The Fans’ Love of Amir Khan

khan1I cannot help but wonder why so many people follow Amir Khan. His career has been marked by blemishes rather than achievement. Khan started with a wonderful 18-0 record before he was knocked out by Breidis Prescott. Prescott was a high flying prospect at the time but has since been exposed as a mere journeyman fighter.

Khan then recovered to win his next 8 fights. Those included TKOs over Dmitriy Salita (30-0-1 at the time), TKO over Paul Malignaggi, an old Zab Judah, and Marcos Maidana. Maidana is in my opinion, the best win on his resume.

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