Comments on: Does criticism of Amir Khan reflect widespread racism in British boxing?

By: alilover

alilover — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:02:12 +0000

no one should be judged

By: hira

hira — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:06 +0000

dont judge people an what you thinks is happenig,, people desrve respct.. racism should be delt with ,, and one day it will be dealt with insahllah

By: p nelson

p nelson — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:16:41 +0000

im black and drive a taxi
i only got to drive past a black man in a fancy car and i hear a racist comment from my passengers like its a joke and then when they get out they say thanks mate and tip me
the white people r always good to ur face and then stab u in the back
sorry but thats what i see

By: don@london

don@london — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:43:28 +0000

Well said Oli,
Makes a change that we’re all in agreement ay! I must admit, im much like yourself with regards to disliking Khan for boxing reasons only. One of my best friends is black and many are asian and i see them as no different to anybody else in my life as we’re all only here for a limited time anyway so we might as well get on! I have been involved in some of these petty Khan arguments in the past but the thing that riled me was that as soon as i posted a bit of reasonable criticism i was deemed as racist. I was a Calzaghe fan for years but went off of him towards the end as i felt that he was taking on Hopkins and Jones too late and should have given the public him vs Froch, so we do criticise white people too although i can understand why it would look a tad racist!

By: Oli

Oli — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:31:21 +0000

whoa, for the first time ever we have Uk, Don, shoaib, and myself all in agreement to a reasonable extent. lol.

There definatly racists in this country, as a black man i see it far less than say shoaib does, as asians seem to get it far worse. Luckily for me i can in a pub an see a black fighter box, and not have to hear too much racist abuse being shouted out, wheres unfortunatly id totally understand if shoaib says that he could do the same.

But as DON says its a mistake to say its ALL whites who do this. Thats definatly not the case, it is just a very low life minority.

For the record i dislike khan for boxing reasons only

By: NIGAL

NIGAL — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:24:46 +0000

ONE OF THE REASONS AMIR IS DISLIKED IS BECAUSE HES THE NUMBER ONE BRITISH FIGHTER IN THE EYES OF THE PRESS…THIS GETS ON THE NERVE OF THE WHITE BRITISH…THIS ISNT KHANS FAULT!! THE ABUSE HES GIVEN ON WEBSITES IS CHILDISH AND DISCUSTING…IT SHOWS THERES SOME PEOPLE IN BRITON WHO ARE EITHER RACIST OR JUST SAD LOSERS… IM BRITISH AND SUPORT KHAN… SO WHAT IF HE HASNT FOUGHT THE TOP OPPONANTS YET… HES ONLY 23!!! NAME A SINGLE BRITISH FIGHTER WHO WAS FIGHTING THE BEST AT THAT AGE!! TRUST ME IF KHAN WAS WHITE THERE WOULDNT BE A BAD WORD SED ABOUT HIM AMONGST THE WHITE BRITS!!

By: DAVE

DAVE — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:15:36 +0000

PEOPLE EXPECT TOO MUCH OF HIM… HES ONLY 23…. KNOWONE HAS FOUGHT GREAT FIGHTERS BY THAT AGE… THERE ARE RACISTS IN BRITAIN BUT THERE IN A MINORITY

By: Amir khan number 1 fan

Amir khan number 1 fan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:17:04 +0000

Yes ben its just not real they jus write it on the net to make up storys and also rumors.

By: Amir khan number 1 fan

Amir khan number 1 fan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:12:10 +0000

Your right paul davis just to get a story on the web they will put on anything. And also from the name i can tel that Paul is a White person and he is not racist. So why cant every one be like paul. Amir is a fighter and he entertains people so just deal with it or just dont go or watch his fights. ALL YOU RACIST PEOPLE JUST DONT GO OR WATCH AMIR KHANS FIGHTS BECAUSE YOU CANT HANDLE THAT HE IS A BETTER FIGHTER. YESSSSS I SAID IT

By: Amir khan number 1 fan

Amir khan number 1 fan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:06:17 +0000

Some of you are bloody daft only because he got knocked out 1 time in his career doesnt mean hes got a glass chin. when he reaches his peak he will be the world best boxer. And waheed that is not true because i was there and even white lads look up to him. I know so many white lads that dont care about the background they care about who he is fighting. Like, if they like barrera then they will chear for barrera and if they like Amir Khan they will chear for him. And i believe in Amir khan all the time he is my idiol

By: Bernard

Bernard — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:40:57 +0000

HA HA HA HA just read the post below by someone called Debbie she”s got more ba**s than Khan lol

By: Bernard

Bernard — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:26:17 +0000

Stop playing the racist card when people give their honest opinions, I for one admire very many fighters irrispective of colour or creed. But only those fighters who fight the oposition who is worthy of being called true opposition instead of cherry picked apponants ;and Khan is clearly not doing that.

By: don@london

don@london — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:51:47 +0000

@ Jerry
Mikkel Kessler
Bernard Hopkins (a better fighter then than ever)
Jeff Lacy (was never the same again)
Chris Eubank (arguably in his prime)
Ritchie Woodhall
Robin Reid
Sakio Bika (proving himself to be world class now)
Byron Mitchell
Omar Sheika
To name a few!
Been round Freddie Roach’s house lately?

By: jerry

jerry — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:03:47 +0000

fight fan ur statment “calslappy was a great fighter” renders your post away with the fairies… you know exaclt what calzaghe did who did he beat in his prime, can you imagine the abuse khan would get if he followed the same route calzaghe did???

By: Khan fan

Khan fan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:56:06 +0000

Waheed nawaz,i was also at the khan v barrera fight and no one was shouting racist abuse.You sir,are a liar.