Amir Khan Deserves More Respect

Khan claims the UK is racist to pakastanis. is this true?

 

Peterson KO 10 Khan in the rematch. :deal

 

He's alright, but he's not real.

 

He gets treated how he treats others. simple

 

Here is my opinion on this subject, quickly before I go out.

I hadn't been too fond of Khan since just before he turned professional. He signed with ******, and ****** paid the great Mario Kindelan off to lose in a televised amateur bout on ITV. This annoyed me big time.

Anyway, he got all this promotion as an early professional, which was understandable...but he started believing the hype, and instead of working on things...he thought he could just blow people away with his speed. His attitude started changing also.

Then came Prescott, and it was a blessing in disguise. He put his head down, moved to the Wild Card with Roach, and he started learning, and improving. I was massively impressed by his performance against Malignaggi, he made a fan of me that night. His attitude was a lot more humble also. He stepped in with a dangerous opponent in Maidana and he was again impressive for the most part. Got caught, but still came back.

But then his attitude started changing again, started believing the hype again. He hasn't shown any real improvement in a number of bouts now, hasn't really listened to Roach in the corner.

I wanted Khan to beat Peterson, and I thought Peterson was a good challenge at this stage in Khan's career. I had Peterson winning the first bout, but it was after the bout that Khan has kind of lost a fan in me. He moaned and moaned, cried and cried, accused Peterson, the judges, the man in the hat...he threw the blame at everyone, when really, it was him who threw that bout away. Whereas, Peterson, who has an amazing story outside of boxing, remained calm, humble, gracious in victory...won a fan in me. I am neutral going in to this rematch though.

I don't mind cocky, arrogant boxers, but when they have reached a level where they can be cocky...for example Mayweather. Now I don't like Mayweather's personality, but he has backed his ego and arrogance up in the ring by reaching the very top of the sport, and remaining there...so I can deal with that. Khan has yet to do that. Although it's a good sign that he wants to take challenges and fight the best.

 

1. HE does try to fight the best generally, although was protected from a few on the way up, didn't chase a Prescott rematch and doesn't want a Brook fight

2. Why do you think Peterson wouldn't fight him otherwise? The reasoning was that their was a ****stani community in Peterson's hometown so it would sell

3. Some good wins granted

4. Fair enough he did, now he says he doesn't want it unless he gets the majority purse though

5. No they weren't disgraceful he kept breaking the rules because he couldn't fight on the inside

 

This is all true but Khan would have loads more fans if he didn't come across as egocentric and if he was put on national/sky TV instead of jumping into PPV because of his high demand for big purses. He's now a minority sports figure because he went PPV far too early

 

Even the people that really dislike him, will admit that they'd rather have him in the sport, than not. He brings a lot of hype, is exciting, vulnerable, etc, and in the two years he's spent in the US, he's had two back-to-back FOTY candidates.

But as a fan, I have to admit that his attitude post-Peterson has understandably put a lot of people off him. Those that didn't have a good reason to hate him before, certainly do now. And because of that, perhaps he only has himself to blame for the lack of respect he's been recieving lately.

 

1. "he doesn't want a brook fight"? say that when they are in the same weight class. you think he should have vacated his titles & foregone any attempts to unify the division cos some guy whose best win is matthew hatton called him out?

2. peterson turned down the fight when it was supposed to be in the uk. turned down a career high payday apparently. that's how he ended up facing mccloskey. khan made concessions to get that fight done. which he didn't have to do.