Afghanistan treating their WBU "world" champion like national hero

Hamid Rahimi is an Afghan based in Germany with a record of 20-1. The loss came against a guy with a record of 9-58-3

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?cat=boxer&human_id=373572

Last year he won the WBU middleweight title against a guy with a record of 10-5.

Now look at the reception he has received in Afghanistan as a result of this "achievement".

20,000 people lined the streets of Kabul to watch him parade the WBU title on horseback.

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To top it all off, here he is receiving an award from Afghan President Hamid Karzai. :verysad

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This is all desperately sad. How can a guy who has achieved absolutely **** all in boxing trick millions of his people, who are living in poverty, into thinking he is a legit world champion. Absolute joke :-(

The WBU are an absolute joke as well. Look at their heavyweight world rankings: :rofl

Heavyweight

WBU World Champion
Gene Pukall ( Germany )

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. Lucas Brown ( Intercontinental Champion )
4. Tomasz Adamek
5. Jonathan Pasi ( European Champion )
6. David Rodriguez ( NABU Champion )
7. Robert Helenius
8. Odlanier Solis
9. Alexander Povetkin
10. David Haye
11. Alexander Dimitrenko
12. Chris Arreola
13. Denis Boytsov
14. Ruslan Chagaev
15. Andreas Sidon

Look at how they conveniently shoehorn in their bull**** title holders, as well as 49 year old Andreas Sidon who is fighting for the title on May 26 in an attempt to become the "oldest world heavyweight champion ever". Even older than Joe Bugner. :-(

Most of the fights they list as championship fights on their website aren't even up on Boxrec.

http://www.wbu-boxing.com/

 

But he's not a hero, he's a fraud. And he knows it.

 

**** off. He hasn't achieved anything.
He's basically tricking his people into thinking he's some sort of hero. Even receiving awards from the President.
Nothing wrong with showing national pride, if he's achieved something. But he hasn't.
It's more sad than funny tbh.

 

He's not a bad guy, he wants to promote Afghanistan's first ever pro boxing card. Which is commendable.

But he clearly lacks class and integrity when he tricks his nation into worshipping him when he isn't a world champion and never will be.

 

I know a country in such a bad way needs people to rally behind and look up to, but he is basically making mugs of them.

If they want sporting heroes, the Afghan cricket team would be more appropriate. They've actually achieved stuff over the last couple of years.

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_national_cricket_team[/ame]