An anti – climactic ending to a lop sided fight.
Amir “King” Khan retained his WBA Light Welterweight belt via a win over crowd favorite Paul “Dudey” McCloskey in controversial fashion as the referee stopped the fight upon the recommendation of the ring physician after McCloskey sustained a cut due to a collision of heads, forcing the outcome of the fight to depend on the scorecards in which Khan won all unanimously 60-54 after 6 rounds.
McCloskey did not even put up the fight his fans were waiting for as he seemed to be intimidated by Khan who has more experience in world title fights. Although he hit Khan with several punches occasionally, the difference in speed and movement was pretty evident in the bout.
Both parties wasn’t happy with the sudden stoppage of the fight as Khan’s camp felt they were robbed of the chance to end the fight the way they wanted while McCloskey’s camp were disappointed by the fact that their fighter was robbed of the chance to mount a respectable comeback.
Even promoter Oscar De La Hoya wasn’t happy about the outcome of this much anticipated fight with both boxers carrying impressive credentials unabled to finish the fight conventionally.
Khan doesn’t seem to be interested at the prospect of a rematch though as he said in an interview that “it was too easy.” And he was vocal about his desire to challenge Timothy Bradley to unify the division.
