Does Khan Get Hate For Being Muslim?

i think people are happy on here because they been pointing out for a while that khan aint quite as good as what he thinks or thought he is/was and there aint no better way for him to realise it than get a good pasting,so his critics are just happy to be proved right and media hype to be wrong,i think thats all the reaction is

 

Well, I agree, because thats how I feel, but like I said, I think some of it is a bit OTT.

 

No, youre right, a lot has nothing to do with boxing.

A lot has everything to do with the fact that hes a big mouthed, arrogant knob, who btw got off pretty light when he killed someone. There are a few reason people are glad about it, i agree.

 

He ran someone over while speeding and was given a short driving ban and £1000 fine.

You see, i view this sort of behaviour as a good reason to dislike someone.

 

I don't remember Khan ever killing anyone but ok then. :-(

 

Ran him over, he broke his leg, he died a couple of years later having lost his job.

 

He died two years later. I kind of agree with the sentiment though, stupid thing to do. But we all make mistakes.

 

Never a truer word been said.:good

 

we would probly be here now including myself saying warren set him up with up with some kinda lame duck if he won,so he could nt really win,a lot off decent boxers would been ko by prescotts punches,what seemed more worrying for khan it looked to me like he was actually destabilized by some earlier jabs,so prescott was able to land the more punishing punches to finish him off

 

It was perhaps extreme to say he killed him - he probably ruined his life though. And btw it was a pretty ****ing huge mistake...speeding, in the wrong lane, going through a red light, and smashing a pegestrian at a pedestrian crossing??? We all make mistakes? Cant say ive ever come close to that one. Anyway, i think you get my drift, people have reasons to dislike the guy without having to pull the race card.

 

Its a shame people are now playing the Islamaphobia card.

Look im from Bolton and we have had the little **** rammed down our throat day and feckin night, Jesus Christ himself wouldnt get more media hype if he camedown to earth tomorrow.

It was only today when my Grandad said he was glad to see the guy lost so that the B.E.N (our local newspaper) calmed down on the nuthugging. Several of the older generation had actually cancelled their subscriptions due to all you read was what Amir Khan was wiping his arse with that night.

Other than that he is a serial offender with his driving, an arrogant knob who within weeks of him turning pro was slagging off decent pros. Given star billings when they wasnt deserved, i could go on forever.

End of the day he finally fought a guy who was the same size as him and he got beaten badly.

 

I do get your drift, but i don't know, i broke my leg in the worst possible way and it wasn't the end of the world, but i guess for different people it can have different consequences. and yeah, huge mistake, BUT, how many boxers or promoters have really dodgy pasts? sold drugs. murdered people. took sterioids. took dives. beat their wives. abandoned their children. You look in to most boxers pasts and you can build a case for them being a really shitty person. you got to seperate that from their boxing career in my opinion. if i couldn't do that, then i wouldn't be a fan of Nas ..

 

I'm pretty sure that out in the wider British population, there will be some hate/bad feeling towards Khan either because he's a muslim or is Pakistani (is he?) but within the boxing community and those on here, the "hate" comes from a typical boxing mentality, for example:

a) He's a Warren fighter and many have seen him as following the typical Warren path, where he would fight 30 odd domestic/continental opponents and hold the WBU title for a few years before a big money fight at the end of his career.

b) Some probably also felt animosity because they believed him to be a very talented fighter, who was not living up to his potential under Warren.

c) There was bad feeling towards him due to the hype/money/fame he had achieved at a young age from essentially doing nothing much, on top of this, he came across as arogant and made comments about fighters that many regard in high esteem (i.e. Pacquiao)

d) Boxing fans were insulted at the kid being put up on PPV before he had even challenged for a British title and in many peoples eyes (including mine) before he had even stepped up in class.

e) There was a feeling that the Prescott fight was another cynical attempt by Frank Warren to pull the wool over the general publics eyes, a seemingly hot prospect that Khan would dispatch with. TBH ... I still have not seen enough of Prescott for me to give the guy any plaudits yet.

f) People finally felt vindicated after the KO, those who had been pointing at his shaky chin & weak defence since the Limond fight. Many over-reacted in their glee for this KO defeat.

So, although I agree that there may be many who hate the guy simply because he's muslim or Asian or brown skinned, the vast majority on these boards see boxing in a different light and are not motivated in that way.

I started out as a fan of Amir Khan but over the past 4-5 fights, grew to dislike the guy ... however, in spite of this, the 1st post I made after the KO was a :-( face, I wasn't overjoyed by the thing but I wasn't surprised either.