Khan makes racism claim - "I'd be a Superstar if I was white"

[Kel]

He has it all the whiney little fuck and has from the start. Shed loads of cash, big money contracts with SKY, always gets maximum exposure, got one of the worlds best trainers.....the list goes on.

If he wants to be a superstar he needs to beat good opponents and rematch Prescott. You don't become a superstar any other way. He really annoys me.

[GuyIncognito76]

If anybody doesn't think he'd be bigger if he was a white kid they're out to lunch. Its just facts.

That said its a bit rich coming from a guy with a bit of a silver spoon ever since he turned pro.

Just like Carl Froch?

[DatsiK]

Another not-so awesome quote from Amir:

"I was in Vegas and I heard Zab Judah (former two-weight world champion) is coming back down to 140lbs and he was shouting out in a press conference 'I want to fight Amir Khan'. "

"It's a good job I wasn't there because we probably would have had a fight in the press room. "



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[jon09]

If anybody doesn't think he'd be bigger if he was a white kid they're out to lunch. Its just facts.

That said its a bit rich coming from a guy with a bit of a silver spoon ever since he turned pro.

Based on what white fighter? I can't remember when a fighter who has had the world promised to him with just a silver medal and can lose by 1st round knockout and get a shot at a belt almost immediately after.

[Kel]

If anybody doesn't think he'd be bigger if he was a white kid they're out to lunch. Its just facts.

That said its a bit rich coming from a guy with a bit of a silver spoon ever since he turned pro.

Based on what white fighter? I can't remember when a fighter who has had the world promised to him with just a silver medal and can lose by 1st round knockout and get a shot at a belt almost immediately after.

Well said.

[OumaFan]

If anybody doesn't think he'd be bigger if he was a white kid they're out to lunch. Its just facts.

That said its a bit rich coming from a guy with a bit of a silver spoon ever since he turned pro.

Based on what white fighter? I can't remember when a fighter who has had the world promised to him with just a silver medal and can lose by 1st round knockout and get a shot at a belt almost immediately after.

That's more about good promoters and management than sheer popularity.

Are we really arguing that a white kid is not more marketable than a non-white kid? I don't know what to say, it just seems obvious to me.

[jon09]

If anybody doesn't think he'd be bigger if he was a white kid they're out to lunch. Its just facts.

That said its a bit rich coming from a guy with a bit of a silver spoon ever since he turned pro.

Based on what white fighter? I can't remember when a fighter who has had the world promised to him with just a silver medal and can lose by 1st round knockout and get a shot at a belt almost immediately after.

That's more about good promoters and management than sheer popularity.

Are we really arguing that a white kid is not more marketable than a non-white kid? I don't know what to say, it just seems obvious to me.

Then don't say anything because its not true. What fighters are you basing this off of?

[ICB]

If anybody doesn't think he'd be bigger if he was a white kid they're out to lunch. Its just facts.

That said its a bit rich coming from a guy with a bit of a silver spoon ever since he turned pro.

Based on what white fighter? I can't remember when a fighter who has had the world promised to him with just a silver medal and can lose by 1st round knockout and get a shot at a belt almost immediately after.

That's more about good promoters and management than sheer popularity.

Are we really arguing that a white kid is not more marketable than a non-white kid? I don't know what to say, it just seems obvious to me.

Would Sugar Ray Leonard, Muhammad Ali, have been any bigger if they were white ? infact any great well known non white fighter for that matter.

[OumaFan]

Probably. Ali is really on a different planet though.

Out of all the things I say this is the controversial one? That a white fighter is more marketable? Really? Come on, any manager would tell you they'd love to find a charismatic talented white kid.

Before everyone goes super defensive I'm not saying people that don't like him are racists, hell I don't like him much although I tried valiantly for a while in order to annoy Missy.

[ICB]

Probably. Ali is really on a different planet though.

Out of all the things I say this is the controversial one? That a white fighter is more marketable? Really? Come on, any manager would tell you they'd love to find a charismatic talented white kid.

Before everyone goes super defensive I'm not saying people that don't like him are racists, hell I don't like him much although I tried valiantly for a while in order to annoy Missy.

Im not saying i disagree with you, but i don't think thats always the case. The fighters i gave there for example are sort of what im getting at, how bigger could they have been if they were white ? and there's loads more i could think of, but i think you catch my drift.

[OumaFan]

And half of the country hated Ali, do you think that many would have still if he was a brash outspoken white kid? Doubtful. Although some would have hated him white or black for his stand on Vietnam.

[OumaFan]

Of course a non-white guy can become the biggest star in the sport, its been proven time after time, would never argue against that.

[Andre]

I always wondered who that was who popped in here once a year created a thread and stated Amir was a victim of racism.
I bet it was him.

[Hunter]

Call me crazy but I would say the sight of him stumbling about the ring and repeatedly crashing to the canvas has limited his stardom more than anything.....especially when we have seen Prescott fight since than, I mean Breidis isnt really a good fighter.....

[GuyIncognito76]

Sorry, had to be done.