British pakistani Amir khan

Said it better than i ever could. :good

 

All about the context. My trainers seem to throw the word paki around, and even though there is clearly no bad intent it is still pretty distasteful in my opinion. I'm from a different generation to them I suppose

 

**** me, them bengalis hate the stans around our end,always fighting with each other around there way.

as for khan being a british pakistani,pakistan is their parents/grandparents homeland,they are proud of there heritage(well,apart from the cheating cricket scumatsch),so what,im proud of my english heritage,im english not fooking british:bart,

 

Lol I've got plenty of Bengali mates, we always have competitive banter between ourselves. But yeah, I've heard the beef between Stans and Bungles around Burnley and Manchester is pretty intense.

It's all ****ing stupid if you ask me. They're all knobs that get involved in them sort of things.

 

u right there mate. its the dicks who cause all the trouble.be good:good

 

I'm not overly surprised that some Brits of Asian origin follow Amir Khan more closely because of his heritage, but why the surprise that some white brits follow the likes of Hatton or Froch more closely.

 

What a load of ****.

 

I can't understand why so many people dislike Amir, he's a good lad and in my opinion will prove himself to be the best of the current crop at 140lbs.

 

Yep, he's a good kid and the hate he gets is really puzzling. I disagree that he'll prove to be the best of the 140 crop though. Bradley is clearly the most complete fighter at light welter and would beat Amir IMO. I'll say this though, if your not able to hurt Khan then you're in trouble because he's gonna be hard to outbox now that he knows how to hide his weaknesses and put aside that recklessness.

 

There's nothing wrong with what he said. He's not pointing fingers at all white boxing fans. I think it's fair to say that there are some boxing fans (definitely a minority but still numerous) who dislike Amir purely because of his race/religion, and obviously if he were white they wouldn't feel that way, hence him being recieved better by the public as a whole

lol you honestly make no sense, you're fine with 'British Asian' but not 'British Pakistani'. What's the difference, Asian is not a race btw if that's what you're thinking. And tbh, I very much doubt if you were born and brought up in Pakistan that you wouldn't hold on to any aspect of your English/British heritage, and it's not something I'd begrudge anyone. IMO You should never forget where you came from. or lose touch with your roots. I love going to Kashmir and visiting the deserted village that my ancestors once lived in as humble, peasant farmers. The family has come a long way since then thanks to the UK, and I feel as British as anyone but I'd feel like a sell-out if I ever lost touch with my ancestral homeland or ever forgot about my family's humble beginnings. It is a part of me, whether I like it or not. I really don't understand why you'd begrudge me identifying with my heritage as well as my place of birth which is the UK.

 

I don't really give a **** where he's from, I like the guy as a boxer.

 

I'd rather someone follows one boxer, for whatever reason, than none. Maybe a young Asian lad will see Amir as a role model and become another British world champion.

 

honestly the original poster claiming there's so many british-asians of pakistani decent in the amateur ranks is news to me, since athens i havent heard of 1 high profile amateur who was of pakistani decent, excitement has a way of making ppl look foolish

 

I'm not acting anything of the sort, Khan is a trillion times better than Salita, ffs, Salita would lose to malignaggi, kotelnik (who he accused of ducking him) magee, hatton, alexander, N'Dou, Ngoujou, everyone, he isn't fit to shine Khans boots.

I was never a Khan fan, but I am perfectly willing to concede his massive improvements over the last year and a half.