AMIR KHAN’S WBA world title winning display against Andreas Kotelnik registered more than 30,000 pay-per-views buys on Sky Box Office, despite claims from Frank Warren’s promotional rivals claiming otherwise.

“It’s absolute rubbish,” said Warren.

The English promoter is fuming that the low tallies have been bandied about after the Manchester Evening News Arena show on July 18.

In a press release, Managing Director of the Klitschko Management Group Boente alleged the Vitali Klitschko-David Haye clash, due for September, fell apart, because Haye was basing his purse on the UK PPV sales. Boente alleged Khan managed just 30k buys but Warren flatly denies it.

“He’s put it out there and it’s a liberty,” said Warren of the German promoter. “He [Boente] said the Haye-Klitschko fight did not take place because of those numbers but the [Haye]-Valuev fight is not as attractive and that’s still going out on Sky Box Office.

“The numbers were miles, miles above that [30k]. They were in excess of 100,000.”

Confidentiality agreements forbid Warren from giving exact figures but he said there was still room for improvement.

“I never, ever get the numbers I want from Pay-Per-View. We are always aiming higher,” he said.