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

[Trainer Monkey]

Quite frankly all the Khan hate confuses me. I really don't see how people call him cocky... I don't know about off-camera, but on camera he's never showed a sign of cockyness to me and I've seen quite a few Khan interviews.

Saying he is fighting powderpuff fighters is also a pretty stupid reason. He is 22, he's still at an early age at his career... hell, Joe Calzaghe fought shitty opponents for the better part of 10 years, I don't see anyone seeing him want to get KTFO? In fact the reality is almost every fighters first 20 or so fights will be a steady building process, gradually increasing the opposition, which in truth he has...

His last 6 fights have been against a..

• A previous world title challenger (correct me if i'm wrong) - Graham Earl
• A ex world champion (again, correct me if i'm wrong) - Gairy St.Clair
• A top 10 lightweight in the WBA rankings - Martin Kristjansen
• A ex WBU champion with decent power, past his best a bit maybe... - Michael Gomez
• A dangerous columbian banger with a almost perfect KO percentage, this one didn't turn out so well of course.. - Breidis Prescott
• And of course Oisin Fagan.... not much to say about him.

Which when you look at it isnt THAT bad. Every boxers first 20 or so fights will be padded slightly, why can't people seem to realise that?

When it all comes down to it I think one thing above all fuels the hate for him, especially in England - his race. Which I think is pretty sad, the boy is british either way. I couldn't care if he was knocked out 10 times in a row, if the boy was british I would be behind him 100% of the way. I'm backing him to beat Barrera and I hope he does, I think it's pretty low when people are running around saying they hope Barrera knocks him out brutally... especially if their british.

Oison doesnt really count,he normally would,an ex Ammie champ and all,but he broke his foot in that fight early,and as far as I know is retired

[Plopeater]

From all interviews of Khan I've seen, he actually seems to be a decent individual.

Tell that to the bloke who he knocked down when he went through a red light speeding .

Top Bloke

WHAT A STUPID ERELEVANT COMMENT TO MAKE!

TOSSER!

Why is that irrelevant, he jumped a red light and ran someone over, just a reason why people may dislike him, negative press and all that

Nice argument fuckface

[porkypara]

Tell that to the bloke who he knocked down when he went through a red light speeding .

Top Bloke

WHAT A STUPID ERELEVANT COMMENT TO MAKE!

TOSSER!

Why is that irrelevant, he jumped a red light and ran someone over, just a reason why people may dislike him, negative press and all that

Nice argument fuckface

Your the reson a lot of people dont bother with this board any more.

[Plopeater]

WHAT A STUPID ERELEVANT COMMENT TO MAKE!

TOSSER!

Why is that irrelevant, he jumped a red light and ran someone over, just a reason why people may dislike him, negative press and all that

Nice argument fuckface

Your the reson a lot of people dont bother with this board any more.

reson ?

Can you elaborate

[Master]

Some real hardcore boxing fans sometimes do not like boxers that become mainstream stars when they know there are more hardened and seasoned professionals out there who deserve more publicity and world title opportunities.

Amir got destroyed by Prescott, he would get beat by Romanov yet he may become an alphabet champion before those figters.

[:::PSL:::]

I don't hate him. I just dislike him.

[Mark TKO]

I didn't like Audley either from day one

Wasn't a fan of Eubank (till after the two Collins defeats)

Wasn't big on Naz


Hmmm.......

[Fenster]

People in Britain? Don't you mean SOME people?

Khan is one of the most popular fighters in Britain.

Who are these people that resent his success because of his ethnicity? Personally i don't know any.

If you dont know anybody who hates Khan just because he is Asian then you must live in a great place .

After his loss people were phoning radio5 live just to gloat.Sad but true.

You know, I actually saw this on TV. The host was actually SHOCKED! He stated something like 90% of British fans...90% of British Boxing fans that called in were actually HAPPY Khan was knocked out...

This is very misleading.

How many people had their views aired on the show? 20-30? How many actually phoned in - a few thousand? That small amount doesn't represent the views of 90% of British boxing fans.

Khan regularly had audiences of around 4-6 million on ITV. 90% of 6 million is 5,400,000.

So five million regular boxing viewers watched in the hope that Khan gets beaten? Complete nonsense. Khan does GREAT figures because he is POPULAR!!!

A live radio phone-in will naturally attract morons to gloat at others ill fortune. The radio station selects which calls to air. Controversial ones keep people listening and make for a better story

[Mar]

I don't hate him....i don't see why some like him so much when he's done much of nothing,(well he is a prospect and not to much should be expected of the kid yet), but for him to be on ppv is a joke. But if they get people to buy he's probably laughing a lot richer than most of us so who knows.

[Kirkland Laing]

I didn't like Audley either from day one

Wasn't a fan of Eubank (till after the two Collins defeats)

Wasn't big on Naz


Hmmm.......

I actually like Naz when he first started, just looking at him cracked me up. For his first few fights he had a side parting and looked like a dusky Charles Hawtrey. When he got a haircut he started to get on my nerves.

Does anybody have a picture of an early side-parting Naz?

[Howlin Mad Missy]

People hate Warren because he's a closet ginger and bug eyed?

thanks for the neg rep because I'm ignorant.

& stop picking on me because I'm white.

You neg me first and when I return the neg, you post it here that I negged you?

And you're white? That's great for you! Would you like a cookie?

stop your hatred towards me people.

2chips, y'know what I also noticed, everytime a thread about Khan appears you show up saying this forum and others like it are racist towards him.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

I didn't like Audley either from day one

Wasn't a fan of Eubank (till after the two Collins defeats)

Wasn't big on Naz


Hmmm.......

I actually like Naz when he first started, just looking at him cracked me up. For his first few fights he had a side parting and looked like a dusky Charles Hawtrey. When he got a haircut he started to get on my nerves.

Does anybody have a picture of an early side-parting Naz?

y'know I was probably with you. He started off and looked promising BUT you started to get the feeling the cockiness wasn't an act, the posing over people he knocked down began, the disrespect and the tide turned.

[HattonTheHammer]

dont hate khan the person and never have done.

I hate the way he is typically built up by the british media to be knocked down.

I hate the fact he gets all the breaks other guys who have worked much harded than him domestically (thaxton, murray) dont.

I also hate the manner this fight has gone about in that having JUST been KO`d in 50 seconds he doesnt deserve to share the ring with an all time great like barrera

[GAME]

Just been chatting with someone whos just got back from the wildcard gym. They say Roach and Khan were extremely friendly and welcoming . She took some pics of Khan working out and sparring . Apparently he looks really quick and sharp .

Things seem to be well in his camp . Id like to hear from Barreras now.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

I've been reading reports from Khans camp. What's he's been struggling with etc

Of course if I hear anything from Barrera's camp I'm not going to say anything. I'm here to spy not confess.