Wow! I'm surprised how much support Carlos Molina is getting from U.K fans on twitter

A lot. The climate changed in the aftermath of those attacks. Attitudes towards and perceptions of Pak!stanis and Muslims changed dramatically. To say "well, Naz was liked, wasn't he" is to be ignorant of this fact.

 

I want Khan to win.

I've never found him unduly arrogant really, not in comparison to some of the big heads that box.

He's not the brightest bloke, but I don't really see him as a bad 'un.

 

:rofl

 

lol if you think the hate against p-akistanis developed after 9/11 you've been living under a rock, the bradford and oldham riots happened a year before 9.11

 

Mate, most boxers are a bit full of it.

 

Very true.

Having less than 10 fight novice (even if a big Am star) as the main event over and over is a recipe for disaster. Of course people will start to resent him.

 

Khan in the Olympics was a good little kid. Like I said, if he was still a good little kid he wouldn't get anywhere near the hate he gets now, but the thing is this. Khan is not allowed to have flaws, not allowed to get too cocky. He's expected to know his role and shut the **** up. Yet there are plenty of boxers who are bigger ****s, talk a lot more trash, are just as delusional and disrespectful who get a free pass.

"I don't call myself a superstar and then get brutally knocked out". Nice little, bitter dig there from brit forum's golden boy, but free pass.

How would a fight go between Broner and Burns? "crap". Free pass.

comparing yourself to SRL, Hagler and Hearns while saying Collins, Eubank, Benn were not so hot. Free pass.

Mayweather says he's better than Ali and SRR. "oh but he backs up his trash talk" but I thought you hated Khan just because he's an arrogant *****. Not because he's an arrogant ***** who is not elite.

Delboy can bite, slap, spit, and threaten to shoot people. "Delboy a G". "He's such a character"


Khan's crime was stepping outside of the persona that people want him to be. We won't hate him as long as he knows his role and shuts the **** up like a good little kid. Myself, Ice, and PK are 100% right on this issue.

 

Good post. Khan, as dumb as he is, is clearly held to a different standard than others.

 

'I'll beat Mayweather, he won't be able to deal with my speed, innit'

'Garcia caught me with a lucky shot'

'We needed to change things, training camp wasn't going well with Fweddie, ya get me'

'My fanbase in America is massive, every knows who Amir Khan is'



The lad is as arrogant as they come, also thick as pig ****.

 

classic exampe is froch - guy gets aa pass for everything

khan is a bit thick but the rest is normall boxers talk

 

I think a lot of people got upset by his (perceived) whining after the Peterson fight, but in fairness to him, with hindsight he was well within his rights to kick up a fuss.

 

You better believe it.

Froch backs up his talk 9/10, Amir doesn't.

Carl Froch doesn't speak about himself in the 3rd person, Carl Froch is a warrior.

Froch>>>>Khan

That is all.

 

He should definitely lose the speaking in the third person thing.

 

Sad to see the truth hurt you so much.

 

What is that exactly?

I remember a good deal of his Asian fans being very annoyed when he posed for those photos with the wads of cash and the dancers.

I think there are 4 camps;

1) The outright racists who dont want a asian to succeed, especially in a combat sport

2) Those who just find him full of contradictions, hypocrisy, delusions and disrespect toward other fighters

3) People like myself who find him OK, probably a guy that would be a gentleman on his own, who find some of his comments strange and make you scratch your head, whilst also not particularly liking the team of people around him. Wishing him to be in good fights and stay healthy

4) Those who support Khan regardless of his actions or position and are on balance, supporters of his because they are also Asian.

Its a shitty situation to have this discussion imo