Amir Khan and the blind support he gets from his fans
December 15th, 2010
By Malik Khan: This is article is written by a Muslim in Britain just to note this. A lot of Amir Khan’s fans don’t really know much of the sport, and I think the main reason Khan has a huge backing in Britain is because of the large numbers of Muslims and Pakistanis in Britain. I’m not saying don’t support our brother but don’t be so biased towards someone and discredit the other fighter like Marcos Maidana. I am writing this article after reading a lot of comments on Facebook to various websites.
I agree he could have made the fight easier for him. Boxing isn’t just about attacking your opponent. Khan’s defense is poor, but his trainer Freddie Roach is saying it took him three years for his best fighter Manny Pacquiao to get off the ropes after he first started training him years ago. Let’s see if Khan can learn. Only time will tell. But I don’t know how Khan can say he wasn’t hurt by Maidana. Even a blind man could see that Khan was badly hurt in the 10th round.
Maidana took him to the trenches and then through hell and back. I think Khan’s head may be still affected by the damage from Maidana’s powerful shots. Anyway watching the fight last weekend knows that Khan won, but was lucky to survive and assisted with breaks in the action by referee Joe Cortez. At the end of the day, I am a fan for boxing and not a fan of a boxer. I have my favorite fighters, but I’m not a diehard supporter of any fighters. But I do think I’ve become a fan of Maidana after watching him last Saturday.
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red neak cowboy whay dont u find somthing els to do
kahns overated just like every other british fighter have him fight sergio see how long that idiot lasts .
he had a close encounter with a youngRoberto duran type fighter.
What is blind about watching somebody win???By the way i’m Catholic
khan whoope maidana end of story maidana nearly had khanbut that was it he’s on a lower level period.
to all boxing fans calm down….don’t make your self miserable just for boxing.. it is only pure entertainment just enjoy watching whoever the fighters!
do they have a hall of shame for reffs?
All khan proved is with the help of the ref he can survive powerful shots. I hope maidana can get a rematch with a new ref. highly unlikely no way freddie and khan want to go through that again. I think maidana can make the adjustments and ko him the next time. top 5 of today 1. Manny Pacquaio 2. Floyd Mayweather 3. Juan Manuel Marquez 4.Sergio Martinez 5. Marcos Maidana
There is a boxer called Malik Kahn- check boxrec! and he is from lancashire UK so its probably him!
Anyway lets not focus on the religion side of things, I think this is only mentioned so his article is not seen as a stereotypical prejudice point of view!
On the article itself however where he mentions kahn said that Maidana didn’t hurt him! Dont forget Kahn said this immediately after a 12 round battle, boxers talk sh*t all the time, but especially after a fight and Kahn probably felt quite happy and surprised with himself which made him say something controversial!
@David Walsh
Point well taken.
On a general note, how many here fancy Khan getting past Bradley/Alexander?
@punchy portof
at the end of the day khan PROVED that maidana dont punch as hard as his made out to.
Malik, if you are of asian heritage may i say the following words? “tehree phan di poodi vich 900 kootehay da lunn marraah phanchod deya pooturah”
being asian i am sure you will understand this
@neonblak:
Fair comment, though slightly pedantic. Typing errors are what happen when you message in at 2am form your iphone.
malik banchod sounds just about rite.
To the author Malik, Amir needs all the support he can get on this website! It will balance out the strange hate for him that many xenophobic writers have for him here lol. Maidana obviously deserves respect also.
No matter how much the Khan fans negate Maidana’s performance, or the significance of Joe “I’m Bought & Paid For” Cortez in the ring helping Khan…
… the fact still remains, Maidana was the star Sat. night. Not Khan. Khan has a long ways to go, even if he thinks he proved everything… at the end of the day he proved little.
Had all you guys fooled.lol
I fully agree. Khan has poor defense. It’s because he trains with Freddie Roach who teaches offense with minimal defense. Look, you can see Pacquiao fights – Pac got hit more and more. Where are the improvements?
Roach’s doctrine is to get hit and hit you back. It’s dangerous to fighters’ health specially the brain.
Hey, Mayweather, Sr. said “Freddy the joke coach Roach, who wouldn’t dare to approach. He’s a roach blowing smoke with no hope”
Is there a box u can cross on this site for writers and articles u don’t want to see anymore?
Last 2 rounds Maidana was like a Farmer swinging a hatchet & Khan was like the Xmas Turkey running for his life!!!
Malik Khan, really??? I don’t think so.
Hay all u khan hatred grow a pair and move on Iam Irish and like khan lots of people do does not matter what ur black White Asian boxing is a sport religion should have nothing to do with it boxing is to be enjoyed it’s a art it took khan years to learn his trade give the lad some credit
Thank you that was an accurate article. just as said as well Props to Khan for stepping up and slugging it out with a big puncher. Maidana who would give anybody trouble in 140 div, he beat ortiz. maidana was lucky he didn’t go down in the 1st, he is very tough. and khan very lucky to survive the 10th rd 2 more big over hand rights and I woulda stopped it. I woulda scored it a draw. it was 2 athletes at their best. if maidana wants a rematch Ok, if not next should be Judah, who khan will defeat or winner of Bradley, Alexander.
