in April, ended with a dispute between Sky and Khan’s management team that is yet to be resolved.
That fight and Saturday’s unification win over Zab Judah in Las Vegas were eventually shown on the lesser known Primetime pay-per-view channel, after Sky withdrew their own offer of pay-per-view coverage, leading Khan to indicate that it could be some time before he fought at home again.
Khan’s next fight is likely to be in the US in December but his manager, Asif Vali, says it is not impossible it could take place in England, which has already been earmarked to host his first bout of 2012.
“It could be in Vegas but no decision has been made, we’re waiting on HBO (the US television network) to guide us on that,” said Vali about Khan’s next fight. “But don’t think it won’t be in the UK because it could be.
“Amir’s not going to rule that out, he’s got his UK fans and he will fight in the UK.
“We will talk to the broadcasters in the UK.
Sky have made a decision, I believe they are coming out of the payper- view business. I don’t know how true it is, but if it is true it’s a shame.
“But you don’t know if Channel 5 will be there, regular Sky will be there, I presume, and Primetime will be there.
“We’ll know the pay-perview figures for Primetime in a month but we’ve had updates and they’ve been very positive.”
WBA and IBF title holder Khan has a number of potential opponents for his next fight, with the first port of call likely to be another attempt to lure WBC and WBO champion Tim Bradley into a bout for the right to be called undisputed light welterweight king.
But discussions may need to be had with the WBA, who could strip the Boltonian of that belt if he does not face the winner of the forthcoming bout between Marcos Maidana and Robert Guerrero. Trainer Freddie Roach is not keen on a rematch with Maidana.
“We’ve got to look at the situation with the WBA,”
said Vali.
“We’ll sit down with them and see where we’re going to.
“There are a number of good fights coming up. If Bradley doesn’t come to the table we’ll move on to a bigger and better plan.
“We’re going to see the outcome of the Guerrero- Maidana fight and the outcome of the Erik Morales fight.
“Let’s see what’s going to happen between Breidis Prescott and Paul McCloskey as well.”

 

Obviously sky are gonna lose alot of interest in boxing with no big PPV events coming up, i wont be suprised if Ringside slowly disappears off our air waves soon aswell.

 

Maidana actually approaced roach to train him, but roach said it was a no no because there might be big money for him and khan in a re-match, there is a youtube interview on it somewhere.

 

why???