Manchester: Pakistani born English boxer Aamir Khan knocked out Ireland’s unbeatable Paul McCloskey in the sixth round of the WBA light welterweight at MEN Arena Manchester on Saturday. Khan won the title fifth time and defended the title forth time.
McCloskey was disqualified by the match referee in the sixth round of the match when he received a serious wound on one of his eye.
McCloskey’s promoter Berry Hearn objected the decision of the referee and termed termed the shameful and demanded a re-match. He said we were in the match during the match.
“I’ve been waiting for this fight my whole life and it has been taken away from me by a doctor. My corner were not even given a chance to work on it. I’m shocked and I am numb. It’s ridiculous.”
McCloskey is interviewed ringside and the cut looks bad, but not that bad. It does look like a premature decision and a strange one considering his corner were not given the chance to work on it. You’ve got to feel for the challenger although it is worth considering that Khan had won every round up until that point.
While, “I wanted to knock him out to be honest. He was getting beat, his head was getting lower and lower and that was always going to happen. I am not the doctor but had it gone on another two rounds I would have knocked him out. I was getting better and better and was starting to catch him and this is one of those things that happens in boxing. He said he did not want to continue, I want to go onto bigger things now and show I am the best in the world,” BBC reported.
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