Re: why dont i like amir khan?
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Originally Posted by
JazMerkin
People sadly are pretty stupid though. Muslims are taking our jobs/raping our women/living off benefits/building hate mosques/forcibly converting household pets/planning to blow up the whole world, and that's only if you take in even a tenth of what gets printed in the tabloid press. It's bound to seep through & affect how people think of them & thereby Khan, who actually is just a normal British lad who happens to be Muslim.
I don't see Khan as any more arrogant than Haye or Froch, so I don't think that can be it. One thing that could justify it is when he talks about himself in the 3rd person. I don't think Khan realizes that the American accent gives the likes of Floyd & Roy Jones the swagger to pull it off, whereas done in a slightly stuttering Lancashire accent, he just sounds like a tit ;D
you are right hes not even that arrogant
maybe if he was more arrogant and claimed he was gonna break peoples faces id like him more
i like haye and froch for that
i think he just needs to grow some balls, be a man. I appreciate boxers who are tough and get stuck in, risk it a bit
yeah the last 3 rounds of maidana fight he took some punches and didnt go down but as soon as he took one he started running and carried on running and trying to cover up
even against mclousky the one punch of any note he took for a split second he seemed to bottle it and not know what to do
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
Without doubt there's a minority of boxing fans that hate Khan because he's a "paki." Even some on here, I bet. However, they are far outweighed by the support Khan enjoys.
He just sold 15,000 tickets and did 50,000 PPV's. There is no way possible that the vast majority of those buyers were racists paying to watch Khan lose. It's the complete opposite.
Froch has never sold more than 6000 tickets and 20,000 PPV. I bet he would love to have Khan's racist buyers ;)
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
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Originally Posted by
Fenster
Without doubt there's a minority of boxing fans that hate Khan because he's a "paki." Even some on here, I bet. However, they are far outweighed by the support Khan enjoys.
He just sold 15,000 tickets and did 50,000 PPV's. There is no way possible that the vast majority of those buyers were racists paying to watch Khan lose. It's the complete opposite.
Froch has never sold more than 6000 tickets and 20,000 PPV. I bet he would love to have Khan's racist buyers ;)
I dunno Fenster, don't you remember how he grew up in a tough area full of lots of ethnic minorities? ;D;D
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you are right hes not even that arrogant
maybe if he was more arrogant and claimed he was gonna break peoples faces id like him more
i like haye and froch for that
i think he just needs to grow some balls, be a man. I appreciate boxers who are tough and get stuck in, risk it a bit
yeah the last 3 rounds of maidana fight he took some punches and didnt go down but as soon as he took one he started running and carried on running and trying to cover up
even against mclousky the one punch of any note he took for a split second he seemed to bottle it and not know what to do
He didn't run against Maidana. Haye probably takes less punches than Khan, he's just got amazing power so there never really last that late. I like Froch a lot more now that he used his skills against Abraham than the horrific mess he put out against Dirrell swinging with roundhouses.
Khan has a dodgy chin, fact is when he was hurt against Maidana he got through the round, but still looked to engage. Boxing is all about hitting and not getting hit. Khan might have a dodgy chin, but one thing he doesn't lack is bottle, look at how hard he was trying to get up against Prescott. A bottlejob would've stayed firmly on that canvas.
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
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Originally Posted by
Fenster
Without doubt there's a minority of boxing fans that hate Khan because he's a "paki." Even some on here, I bet. However, they are far outweighed by the support Khan enjoys.
He just sold 15,000 tickets and did 50,000 PPV's. There is no way possible that the vast majority of those buyers were racists paying to watch Khan lose. It's the complete opposite.
Froch has never sold more than 6000 tickets and 20,000 PPV. I bet he would love to have Khan's racist buyers ;)
Froch hasn't had even a quarter of the publicity that Amir Khan receives. If he was promoted well, which he never has been, he'd be as big a star as Khan and Haye. Hopefully his split from Hennessey will change that.
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
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Originally Posted by
boxingbantz
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Originally Posted by
Fenster
Without doubt there's a minority of boxing fans that hate Khan because he's a "paki." Even some on here, I bet. However, they are far outweighed by the support Khan enjoys.
He just sold 15,000 tickets and did 50,000 PPV's. There is no way possible that the vast majority of those buyers were racists paying to watch Khan lose. It's the complete opposite.
Froch has never sold more than 6000 tickets and 20,000 PPV. I bet he would love to have Khan's racist buyers ;)
Froch hasn't had even a quarter of the publicity that Amir Khan receives. If he was promoted well, which he never has been, he'd be as big a star as Khan and Haye.
Hopefully his split from Hennessey will change that.
I completely agree. The guy has taken as many challenges as any current British elite fighter, but doesn't have half the publicity. It's a shame really.
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
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Rantcatrat
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Originally Posted by
boxingbantz
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Originally Posted by
Fenster
Without doubt there's a minority of boxing fans that hate Khan because he's a "paki." Even some on here, I bet. However, they are far outweighed by the support Khan enjoys.
He just sold 15,000 tickets and did 50,000 PPV's. There is no way possible that the vast majority of those buyers were racists paying to watch Khan lose. It's the complete opposite.
Froch has never sold more than 6000 tickets and 20,000 PPV. I bet he would love to have Khan's racist buyers ;)
Froch hasn't had even a quarter of the publicity that Amir Khan receives. If he was promoted well, which he never has been, he'd be as big a star as Khan and Haye.
Hopefully his split from Hennessey will change that.
I completely agree. The guy has taken as many challenges as any current British elite fighter, but doesn't have half the publicity. It's a shame really.
He probably has the best resume in the world over the past couple of years, let alone the world.
It's absolutely criminal that half of the UK probably don't even know who he is.
