The Boxing Tribune

Boxing's Independent Media

  • Home
  • News
  • Videos
  • Best Of
  • Staff
  • Advertise With Us
  • Write for Us

Amir Khan Finds Way to Make Fans Pay

April 13, 2011 by Paul Magno Leave a Comment

0
SHARES
ShareTweet

Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KOs), who found his UK pay-per-view card bumped from Sky Box Office to the free Sky Sports 3, has taken his card away from Sky completely in favor of the ppv channel, Primetime.

The card, headlined by Khan against Ireland’s Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KOs), is the first event under the fighter’s Khan Promotions banner and his first attempt to fly solo sans Frank Warren or Golden Boy. However, Sky Box Office balked at the weak undercard lined up and opted to shift it over to their non-pay channel, a move which would’ve cost Khan as much as one million pounds (UK).

Khan-McCloskey’s new home, Primetime, has been considered a secondary PPV outlet in the UK, buying the rights to direct feeds of US boxing shows from networks such as HBO and Showtime.

The undercard for the April 16th show at the M.E.N Arena in Manchester includes former jr. featherweight world title challenger, Rendall Munroe (21-2, 9 KOs) vs. Andrei Isaeu (23-2, 7 KOs) and an assortment of preliminary matches featuring local and regional-level talent.

In the US, Khan-McCloskey will be aired via tape delay on HBO as the preliminary to the Andre Berto-Victor Ortiz main event.

— Paul Magno



Your Ad Here

Paul Magno on Email
Paul Magno
Paul Magno
Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Amir Khan, Paul McCloskey, Rendall Munroe

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Best of The Boxing Tribune

Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. is good for boxing…and so is Mayweather-McGregor

Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. is good for boxing…and so is Mayweather-McGregor

Golovkin: Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride; Magno’s Monday Rant

Golovkin: Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride; Magno’s Monday Rant

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: The Career Postmortem

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: The Career Postmortem

Good Riddance Dan Rafael

Good Riddance Dan Rafael

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

More of The Boxing Tribune's Best

Follow Us

Facebooktwitteryoutube

Alexa Traffic Rank

Sportsbook odds for all Boxing matches

Search

Recent

  • Tyson returns with impressive display as odds available for potential future opponents
  • Crawford maintains unbeaten record following landing short odds in victory over Kell Brook
  • Kell Brook Loses In the Fourth Round To P4P King Terence Crawford
  • Boxing To Look Forward To This Weekend
  • How to Make Money From Your Boxing Passion