When is amir khan rematch
Danny Garcia is not interested in a rematch with Amir Khan and promoter Eddie Hearn has already offered an alternative fight against Kell Brook. Khan had been named as the mandatory challenger for the winner of this Saturday's WBC welterweight clash between Garcia and Robert Guerrero. But Garcia's father and trainer insists his son has no desire to face Khan again following his fourth-round stoppage win over the Bolton man in Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player.
Khan is still searching for an opponent and angrily denied recent claims from Manny Pacquiao that a possible fight fell though due to his 'middle men'. In a prolonged statement on social media, Khan also claimed that Brook has demanded a cut for their proposed domestic clash and urged the Sheffield man to 'be realistic'.
He tweeted: "Manny and middle men? My team met Bob Arum in London, also spoke to Michael Koncz we agreed all terms and they said Manny will decide to fight either me or Crawford. The fight with me could have been in the UAE or Vegas. He doesn't have much time left. On the BoxNation couch, Steve Lillis had it the other way and Barry Jones gave it to Herrera by three rounds, which was the view on my couch. Scoring a fight continues to throw up so many cases of perceived injustice, it often seems as if someone, some where is having a rather large laugh at our expense.
We're not talking fixed fights here; we're talking about incompetence that looks so much like a fix it is impossible to tell the difference. And that is a dangerously grey area, boxing's favourite colour. Since January , Bobby Hunter has been collecting big-fight scores of fans and writers on his website, fightscorecollector.
No prudent observer would imply corruption but judge for yourself the "fairness" of these scorecards: When Tavoris Cloud beat Gabriel Campillo for the IBF title in February, , two judges gave it to Cloud by and , the third seeing it for Campillo, a considerable disparity. So what, you ask? Well, all 10 writers polled scored it for Campillo, with an average of That's not a disparity, it's a mystery.
Jerry Roth, a Strip regular, saw it , Glen Trowbridge agreed and Adelaide Byrd dissented by a whopping for the loser. The press guys? Of 16 polled, 15 scored it for Their average score was How could 15 writers, one official and most of those watching be so at odds with two judges?
The hacks: 47 of 48 scored it for Pacquaio, with an average of He was so physically strong. He would not take a step back. Anybody else less would have stayed down. He got back up. Jump directly to the content. Sign in. All Football.
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