Do we judge fighters too much by words ascribed to them rather than heard directly?

[Kev]

I don't hate Amir Khan but when he said, he could beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. I thought that was absolute ridiculous, as was he comment about his 2 percent body-fat what a plum

He never said he could beat Floyd Mayweather Ice, that's just yet another example of you not understanding word play.

He had just turned pro and they were asking him how he was taking to the pro game and he said his sparring was going so well he felt he could take on Floyd Mayweather in a four rounder.

It was clearly a playful, tongue in cheek remark, like somebody saying I could have beaten King Kong tonight, it doesn't literally mean someone thinks they could beat King Kong it's just an expression to say that they felt very very strong on that night.

Likewise with Khan, he was just saying he felt his sparring was going so great he could even give Floyd Mayweather a run over four rounds.

Sorry but only a complete imbecile would take that as a genuine statement that he was claiming he would beat Floyd Mayweather if they met at that time

On to the second point, him saying he had less than two percent bodyfight was quite endearing I thought, like wow this kid just takes at face value anything anybody tells him. I must admit I thought of you when he made that statement

I can't believe you just turned around, and actually hinted at me being an imbecile. Well to be honest Bilbo, you can stuff your Amir Khan delusional threads, all i did was repeat what Amir Khan said himself. And i remember pretty much everyone on this forum, agreeing that was total tosh aswell. So i guess that makes them complete imbeciles aswell

No need to throw around insults, or keep taking digs at me. Not understanding sarcasm, which is total BS because i always understand. Sarcasm with any of my friends or family. Maybe you just talk in so much riddles and you come out with so many bizarre statements, that i can never really tell with you, ever thought of that

I imagine there are probably more than a few imbeciles on this forum yes, there are no entry requirements to meet in order to join this forum so its inevitable that some less bright individuals might post here.

But I'm just pointing out to you the stupidity of what you are saying. You talk as if he came out and said as a matter of fact he could beat Floyd Mayweather, and that he was calling him out, when it was clearly just a playful remark.

I remember you posting on this forum that you were practically grandmaster level in checkers. Now was this a statement of fact on your part? Are you claiming to actually be of the same level as a true Checkers Grandmaster or did you just mean that you think you are very good and were adding playful emphasis?

I mean how arrogant would it be for some kid who has never entered an amatuer checkers tournament or has any documented games online to claim that he is a grandmaster, i.e one of the elite best in the world at checkers? Wouldn't that be the height of arrogance and delusion, or are you claiming that in your case you didn't mean it seriously but just as a playful boast?