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Amir Khan is booed because of Ricky Hatton rivalry, says Frank Warren; Khan on Froch

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PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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Couple of articles I've read for the first time. Sorry if these have been posted before:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/boxing/article6897167.ece

Ron Lewis said:

The popularity of Amir Khan could have been dented by a growing rivalry with Ricky Hatton, Frank Warren, Khan’s promoter, believes.

Khan, one of only two British world champions, makes the first defence of his WBA light-welterweight title, a belt Hatton once held, against Dmitriy Salita at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, on December 5.

But the former Olympic silver medal-winner, 22, has been getting mixed receptions since his one-round loss to Breidis Prescott last year and Warren believes those who have booed Khan could have done it more out of loyalty to Hatton than as a backlash against Khan.

“There have been some boos, but I think that could be to do with the Hatton thing,” Warren said. “We’ve been popular wherever we have been with him. Ticket sales have been good in Newcastle, we have sold 7,000 of the 10,000 tickets already.”

Warren has been keen to play down the possibility of a match between Khan and Hatton, insisting that the Mancunian should retire after his two-round knockout defeat by Manny Pacquiao last May. Hatton says that he has not made up his mind about whether he will return, although the prospect of should he face Khan or not — the two are friends — is unlikely to be keeping him up at nights.

“We’ve always tried to play down the hype surrounding Amir and when people were talking about world titles, I was saying he had to learn,” Warren said. “The Prescott fight was just a bad match, I shouldn’t have made it, but the trainer wanted it and the connections wanted it. It was a big mistake.

“But how he has come back to win a world title eight months and three fights later is exceptional. That sort of thing hasn’t been done by a British boxer and people forget how few fights [22] he has had in his career.”
Khan has been reunited with Freddie Roach, his American coach, this week after Roach missed the first few weeks of Khan’s training camp in Los Angeles as he was training Manny Pacquiao in the Philippines. Warren believes the United States move, made after the Prescott loss, has been a huge benefit for Khan.

“One of the things it did was get him out of Bolton, where he was being pulled every which way by his mates and the personal appearances he was making,” Warren said. “Now he can just concentrate on what he does best, which is boxing.

“And he’s listened to Freddie. He has stopped dropping his hands, jumping in like he used to do and fighting with his heart. The improvement is there for all to see.”

Salita is a New Yorker who was born in Ukraine and Warren believes he will present a stern challenge. “It’s a tough defence and I think it will make for an exciting fight,” Warren said. “But I fancy Amir to knock him out.”
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If I'm not mistaken, Khan has pretty much been booed since way before the "Hatton thing".

PrideOfWales, Nov 3, 2009

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PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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Liam Santiago said:

Amir Khan is still hitting back at his critic and fellow world champion Carl Froch, in an interview on radio five live. Khan said,
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. I always get dissed by Froch, thats just jealousy I think. He hasnt got the recognition I have got and the things I got. Where was he when he was 22?
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Khan went on to say that he believes the criticism is mainly because he is so young and people do not expect such great things from a youngster. He also stated he still has big plans to move abroad permanently. I am really considering moving abroad. It doesnt bother me if people hate me, I am just doing what I love doing. Them people that hate me, lets see them go out and win a world title, the way I did.

Steve Bunce went on to state that Khans defence against Salita is a great test for the Bolton man. He said, Salita is better than the first defence opponents Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton fought. The difference is Khan is under a microscope, the were not. Joe Calzaghes first defence was against a guy called Bronko Sobat, nobody cared about it, hardly any tickets sold. However, is Salita a top 10 guy? No. Is he a top 20 guy? No. And that is also part of the problem.

Buncey is right. In comparison to Joe Calzaghe, Khan is a fearless warrior. In 46 bouts Calzaghe had about 3 big fights that meant anything. Why not direct the abuse at him. Khan is 22 and hopefully, the bigger nights are not far away.
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Khan stoking things up a bit!

PrideOfWales, Nov 3, 2009

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Yep, the quotes from the 2nd article were from a 5live interview. Really shitty interview from Khan. He shouldn't let the critics get to him.

Liam Santiago is a twat btw.

ishy, Nov 3, 2009

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he was booed before hatton but reckon he'll win the fans round when his opposition steps up

LP_1985, Nov 3, 2009

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LP_1985 said: ↑

he was booed before hatton but reckon he'll win the fans round when his opposition steps up
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"When"? Leaving Warren is he?

mrbassie, Nov 3, 2009

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mrbassie said: ↑

"When"? Leaving Warren is he?
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moving stateside and training at the wild card with manny who seems a big influence he might sign with top rank. never know

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mrbassie said: ↑

"When"? Leaving Warren is he?
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Or Roach for that matter. Roach won't let him fight a puncher anytime soon. He said they'll vacate before they fight Maidana. And talking about him fighting Morales, WTF?

Bradley is not a big puncher. I'd like to see them fight in the near future.

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LP_1985 said: ↑

moving stateside and training at the wild card with manny who seems a big influence he might sign with top rank. never know
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Arum and Warren. Not a huge difference in how they manage fighters, unless Arum's putting two of his own against each other.

Jeff M, Nov 3, 2009

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ishy said: ↑

Yep, the quotes from the 2nd article were from a 5live interview. Really shitty interview from Khan. He shouldn't let the critics get to him.
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I didn't mind it, i think Khan is too nice at times, a bit of "the worlds against me" never did a fighter much harm...I would actually like to see Amir get a little fiesty, only problem being he's as dense as a brick and can't trash talk for sh*t.

oh and how silly is that thick Bolton accent?

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What I have done in this game, no 22 year old has done.
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guess what Wilfredo Benitez, Salvador Sanchez and Tyson did was nothing

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Chud said: ↑

guess what Wilfredo Benitez, Salvador Sanchez and Tyson did was nothing
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No he actually said if you heard the interview, that very few at 22 have done what he has.

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Jeff M said: ↑

He said they'll vacate before they fight Maidana.
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I've heard people say this but I have never seen a source

icemax, Nov 3, 2009

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Nah, he's booed because he's a **** and a fraud. Remember when people paid £15 for him to get starched within a minute, that's like paying nearly £1000/hour to watch that over hyped glass chinned fraud! And then in his next fight people STILL paid £15 to watch him fight the bum ***an, what a farce.
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Paying £15 is a choice, nobody forces it down your throat. I think most people paid not for the ***an but the Pacman fight in December 08. I don't know where you learnt Maths mate.

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ishy said: ↑

Yep, the quotes from the 2nd article were from a 5live interview. Really shitty interview from Khan. He shouldn't let the critics get to him.

Liam Santiago is a twat btw.
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:deal
Absolutely one of the worst writers out there

TheUzi, Nov 3, 2009

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Time will tell with Khan.

Farmboxer, Nov 3, 2009

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