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Khan agrees McCloskey title fight Amir Khan will defend his WBA light-welterweight title against Northern Irishman Paul McCloskey. Negotiations between the Khan and McCloskey camps broke down two weeks ago but the bout is now set to go ahead at Manchester 's MEN Arena on 16 April. "He [McCloskey] is meant to be a great fighter, undefeated and European champion," said Khan, 24. "It's going to be a big night for me. He'll be fighting for a world title. I'm giving him that chance." McCloskey's manager Francie McNicholl confirmed to BBC Sport that contracts had been signed. I am absolutely confident that I will be world champion  Paul McCloskey The McCloskey camp had been unhappy at the financial terms being offered to their fighter but McNicholl said that the Irishman had been given "an improved deal". "All contracts were signed late on Saturday night," added McNicholl. "After receiving the improved offer, we are n...

KHAN EDGES VEGAS CLASSIC Bolton boy keeps his title in a titanic Vegas blockbuster Last updated: 12th December 2010   Amir Khan turned in the performance of his career in the fight of the year to show America he is here. And here to stay. The boy from Bolton retained his world title after a furious 12 rounds in which he had   Marcos Maidana   down, was out on his feet himself before somehow digging deep to take a pulsating points win. In the end the margin - 114-111, 114-111, 113-112 - was almost irrelevant. Few in the Mandalay Bay had got their breath back by the time   Khan   was confirmed the winner. If ever there was away to announce yourself to the watching American public, then Khan found it. It was not perfection by any means and there were alarming flashes of the Breidis Prescott performance as he dabbled with danger time and time again. But he came through it. He took some horrendous shots from a massive puncher in Maidana. He was out on his feet ...

PM watches   Peepli Live New Delhi  August 29, 2010 Taking a break from his busy schedule, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday watched Aamir Khan's Bollywood film   Peepli Live , a scathing satire on farmers' suicide. Singh watched the film along with his wife Gursharan Kaur. Besides Khan, the film' producer and Bollywood star, director Anusha Rizvi and a couple of senior cast members were present at the special screening. Khan had arranged a similar screening of the film for BJP leaders including L K Advani. The film, starring a clutch of theatre actors with a debutante director in Rizvi, deals with the growing divide between rural and urban India through the story of Natha, a landless farmer. He is talked into committing suicide by his brother Budhia, who hopes that their family will benefit since government has relief packages for the families of farmers, who kill themselves. Their drunken conversation is heard by a local journalist, who ...

Trainer:  Amir Khan Could Beat Alexander, Bradley, Maidana 'In One Night' By   Lem Satterfield Four-time Trainer of the Year   Freddie Roach   told FanHouse recently that he would like to see WBA junior welterweight (140 pounds) king   Amir Khan   of England against one of four other fighters. Those fighters would be either WBA and WBO lightweight (135 pounds) titlist   Juan Manuel Marquez , or junior welterweight champion counterparts   Tim Bradley   of the WBO, southpaw   Devon Alexander   of the WBC and IBF, or interim WBA belt holder   Marcos Rene Maidana . But with the 36-year-old Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KOs) heavily weighing a fall defense against 29-year-old WBO interim lightweight titlist   Michael Katsidis   (27-2, 22 KOs) of Australia , that would leave the 23-year-old Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs), or either Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs) or Maidana (28-1, 27 KOs ), each of whom is 26. "Any one of those guys out ther...

In a conversation with Bob Arum, as we discussed the visit of Muhammad Ali last week to the UK and the Republic of Ireland, the head of Top Rank revealed that Amir Khan was offered the challenge of fighting the world’s No 1 pound for pound fighter Manny Pacquiao this autumn. By all accounts, his family had turned the fight down insisting it was too early in his career. Khan has come on in leaps and bounds under Freddie Roach, but would he have been ready for an assault on the terrifyingly fast Pacquiao ? - - - - - - - Perhaps not, but judging by how Roach talks about their sparring sessions, Amir is not far behind. Many will speculate that he is too vulnerable, but you could also argue that the young tyro from Bolton is not too far away from such a challenge. No doubt Pacquiao fans would disagree, but I would give Khan, perhaps 18 months down the line, a decent shot at Pacquiao. - - - - - - - - Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, revealed that Khan, now the World Boxing Association 140lb ...