The reason people are glad he lost is that he is one big hype machine designed only to make as much money as possible. Sure he has talent, but even his own promoter hasn't truly believed the hype for some time or the opposition would have been upped a long time ago.

The days when amateur boxing actually resembled the proffessional game are long gone. Degale will do well to take in what's happened to Amir, he says he won't look at a contract for less than a million, if a promoter pays that much he'll expect the fighter to be headlining shows while learning the game. They should be fighting often at the start of their careers to gain real EXPERIENCE.

From the interviews sounds like Khan has learned jack shit, still believes he's 12 months from a world title shot.