Why Is Khan Getting Slated So Much For Staying Active?

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Khan is not popular because of his mouth and dodgy twitters. that is why he is catching flak.

 

khan isn't like because he fights easy fights and takes no risks. He talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk.

 

You probably are already aware of this, but I'll mention in anyway:

Maidana: Currently suffering from a back injury/managerial dispute (believe which ever one you want), prevents a July bout from even take place. Furthermore, this is a big-fight, one that would draw huge hype and appeal. It's not the type you would want to waste/rush for a poxy keep busy fight.

Katsidis: You can not accuse Khan's team of not trying to get a fight with him, because it's evident they did. Whilst we don't know the exact reason for their failure to get him signed, we do know there was a serious attempt made; thus eliminating the notion that Khan didn't want Katsidis. The trainer (or manager?) of the Aussie claimed he didn't even recieve an offer, which is rather strange considering Team Khan's insistence on fighting him in July. During this time, all we heard from Katsidis' camp was, we're waiting for the JMM/Diaz winner. So again I reiterate, they did want Katsidis for this bout.

Prescott: Now I will admit, this option was there for the taking and could have been easily made. However when taking the time to review this choice of an opponent, it would be much more worth while to take a pass on this for the time being. Here in the UK, a Prescott rematch is a fight that would be huge, and one that would benefit much more if it was given more time to market and promote. So similar to the reason for not taking on Maidana just yet, it could well be that they're saving this fight for another time. Furthermore, I'm not going to deny there does exist that same risk of Khan being blasted away again - in which case it would be catastrophic! So for a measly tune-up, with very little time to hype up and that dangerous factor to consider, a Prescott opponent is simply not feasable for the requirements of this fight.

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Which brings us to this fella, who yes I too thought was a pretty **** opponent to take on. But after thinking about it, it's not really that bad considering Khan has only a month and a half of preperation for the July date. Yes he's shot to pieces (presumably), but he may bring the experience and skill to benefit Khan in a fight which is meant to be meaningless. From a managerial/promotional point of view, this is a very smart move.

So in conclusion, my suggestion is you look at it from a development point of view. He's getting back in the ring when he doesn't even have to; thus warranting the choice of a limited opponent. You need to stop acting as though he's never going to take on the best of this division. He's only 23, with a loooooong future ahead of him, and the potential to be a real P4P star, so why the f*ck would his team rush him in to risky fights which he doesn't need to take just yet?

 

The Casamayor option is good sense on Khans/Golden boys behalfs, it's against an opponent who need's a fork sticking in him, it'll keep him active until he (hopefully) fight's somebody his own size/with some power, etc etc later in the year. Me myself cannot see this and see him fighting another tomato can. Fair enough it make's good sense and is a smart option, but then he wonder's why he does'nt get the credit he "think's" he deserves.

 

Should have offered Katsidis a little more and had the fight with him. Katsidis is well known and now hugely overrated because of the Mitchell win. He's a good showman and would be a much bigger draw in the UK than Casamayor. How many of your typical boxing fans in the UK have heard of Casamayor? Whereas I think everyones heard of the guy whos sparked out Mitchell. Plus Katsidis fought on the same night as Khan, and has the same prep time for the fight.

Casamayor is the tougher fight on paper, but who's going to recognise that? If Khan wins people will just say Casamayor's shot. No one can say the same about Kat if Khan beats him though...

 

Forgot to add...beating Katsidis would be a good way of sticking it to Frank Warren...showing him how it's done and what he's missing out on.

 

I don't think the amount of money being offered was the problem mate. Katsidis' camp claim they didn't even recieve an offer. We don't know the exact reasons yet, but I was heavily gutted when I heard Casa's name instead of the Aussie's. Khan would have had a great win.

 

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I do realise that Maidana is unavailable, I also said "Nobody expects him to fight one of the top3 in his division with such short notice" because I didn't expect him to fight him anyway or Alexander and Bradley at such short notice.

So who is lying here then? Katsidis team have said they have spoken with Golden Boy about a possible fight but claim no offer was made, I haven't seen any comments from GB to say they offered them money which they turned down so I can only go with what they say.

They have also said they are prepared to fight Khan and still fight the winner of Marquez vs Diaz.

There is no fight to build here because Prescott isn't going to amount to anything in the long term, short term it's a great fight for Khan to settle his defeat against an average opponent who is well known to the British public off the back of beating Khan.

If Khan does want revenge then it's a fight they should be taking now before moving on more bigger money fights

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This fight really doesn't appeal to anyone though and both Katsidis and Prescott would be more of an attraction, so why take the less attractive option to the British public for any other reason than it being the safest fight?

So you're admitting he's taking the safe option in Casamayor then?

I think he's capable of beating him, Katsidis and Prescott so I'm not sure why his team don't have the confidence to pick the most marketable fight to the UK public (like they did with Paulie for the American public) rather than the safest option.

 

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I can't remember where I saw it, but I read Katsidis was offered the same money he earned in the Mitchell fight. But I don't think it was officially from GPB's or Khan's manager's mouth. So until we do hear something concrete, I guess we will never know why it didn't materialize.

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Of course this fight can be built (regardless of whether Prescott can amount to anything or not). Apart from the Olympics, the most famous thing Khan is known for, is being starched by Prescott. This revenge fight can easily be built up to mean more than it actually is, because us British folk can be very gullible when it comes to this ****.

Khan's got the luxury of taking Prescott whenever he wants to, and have no problem selling it. It's a fight that will always be there for the taking in future, it's not going any where - so what's the point in hastily taking this option now?

I'm saying this July bout's sole intention is not to be a marketable bout, rather it's just a simple keep busy fight. I don't think they care too much about hyping it up, because lets be real, how successful can you hype a fight that's only a month and a half away? Why waste a a Prescott fight (which has the potential to be very marketable), for a something so quick?

So yes, Casa is a safe choice for a something that's only meant to be a keep busy fight. I have very little problem with that. If however he was using this opponent has a legit meaningful fight, then yes I'd be thinking, wtf.

 

Prescott is not known in the uk to any extent you are thinking of

it wouldn't sell at all, khan isn't even big in the uk outside of bolton

 

I don't think it can, if Amir Khan is going to move on like people think he will then the time to take Prescott out should be sooner rather than later while people still have doubts about Khan and don't view the gap between them too widely.

Roach has already questioned the amount of money to be made fighting Prescott again so he obviously doesn't think there is much chance of hyping it but I think it would have been perfect for July, a chance to settle the score and show doubters that it was a fluke the first time.

Prescott has been living off the KO of Khan but I'm not sure how much longer he can go on doing that for.

 

His activity isn't the point, its who he is fighting, the fact that he has gone for casamayor over katsidis shows that he has no balls whatsoever. roach needs to start letting his fighters take chances!

 

This is also confirmed seen as he has been ditched by Sky, he's now an ITV man. Fighting people like Malignaggi and Casamayor isn't gonna do him any favours either.