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This afternoon, at the Town Hall, Manchester, England, media gathered for a Press Conference ahead of Saturday night’s ‘King Khan Returns’ Bill at the MEN Arena, Manchester, when Bolton’s – Amir Khan defends his WBA Light Welterweight Title to Paul McCloskey of Dungiven, Northern Ireland.
The press conference was hosted by promoters of the ‘Bill’, ie. Khan Promotions, Hatton Promotions and Golden Boy, however, it will be remembered largely for the straight-talking of Matchroom Sports’ – Eddie Hearn. There has been some confusion over the past two weeks as to which Television channel would show the event, it was originally to be broadcast live on Sky Box Office, then potentially Sky Sports 3 instead, but is now to be shown live on Primetime PPV in the UK.
Khan’s Challenger – McCloskey, is managed by Matchroom Sport and Mr. Hearn voiced his dissatisfaction today at what he called a ‘shambles’.
Thankfully, both Khan and McCloskey said that they kept out of boxing ‘politics’ and remained focussed on the fight.
Listen to the audio here:
[audio:Khan-McCloskey.mp3]A host of boxers were present at the two top tables, as Oscar De La Hoya chaired proceedings.
Front row (left to right)
Dezzie Higginson, Kid Galahad, Adam Little, Jamie Kavanagh, Rendall Munroe, Craig Watson, Gary Buckland, Richard Towers, Tasif Khan
Back row (left to right)
Primetime TV, Gareth Lewis (Hatton Promotions CEO), Asif Vali (Khan Promotions), Freddie Roach (trainer), Amir Khan, Oscar De La Hoya, Paul McCloskey, John Breen (trainer), Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Sport), John Knight (General Manager of MEN Arena).
Other Title fights on the ‘King Khan Returns’ Bill include:
Rendall Munroe (Leicester) v Andrei Isaev (Belarus)
WBA International Super-Bantamweight Title
Craig Watson (Manchester) v Lee Purdy (Colchester)
British Welterweight Title
Martin Murray (St. Helens) v John Anderson Carvalho (Brazil)
WBA International Middleweight Title
