Why do people hate Amir Khan so much? (Ring article attached)

[sanchez786]

Regardless whether people here will admit their prejudice or not (maybe it's a subconscious racism), majority of the people dislike Khan simply because he is

A) Of Pakistani background
and
B) He is a Muslim

Majority of the folks here that dislike Khan use excuses such as 'He's cocky' (which fighter isn't?) or 'He doesn't fight great competition' yet even when he's stepping up to fight Barrera, posters here find yet ANOTHER excuse to knock him down.

If Amir Khan was a Mexican fighter with the name Jorge Vicario, a Caucasian British Fighter named Bruce Kingston he would not get NEARLY the same heat he currently receives simply because his ethnic background is Pakistani and he's Muslim