Is Amir Kahn getting unfair stick for his "slow" progress?

no he's getting totally fair stick for being a little twat.

 

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I don't think your comparisons are correct JonOli. Not too many people are expecting him to challenge for a world title, infact he's putting that pressure on himself. That would be unreasonable.

We just want to see him face a legitimate threat. Somebody that could knock-out my gran with their punch.

For example, Calzaghe fought Delaney who was unbeaten and could punch, was seen as a prospect at the time

Haye fought Thompson...

Hatton's early competition was awful admittedly, but he didn't have the pedigree or hype.

 

its all to do with what standard you judge someone by

no-one is going to slag off Peter Buckley for not winning a world title or getting beat by anyone with a pulse

Naz loses a points decsion to a modern great and he is called a fraud

Khan is being judged on the hype and talk he has projected

about beating Naz's record for being a youngest world champion and that

the reality is Khan is still young and plenty of time on his side

it is more to do with the dislike for him rather than him not winning a world title yet

he deserves some stick he is big headed ***** who talks above his status

calling out Manny Pac

saying he would beat Floyd Mayweather over 4 rounds when he was about 18 years old

this is the standard Khan claims to be

others dont agree and dislike him for his arrogance and disrespect to other fighters

 

hes a ****

 

Yep, he gets too much stick, only he's 21. He needs to start stepping up soon though.

 

I would say yes he is. He's moving at a steady pace.

 

How can you be moving at the correct pace if you have failed to face a single puncher? It is hindering his development. It would be very poor matchmaking if he had a legit chance of becoming a world champ.

 

I don't think his progress is slow anymore. He shouldn't get stick for it. HOWEVER fighters who step up quicker should get credit for it.

 

Flint, please would you be so kind as to use some punctuation now and again?

 

I don't think the stick is unfair at all and this is how I see it.

He has had extremely unfair hype because of the silver medal in the Olympics. That is not his fault but he has never helped himself with his arrogant attitude either.

I bet the likes of Kevin Mitchell, Alex Arthur and Enzo Macarinelli must be seething in secret over the ridiculous hype that Khan has received. I mean he has earned more money than a lot of world champions out there now that can't be right can it?

His weak defence has been exposed on numerous occasions, most notably against Limond where the referee took a *** break while he was down and against a shot Michael Gomez yet some people (mainly the general public) are being conned into thinking he is going to be the next Sugar Ray Leonard.

And now to top it all off, he is on Sky Box Office for his first fight on Sky which isn't even a title fight! I mean that advert on there now trying to compare him to greats such as Lewis, Tyson and Hamed is just unbelievable.

The quicker this hype job gets Ko'd the better it will be for everyone and I even include Amir Khan himself in that.

 

In terms of "first title challenge" I feel some of the comparisons given are a little misleading.

Think Joe Calzaghe for instance won the British Title after two years as a pro and in his 14th fight.

With regards to criticism of Khans progress so far - regrettably I feel he brings a lot of it on himself. It is he who has constantly declared his intention to break one record or another - first it was to be World Champ by 21, then after the Limond contest he stated he would be World Champ within 5 fights, then there was all the talk of breaking Prince Naseem Hamed's record of becoming youngest British World Champ and now its World Champ whilst still 21....

Its unfortunate because, by setting himself unrealistic targets, he has not only fallen short of his own expectations but put added unnecessary pressure on himself.

 

Prescott is a step in the right direction.