Amir Khan beats Paul McCloskey to retain WBA title
April 17th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANILondon, Apr. 17 (ANI): British Muslim boxer Amir Khan retained his WBA light-welterweight title with a controversial points decision over Paul McCloskey in Manchester’s MEN Arena on Saturday.
A clash of heads in the sixth resulted in a cut above McCloskey’s eye and after consultations with the ringside doctor the referee stopped the fight, the Daily Mail reports.
All three judges scored the scrappy fight 60-54 in Khan’s favour.
McCloskey’s furious manager Barry Hearn vowed to lodge a complaint over the stoppage, which he called a “disgrace”.
McCloskey’s fans and team were fuming and Khan, while delighted, clearly felt for his opponent.
“I’m sorry it had to end that way,” he told McCloskey before shaking hands with the loser.
McCloskey stopped short of accusing Khan of dirty tactics - indeed, the champion seemed blameless - but the Ulsterman was clearly unhappy.
“The way the doctor put it to me, I thought I was badly cut,” he said. “He told me it was really bad.” (ANI)
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