Khan taking on a monster

[Master]

Amir Khan: Boxer throws water at Phil lo Greco in heated exchange about personal life

British welterweight Amir Khan threw water over opponent Phil lo Greco at a hostile news conference on Tuesday - reacting angrily to talk about his personal life.

Khan, 31, is preparing for his first fight in almost two years and the pair meet on 21 April in Liverpool.

At a heated pre-fight promotional event, Lo Greco pointed to Khan's family issues and marital difficulties since his defeat by Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in May 2016.

The former world welterweight champion responded by throwing water at the Canadian, prompting an on-stage melee.

Lo Greco said: "After the Canelo loss you went on a losing streak - family, wife and then you go out and tweet to the heavyweight champion of the world. What is wrong with you, mate?"

Lo Greco's reference was to a tweet Khan sent to Anthony Joshua in August 2017. It concerned his own marriage and the 31-year-old later apologised to the British heavyweight for sending it.

After security had calmed the clash on stage, promoter Eddie Hearn asked Canadian fighter Lo Greco to apologise, while Khan later said his rival's behaviour would serve as motivation to "give this guy a beating".

The Bolton boxer, who has won 31 of his 35 professional bouts, has signed a three-fight deal with Matchroom after ending a long-running feud with promoter Hearn.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/42876859

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Just watched the water throwing incident.
Blatantly "staged" as Hearn usually shits himself instead of pushing one fighter away 😁
All designed to take the attention away from the Frampton fight which also had it's press conference today 😉

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It all looked abit contrived to me but these are my observations.

1. Frampton fight donaire the same night as amir is fighting a bum. How do we secure more views? Pretend there's bad blood.....
2. Throwing water whilst being cheered on by batman and superman detracts from the seriousness they were trying to portray
3. Eddie Hearn demanding an apology from the visiting fighter after he brushed Joshua's racist comments under the carpet seems abit rich
4. Greco is nowhere near fighting weight. If he makes 147 he will be more drain d than Oscar vs PAC.

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That presser was circus like.
Embarrassing really

[walrus]

A fighter throwing water is gay

[Mark TKO]

Not watched it yet. Looks cringeworthy

[Primo Carnera]

It all looked abit contrived to me but these are my observations.

1. Frampton fight donaire the same night as amir is fighting a bum. How do we secure more views? Pretend there's bad blood.....
2. Throwing water whilst being cheered on by batman and superman detracts from the seriousness they were trying to portray
3. Eddie Hearn demanding an apology from the visiting fighter after he brushed Joshua's racist comments under the carpet seems abit rich
4. Greco is nowhere near fighting weight. If he makes 147 he will be more drain d than Oscar vs PAC.

This is exactly what tickles me about the fight game and fight fans over here. Whether it was a stunt or not, quality wise why would anybody choose to watch this over Frampton v Donaire? But hype wins over the majority rather than what happens in the ring.
And I know all about the fact that more people have access to Sky rather than BT Sport/Box Nation, but that doesn't explain why more people are posting about this meaningless crock of shit than they are about the other fight, which although people may argue it's equally meaningless, it is of a way higher quality.
Hype beats substance again!

[Master]

All the posts here can see this for what it is primo, so get off your high horse and drink your milk.

We will all watch Frampton's fight.

[Mark TKO]

I never understand why promoters put fights on the same night. Sure one will get more viewers but surely both suffering.

[Primo Carnera]

I never understand why promoters put fights on the same night. Sure one will get more viewers but surely both suffering.

Yeah , but in this case , Khan is "Collateral damage." Sky spoil Box Nation's big night by using Khan v Phil the Greek as bait. Anything they take off them is a Bruce Bonus!
And @Master, you say everyone will be watching Frampton, but all you're talking about is Khan.hmmm.