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
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Originally Posted by
JazMerkin
He didn't run against Maidana. Haye probably takes less punches than Khan, he's just got amazing power so there never really last that late. I like Froch a lot more now that he used his skills against Abraham than the horrific mess he put out against Dirrell swinging with roundhouses.
Khan has a dodgy chin, fact is when he was hurt against Maidana he got through the round, but still looked to engage. Boxing is all about hitting and not getting hit. Khan might have a dodgy chin, but one thing he doesn't lack is bottle, look at how hard he was trying to get up against Prescott. A bottlejob would've stayed firmly on that canvas.
we'll have to disagree on the running bit
and i think he lacks something around the manlyness area
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
I'm guessing that these are the main reasons why people don't like him from what I've seen with boxing fans.
1. There is a perceived image of arrogance to him.
2. He got a lot of press due to his olympic glory and making very good money as he turned pro and going to PPV so early in his career.
Now to address these 2 points from my point of view. Most boxers have a degree of arrogance to him, yes even the so called "humble" ones like Pac. Just see the prefight talking and almost every boxer has a degree of arrogance. The 2nd point a lot of people might be a little pissed that he's making so much money and getting so much exposure where they felt he hasn't earned it. But ask yourself, if you were in Khan's shoes would you turn down the money and exposure? So I think those 2 points are the biggest issues that boxing fans have with Khan.
And 1 last thing, quite a few people are saying that Khan is cherry picking opponents (like Otley), I thought so at first too but have changed my mind since the Maidana fight. You don't cherry pick guys like Maidana and Bradley in a span of 7 months. One guy is the hardest puncher of the division and 1 guy is the no. 1 in the division. Those are 2 very good opponents. That's just irrational hating to say Khan is cherry picking opponents at this stage of his career.
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
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Originally Posted by
boxingbantz
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Originally Posted by
Fenster
Without doubt there's a minority of boxing fans that hate Khan because he's a "paki." Even some on here, I bet. However, they are far outweighed by the support Khan enjoys.
He just sold 15,000 tickets and did 50,000 PPV's. There is no way possible that the vast majority of those buyers were racists paying to watch Khan lose. It's the complete opposite.
Froch has never sold more than 6000 tickets and 20,000 PPV. I bet he would love to have Khan's racist buyers ;)
Froch hasn't had even a quarter of the publicity that Amir Khan receives. If he was promoted well, which he never has been, he'd be as big a star as Khan and Haye. Hopefully his split from Hennessey will change that.
I don't like Froch either.:)
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
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katfight
Yawn…at the race card Again
I hate Amir Khan and it's jack shit to do with his race
My fella is Arab my kids are mixed race I dont give a toss what colour anyone is I don't care about immigration ( one world and it dint BELONG to any one race)
But Amir khan I hate with a passion
And like I've said before he so wrapped up in cotton wool u would think he was White
Now I just wish someone would hurry tfu and knock him out
That's it thankyou :)
some people will do anything to prove they're not racist. :cool:
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
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boxingbantz
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Originally Posted by
Rantcatrat
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Originally Posted by
boxingbantz
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Originally Posted by
Fenster
Without doubt there's a minority of boxing fans that hate Khan because he's a "paki." Even some on here, I bet. However, they are far outweighed by the support Khan enjoys.
He just sold 15,000 tickets and did 50,000 PPV's. There is no way possible that the vast majority of those buyers were racists paying to watch Khan lose. It's the complete opposite.
Froch has never sold more than 6000 tickets and 20,000 PPV. I bet he would love to have Khan's racist buyers ;)
Froch hasn't had even a quarter of the publicity that Amir Khan receives. If he was promoted well, which he never has been, he'd be as big a star as Khan and Haye.
Hopefully his split from Hennessey will change that.
I completely agree. The guy has taken as many challenges as any current British elite fighter, but doesn't have half the publicity. It's a shame really.
He probably has the best resume in the world over the past couple of years, let alone the world.
It's absolutely criminal that half of the UK probably don't even know who he is.
A crying shame is the whole froch story and does make you wonder how exactly it came to be that britain can produce endless shelf fighters that hardly ever produce that get big time tv coverage and yet have a world champion, a world class athlete that doesnt get a 10th of the attention he should require
amir khan is a household name and yet hasnt acheived even half of what froch has
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
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Originally Posted by
JazMerkin
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Originally Posted by
Fenster
Without doubt there's a minority of boxing fans that hate Khan because he's a "paki." Even some on here, I bet. However, they are far outweighed by the support Khan enjoys.
He just sold 15,000 tickets and did 50,000 PPV's. There is no way possible that the vast majority of those buyers were racists paying to watch Khan lose. It's the complete opposite.
Froch has never sold more than 6000 tickets and 20,000 PPV. I bet he would love to have Khan's racist buyers ;)
I dunno Fenster, don't you remember how he grew up in a tough area full of lots of ethnic minorities? ;D;D
I heard he even had his bike stolen. That's rough.
Re: why dont i like amir khan?
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Originally Posted by
CFH
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Originally Posted by
JazMerkin
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Originally Posted by
Fenster
Without doubt there's a minority of boxing fans that hate Khan because he's a "paki." Even some on here, I bet. However, they are far outweighed by the support Khan enjoys.
He just sold 15,000 tickets and did 50,000 PPV's. There is no way possible that the vast majority of those buyers were racists paying to watch Khan lose. It's the complete opposite.
Froch has never sold more than 6000 tickets and 20,000 PPV. I bet he would love to have Khan's racist buyers ;)
I dunno Fenster, don't you remember how he grew up in a tough area full of lots of ethnic minorities? ;D;D
I heard he even had his bike stolen. That's rough.
Someone borrowed it to go to the shop on. It definitely wasn't stolen. Froch always exagerrates.
