Amir Khan: Why is it so important that his career is manfucatured as "perfect"?

Here is what I mean by this:

Khan started boxing as a young boy - I dont know too much about his early amateur days other than he had his first fight around 9 or 10 years old. He probaly wan most of them through his talent and maybe lost a handful too.

But since he burst on the scene as a young fresh star at 17 years old his whole career seems to have been manfucatred to be "perfect" on purpose.

First he wan Olympic Silver Medal - 17 years old - great achievement - the kid obviously had alot of talent.

Most people would be thinking thats great - now for the pro's.

But Amir Khan seemed to have a ego vainer than most - he planned to stay amateur for another 4 years - just so he could get the Gold Medal on his mantle piece.

Pure vanity - there was no guarentee he would have wan Gold anyway.

But the pressure was on him to turn professional.

But no before he went pro he got the "perfect" rematch with Mario Kidelan the man who beat him in the Olympics.

This amateur fight was manfucatured to a silly level when ITV gave it the main event world title fight saturday night treatment.

It was manfucatured to be "perfect"

Sure enough the script went "perfect" too - Khan wan in impressive fashion and it was now "as if" he had wan the Olympic Gold Medal anyway.

Some cynical minded people even suggested that Mario Kindelan had come over to lose on purpose just so Khan could have the "perfect" revenge.

Now with his "perfect" amateur career complete - he was ready to turn pro.

He had changed his tune now

"I'd rather be a World Champion than a Olympic Champion anyway - by the time the next Olympics come around (2008) I will be a World Champion" :-(

Khan signed a "perfect" deal with Frank Warren making him a millionaire before he even had a fight

Khan also signed a "perfect" deal with Reebook and released a "perfect" DVD and Book.

He also planned a "perfect" path to the World title - saying some bollocks of how he would be a younger World Champion than Naz, etc, etc, :-(

There were the flaws exposed by Willie Limond , etc

But it was the unheralded Bedis Presscott who smashed the "perfect" image of Khan to pieces

But even after that completely "perfect" destroying loss - the tone of "perfect" for Khan still wont stop

He appeared on TV Family Fortunes before his latest fight to give the "perfect" public image

Girls screamed in the audience on his every word love:love as Vernon Kay spoke to him as he stood there "perfectly" dressed flashing that million dollar hollywood toothpaste smile.

It was the "perfect" image to give the British public on the eve of a big fight against Barrera

And against Barrera it went "perfect" with the Mexican cut in the very 1st round then having to be stopped on the cut

What irrated the most though was Ian Darke setting the tone that Amir Khan was still this invincible untouchable superstar

Trying to gloss over the devesating KO loss he suffered in his past

As if everything still was so "perfect"

Why is there such a obsession to create such a "perfect" image for Khans career?

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No

Why cant he and the media accept - fighters have ups and downs

He didnt win Gold - he wan Silver - accept it - instead of dragging Kindelan over here to pretend now he was a Olympic Gold Medlallist

And

Accept he got knocked the **** out - instead of trying to kid everyone he is still untouchable

When we saw with our own eyes he is not

He gets "special" treatment

 

Nothing wrong there

I know what youre saying

But did you see the way the rematch was set up - all in Khans favour

Some people (not me) have said Mario Kindelan took a bung to lose

If that was the case - that is nothing to do with avenging a loss out of pride

That is all to do with redeeming a perfect image to the public conciouness that he beat the Olympic Gold Medallist - so he was really the best anyway

If he want to really gain revenge for that fight - fight that Cuban in a neurtal country

Why did that Cuban come over here - it was all in Khans favour - pherhaps he did get paid some money :think

 

So pretty much what you quoted Froch as saying there (which I didnt know Froch had said until you posted that)

Is in agreement with me

This is nothing to do with pride, avenging defeats, etc

Real fighters, win , lose, get knocked out, cut, come back, win, etc, etc

But with Khan they are trying to make it all out to be perfect

The Bedis Presscott fight was a major **** up - not to Khan as a fighter - but to Khans public "perfect" image

He is more a product than a real fighter :deal

 

Yeah a desire to be perfect instead of just accepting that he wan Silver not Gold

Also to Pijo - nothing wrong with the desire to avenge a defeat - but the way that rematch was set up - that was a Khan show - totally different from meeting Kindlean in a Olympic final where it really mattered

Hollow victory for Khan - but restored his perfect image

 

True

But he is not a real fighter in the sense - real fighters have ups and downs

Its what makes them fighters

But they wont to portray Khan as just up, up, up

when Bedis Presscott gave him a major , down, down, down - Ian Darke trys to gloss over it

Wheres the character in that?

Khans perfect career has a fatal flaw - a scar - Bedis Presscott

He is not perfect anymore