Stuiped articles, people support Boxers no matter what religion or ethnicites they are
maidania is the beast and thats y ther wont be a rematch
he never sed he was hurt he sed that the uppercuts that maidana was landing in the first couple of rounds weren’t hurting him he neva sed that he wasn’t hurt in the tenth
Who gives two cents about what his fans are saying. Pac fans, Floyd fans, Maidana fans and so many others are delusional as well. Fans will always be like that. Quit making a big deal out of it.
I’m a Christian from the US. I think it’s ok to be passionate about a team or your favorite boxer. If everyone else is biased to their Fabianism d
I’m blitish musrim flom maraysia. We hate khan. All musrim hate him. The author marik khan so velly clever. Rove u marik
Russ in Australia: A very good article Malik and well put together.
Please forgive these poor souls that try to write comments with value. Most of them hide behind a keyboard slagging off about everyone’s colour or religion before they go to school.
KHAN IS GIVING JOE CORTEZ A BAD @SS BJ RIGHT NOW……
Something odd about this article..!!!!
@chuckP
maidana was hurt from round 1, came forward for 11 rounds after that khan caught him wit khans best shots and on many times, how many times did u see maidana hurt after the first round? lets me honest if khan was hurt in the first round frm that punch he took in the 10th? u lot make ur mind up….khan cudnt KO a damaged maidana from the start! all credit to maidana….
I’ve been punched hard in the ring and my knees buckled but I can honestly say I wasn’t hurt. I therefore don’t have a problem with Khan saying he wasn’t hurt. He was certainly wobbled in the 10th and fought very sensibly afterwards. I don’t think fans/boxers beliefs have anything to do with boxing so leave it out.
Let me ask a question, if a fighter gets hurt by a punch what is he supposed to do, stay in there and slug? That sounds like the best way to get knocked out!!
ive never met so many sore losers in all my life, khan is the best at 140
Round 10 was a 10-8 round….
kon was badly hurt and lost the last 3 rds clearly i had a point in it for kon.
Wouldn’t that be something if all the writers on this site that you hate are the same guy? lol
Amir said that he “wasn’t hurt”…lmfaol…
I think an American Football team would beat the best Rugby teams in England. They would just need a week to learn the rules.
@ the author… Please Dont bring religion into it. Every boxer has hard core fans that say stupid things. Why are you putting this on Khan or even worst on an entire faith?
Look at any fighter and you will see there are members of their fanbase who put that fighter on a pedistal and make things bigger hten they are. Who cares ? They are just excited. I find this a really weak basis for an article.
The real issue you have is that you feel Khan has a lot to learn. Fair enough leave it at that, and base your article on that.
Probably one of the best articles I have read on this site.
@Malik Khan- Well Done, a true boxing fan.
It’s crazy how critics find ways to manipulate this kid khan, I’m a khan fan And I liked the toughness more then the win, khan can come back stronger that’s what he does after every fight, 2 years ago he couldn’t take one hammer that maidana was throwing In this fight he took plenty it shook him and it would shake any fighter maidana came in this fight stronger then ever. Maidana had alot leaning on this fight, there was time he was hurt as well but he looks hurt from the start of the bell. That’s he’s style, have people asked maidana if khans power was effective in stopping him in he’s aggression, at times maidana didn’t want to trade so he also went defensive mode, maidana showed he is a power hitter and maybe knock anyone out in any division, khan has more to learn, upper cuts maidana was throwing cost khan some points in the end, but he was to far ahead I saw 8 rounds to 4 KHAN
KHAN LOST END OFF
I’m a chumcha (brown nose).
Oi malik go board a one way flight to stockholm. You can join your brother with all his virgins in paradise. Have a ruddy good time
who are you talking to BIG D
Just watched the fight again and i have the fight a draw and that is being kind to khan take into account cortez helping khan and khan runing all night long.Peaple please watch the fight again and judge the fight round by round as if you were there scoreing the fight KHAN LOST and CORTEZ is a joke watch the fight again and also watch cortez he cant keep his eyes of maidana like hes waiting to penalise maidana for anything boxing at its best just feel sorry for boxing just my thought lets see whos next for khan it wont be long till he gets knocked out you all may think i hate khan that is not true i just want to see good fighting and fair fighting
@ Mike. I also think this is William or Scott using an imaginary name. Lol. The desperation these guys go to to make their views feel justified reflects their personalities, mind you these guys do make me laugh though which is why I recommend both William & Scott go work in a circus where you belong.
Stop writing about Khan, he won end of. The ref did his job correctly.