By TJ Amin: Throughout the years the boxing public have been duped many a times into believing a fighter is far better then he actually is. Whether this is down to great promotion, hand picked opponents, intriguing personalities or just biased blindness, the fact of the matter is the boxing fans are being conned time and time again, I see the same thing happening with Amir khan. In terms of the promotional side Amir Khan has made all the right moves, he has moved alliances from the best UK promoter Frank Warren to the best US based boxing promotional company in Golden Boy Promotions.

Unlike another boxing con Prince Naseem Hamed, Amir Khan does not have a flamboyant personality and lacks charisma; to be frank his interviews are downright boring and could be the cure for insomnia. In the past when we have realised we have been deceived, we take a closer look at the boxer and his history and come to the conclusion “we should have known better”.

The same applies to khan, regardless of the skills, talent and trainer he has at his disposal (amazing speed and great trainer in Freddie Roach); a boxer is predominantly judged by what he has done in the ring. This is when the question is asked of what has Amir Khan done in the ring to deserve this elite boxer status? Prior to getting brutally knocked out by Bredis Prescott, he fought nobody worth mentioning (in the process getting knocked down by guys named Michael Gomez and Willie Limond).

He then beat Oisen Fagan (another nobody), an over the hill Marco Antonio Barrera on cuts, which granted him an undeserving world title fight against the one of the weakest champions in boxing. To Khan’s credit he easily dismantled World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Andriy Kotlenik, and then went onto beat Dimitri Salita (another nobody) in impressive fashion. Next up is Paulie Malignaggi, a man who has fallen well short when stepping up to the elite level. With all this being said I am sure we are still going to fund the khan cash register until he is shown up for what he really is, that’s is a over hyped and below elite level skilled boxer with a weak chin! Naseem Hamed, Jeff Lacy, James Toney. I think we soon we will be adding Khan’s name to the long list of what I personally consider boxing pretenders.