People should stop comparing McCloskey with Salita

[Born2Live]

Just watch McCloskey's last fight against Morrison, Morrison record in his last 4 fights prior to fighting McCloskey was won 2, lost 2.

McCloskey looked very ordinary, his hands were low, hardly any power, slow combinations & looking at the guys body (no ****), he's not conditioned very well.

Joke fights like this will just show you the huge Mount Everest difference between European level to World level.

[fightfan2007]

doesn't matter if mccloskey is or is not like salita... the point is this is a crappy fight that shouldn't be PPV and HBO should not be paying for this bull*****.

co-sign right there

either way he has a resume like salitas... i.e. not 1 fighter at world level... how he becomes top10 is beyond me

stop nut-hugging and admit this is a ****ing **** fight

unless fans speak the truth they will continue to feed us this garbage... the worst thing is that the casual fan will watch it - see khan deal with him easily and then beleive he is p4p not realising that the guy is a tomatoe can

[Pullcounter]

Just watch McCloskey's last fight against Morrison, Morrison record in his last 4 fights prior to fighting McCloskey was won 2, lost 2.

McCloskey looked very ordinary, his hands were low, hardly any power, slow combinations & looking at the guys body (no ****), he's not conditioned very well.

Joke fights like this will just show you the huge Mount Everest difference between European level to World level.

thanks for confirming something we all already knew... the irish man is a bum.

[D-MiZe]

Khan is fighting in England, best way to make money? Put him in with another British fighter. Out of all the other British LWWs, McCloskey is the most popular and the fact he's from Northern Ireland means he'll bring a lot of fans with him when he fights Khan.

This fight makes more than a fight with Peterson does, GBP aren't going to meet Peterson's demands when their return would be much smaller.

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

nah... now khan is fighting a nobody. some UK fans even say they don't konw who the irish bum is.

so peterson was right to hold out. more than likely he would lose, especially with the fight in the UK, and he atleast deserved to make more than usual. but peterson is signed with GBP and GBP will recycle him sooner or later anyways.

Pull. It was a shot at a title, weither it was 150K or 300K, he shoulda took the fight. With the title, comes more money. If he would've beat Khan(It was a possibility)and held the title, the money woulda came in his next bout.

Get you titles then get your big checks. It's always worked like that in Boxing, and it will not change.

I do agree that GBP will get him another decent fight though. Maidana or Matthysse would be perfect.

[wazaa.]

edit: now that Ortiz has moven up to 147, BoxRec has moved McCloskey up to #9. Haha, take that !!

[fightfan2007]

McCloskey isnt 36, he is 31. He is in the prime of his career.

Yes, technically Peterson is a better fighter. Peterson > McCloskey, no doubt.

All I'm saying is that there isn't that much quality difference between Amir fighting Peterson or Amir fighting McCloskey.

i remember peterson having a little hype around him from that sparring session with floyd... peterson bros are generally well regarded.

point is at least people know who the **** they are !! lol

[TOBYLEE1]

Now all of the sudden how The Ring or BoxRec ranks a fighter has more importance than actually who he has fought

[Evil Abed]

edit: now that Ortiz has moven up to 147, BoxRec has moved McCloskey up to #9. Haha, take that !!

Khan is doing a thing right now on twitter where hes calling his fans.

You might want to jump on that.

[Kagami Taiga]

edit: now that Ortiz has moven up to 147, BoxRec has moved McCloskey up to #9. Haha, take that !!

doesnt make him any less of a salita. lmao. look...ive seen him fight. hes not very good. even if he has the potential to be better, he still aint good enuff rite now to be taken seriously against a khan level opponent. peterson is at least 4 or 5 yrs better than that dude.