Khan: "People In America Understand Boxing A Bit Better (Than The People In The UK)"

You're a ****ing idiot. The fact you can't grasp the difference says it all.

 

come on man the guy is 100 years old.

 

Come on, Arran. You're not comparing apples with apples. Ali is a well-respected figure that won the adulation from the world before 9/11. His accomplishments and status were never going to be immediately thrown out of the window, because he had already earned it. The situation for him will always be different to the situation of Khan, who's public-status was born after 9/11 and during 7/7.

 

In the context that he stated it, nah he just speaking his mind.

 

the uk aint racist in the way the usa is. its different here, we dont call our black people africans, they are english/british like the rest of us

 

atsch

Just stop.

No one is disrespecting khan, there just telling it like it is.

Youre clearly a ****ing kid, judging some one by their avatar atsch

just give it a rest :tired

 

shall i name about 4 english asian/muslim cricketers? how about them? who get cheered by this lot?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5mleuRytSg[/ame]

are you saying cricket is exempt?

 

Race relations were far worse back then than they are now, ignorant people and cultures would move out of areas when another creed started moving in.

This coming at a time when people were not exploited to different cultures on a large scale.

 

Sure thing buddy.:nut

 

I would definately say usa has more extreme/hardcore racists than uk.

 

You don't know the half of it, because the silly comments that he makes, are never documented and highlighted like Khan's. I'm trying to look for a quote of his where he was reviewing a magazine's top 5 fighters to ever come out of Britain. He was annoyed at Lennox being number one, saying he had been knocked out and lost before, and that he [Lennox] doesn't deserve to be above him because he [Calzaghe] hasn't ever been defeated.

I've managed to find the below, though:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-5499540-i-am-the-best-says-honest-joe.do

And while we're at it, he says the following too about Roy Jones

 

Why do these threads concerning Khan's popularity always turn in to arguments concerning race?

A very small percentage of the people who don't like Khan don't like him because race is the factor. A lot less than is being made out, or is continually made out in these threads.

 

Apples with Apples.

You're looking at a sport that has a very different type of following, and one that doesn't give attention to a single individual like boxing does. Khan's presence in the media and his name is way bigger than those four cricketers, who the average joe on the street don't even know exist.

 

Waiting for Roys plunge into the dark was a wise investment for joe.

A great fighter though but not o the level alot of people think he is on.

 

With all due respect. That's bollocks. A significant portion of boxing fans in the U.K are racist mongs. Even if a lot don't admit it. You're fooling yourself if you think otherwise. If Khan done everything Ricky Hatton did, would he be as popular? He would in his arse.