Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey was a professional boxing match contested on 16 April 2011, for the WBA Light Welterweight championship.

[4] Khan survived a brutal late onslaught from Marcos Maidana to retain his WBA light-welterweight title in December 2010.

During round 10, was where that Maidana had much of his success, threading huge uppercuts through his tight guard and ripping shots to his ribs on both flanks in a vain effort to bring his gloves down.

[5] McCloskey produced a classy European light-welterweight title defence as he stopped Scotland's Barry Morrison in seven rounds.

Morrison had no answer to McCloskey's fast hands and the Derry man showed punching power as well with his right hook in the fifth which caught the Scot flush on the temple.