Is Khan becoming infamous rather than famous in America?
January 9th, 2012
By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan has now had five bouts in the United States and three of them have involved Khan doing quite a bit shoving and pulling down on the head of his opponents. Sometimes it’s better for a fighter to keep quiet and take his loss like a man rather than crying day and night about in the media trying to get sympathy.
This wasn’t supposed to happen. Khan and his team selected Peterson because he couldn’t punch and had previously been easily handled by Timothy Bradley. The loss was a huge blow to Khan’s career, but how he’s acted since then with his complaining and pointing fingers at the judges, referee, Peterson himself and the mystery man has made it much, much worse. Sometimes a fighters’ reaction to his defeat can make his defeat much worse when the fighter starts crying in the media, and Khan has been crying 24/7 since his loss last month. Khan is now looking to have the defeat overturned and ruled a ‘no contest’ so that he can have his titles back without a fight.
The complaining is making Khan more infamous than famous now because he’s starting to be intensely disliked by boxing fans. This whole thing is sticking around Khan’s neck like a bunch of garlic and it’s going to be hard for fans to see Khan in the future without associating him with the constant complaining about his loss. Khan would have been so much better to have taken the loss and moved on like most fighters do instead of the constant crying.
If Khan and Golden Boy are able to get Peterson’s win turned into a no contest, it’s going to be a real negative for Khan because a lot of boxing fans are going to completely hate him. I’m sure there will be a number of Khan’s fans in the UK that will stay loyal to him no matter what but for non-UK fans, who don’t have a built in reason for them to ignore Khan’s behavior, they’re going to hate him.
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I respect Khan for what he is doing – standing up for justice. It might sharpen up boxing adminstration, stop dodgy scoring and raise standards. Why should he be good little boy and accept the decision if he doesn’t have to? My any means. Go for it Khan!
man up queen con!!!
wayne
IM BRITISH AND LIKE MANY BRITISH BOXING FANS THINK KHAN SHOULD WIN A FIGHT IN THE RING. HE IS A DISGRACE TO BOXING I HOPE HE GETS KO,d BY PETERSON HE HAS LOST THE RESPECT OF EVERY ONE NOT ONLY IN THE USA BUT THE UK.
Posted January 9, 2012
i agree
IM BRITISH AND LIKE MANY BRITISH BOXING FANS THINK KHAN SHOULD WIN A FIGHT IN THE RING. HE IS A DISGRACE TO BOXING I HOPE HE GETS KO,d BY PETERSON HE HAS LOST THE RESPECT OF EVERY ONE NOT ONLY IN THE USA BUT THE UK.
Khan wants to fill the bad boy spot. The one people love to hate spot, once May calls it a day. It works! I hate him!
Mr freeze,**** off with your race card,
he’s not liked because he’s a arrogant loud mouth with a cherry picked staged manage career….! and has his own share of dodgy refereeing decisions like *Joe Cortez* in the Maidnana fight.
Whay dont you be a man and admit khan was cheated inside and out side the ring its very clear now khan was cheated by a mafia in sports a fact you cant deny the fight was a close fight i had khan wining by 2 rounds the man was cheated not defeated
im confused .. people saying khan would be better off if he just accepted loosing ??? this fight is looking like its going to be a no contest and a rematch ! how do you work out khan wold be better off if he didnt complain ? at the end of day the fight was bent and it should be fought again ameen had no buisness handling the score cards . p.s if khan moves up a weight hes getting knocked out #fact
The bottom line is Khan is not durable but he should walk away with a big bank account.
Cheatterson was being slapped in the face by his trainer in between rounds and that shows who realy won the fight. HBO where right to have Khan ahead in with the point deductions.
The hands the scorecards passed through has nothing to do with what happened in the ring: KHAN LOSS!!!!
Use to have a lot of respect for Oscar de la hoya. even when the pictures can out, but now with the a- hole crying about losing. he needs to talk to amir and tell him to shut the HELL !!!. these “boxers” need to look at the past to see how real boxer handled himself. even when iron mike lost to buster douglas. one of the biggest upsets in history. He took his lost like a man. learn from him amir khan.
Khan and Marquez should do a duet.
watched khan last night on youtube .. deffo best ive seen . the footwork is amazing , sexy as fxxx and what a great singer .. ooops im watching shaka khan
may i add he wasnt even voted best fighter in the uk in 2011
he’s my local fighter, from the same hometown and has me embarrassed to admit that with the way he cries about his loss… even more so since he’s had his career handed to him and not really earned his rank, even in his own mind.
Cant stand this moaning and whining of the self proclaimed 2012 pound for pound fighter…Move on!! U r meant to be a fighter and stop this drama…Wot a shame!!! Dont give us british a bad name..
Khan has had special treatment since even before he turned pro. The guy that beat him in the olympic was lured into a fight in the uk, just to make it look good. I honestly think that he now EXPECTS better treatment than anyone else. They were so confident of beating Lamont that they didn’t even put a rematch clause in the contract! Then when it blows up in their faces look at the amount of money Oscar and Richard have thrown at this! Do you think anyone else would get this sort of treatment? Khan is a suoerstar in his own mind cos of all these idiots telling him he’s the p4p king-in-waiting. How can you be considered the best 140 fighter on the plant if you can’t fight on the inside? Isn’t that a big part of pro boxing? Him and his fans want pro boxing turned into ameatur boxing, they think inside fighting should be banned. They also want Khan to be able to foul anytime he likes. Because refs don’t really take points for pushing makes it not a foul, what a lame excuse. WHAT A LAME 6ROUND FIGHTER THIS BOY IS!!!!
ak has done more than jmm in complaining about their losses_very unsportsmanlike boxers. ko ur opponent to b a clear winner.
Idd no1 wants a cry girl around.that only ppl talk about when i haveing the belt.fight 2-3fights and win,then meaby the champ will fight you again.
down here in oz no 1 respects this whining pitty pay punching cry baby
He is definately makine himself infamous. But to be honest..he was never famous. He was trying to become a big star in the U.S. but he havent done himself any favors by doing all this crying. This guy is a joke in the boxing world and he won’t ever become famous.
Respect to khan for standing against corruption
The score card passes througt many hands as a crack head prostitute .come on now ,what is wrong with standing for your rights
Pure respect for khan achieved more than all u haters in life helped a lot more people than u saddoo rascist
Khan would be better off accepting the fact that he lost! Move up in the weights, and see how he goes! No one has any respect for a whiner, and that is what Khan has become!
He talks too much. He has no loyalty to Manny.He had that loss a punishment by nature.