Khan's defeat- The elephant in the room

[Porter's Dad]

I honestly cannot ever remember seeing such an outporing of joy from so many people after a sporting defeat like the one after Khan lost to Prescott.

But why?

I actually made a thread ask this straight after the fight. I mean, people were hyper-ventilating due to the joy and laughter. It just struck me as odd. I couldn't get my head around it....

And then I myself acknowlegded the elephant...

Khan is a young ****** male.

Now, I'm not saying everyone hates him so much because of his race and religion. I myself dislike some sportsment for reasons which probably wouldn't up to scrutiny. I know sometimes it just happens.

But come on, folks. We're talking something like 95% of people who were delighted to see a young man get brutally knocked out in front of his family. That can't be right. I don't just mean people on here, I'm talking everywhere - other boxing forums, non-boxing forums, real life.

Look, I'm one of those people who becomes exasperated when people go for the race card. That whole Floyd/HBO thing was bollocks.

But, IMHO, I cant see any other reason here.

Khan might be a little ****y but which boxer isn't???? In fact, I always construed this attitude more as ambition rather than a loathsome hubris.

See, let's compare him to Naseem Hamed. I used to know people who used to think he was despised because of his race. I disagreed because I thought he was just such a disrespectful prick sometimes (although I do love him now more than I ever did back then) that people thought he was insufferable.

But Khan...he seems like a decent guy. For all his chin/defence problems, I admire his heart to get up and keep going. The kid's got bottle. And he's never been mean and horribly cutting that some boxers can be.

And yet...people despise him to a frightening degree.

What gets me the most are all the ****ing Brits who hate him. These ****s should be thankful that a 17 year old kid had the balls to front up and fight men older and more experienced than him. If it wasn't for Khan, you wouldn't have even had a boxing team in 2004, he was the sole representative...or have you ****ing forgotten that? And do you not think Khan was inspiration in some way to the team of 2008? ****s.

Anyway...

I just find all the Khan hate borderline disturbing. And even though it's a depressing thought, I cannot help but feel that who he is - a young ****** male- is the reason for all the vitriol.

Discuss.

[rizkybizness]

Racist ****.

[abadger]

Good post. I too have been struggling to find an explanation for the hatred towards Khan, and manfully striving to ignore said elephant...

[Welter_Skelter]

OK I stopped reading as soon as you said "****** male"

That has sweet **** all to do with it.. To put it simply.. The guy was/is a pure Hype job.. I noticed it right away.. and took great pleasure in being right..

On top of all that.. the guy had a book, a DVD and other such endorsments for doing NOTHING...

His religion is not a factor.. The greed of him and his PR people were..

And It's always nice to be right.. and I called Khan and his glass jaw out 3 years ago..

[ИATAS]

I LOL'd after his KO because of the undeserved HYPE he received despite the fact that so many people, including myself, knew this day was going to happen. He was a walking KTFO waiting to happen. We all saw the signs that his chin was made of glass only some of us chose not to ignore it. That's why I LOL'd.

Him being ******? Nah, exclude me from that list - Bhop is my favorite fighter and he's ******. Ali is one my all time favorites. (I'm atheist myself but don't give a **** about a fighters religious beliefs).

[Nicky_Hatton]

What the ****? Are you one of those political correct tosspots that's helping to flush our nation down the ****ter? It's nothing to do with race whatsoever, please get that one out of your system. If he was white would you cry racism? No, well don't do the same cause he's ******. I didn't particularly know/care what religion he is, as I assume most others don't. He endeared himself by representing GB, and therefore I think the racism card is out the window.

There are numerous reasons for disliking Khan, but religion isn't one of them. I'll go through a few later.

[T-97]

I LOL'd after his KO because of the undeserved HYPE he received despite the fact that so many people, including myself, knew this day was going to happen. He was a walking KTFO waiting to happen. We all saw the signs that his chin was made of glass only some of us chose not to ignore it. That's why I LOL'd.

I think everyone knew this would happen sometime, it was so obviously going to happen.

[Iamnotausername]

I just wanted him to lose cos ( I know it probably wasnt entirely his fault) him and his people had the cheek to put the fight on PPV whilst not being a champ of any note or fought anyone of any note. That deserved a loss, but the manner of it made it all the funnier.

I dont think they would have the cheek to expect people to pay 15 quid for his next fight.

Apart from that I actually like him and I think the loss might knock some sense into him(no pun intended) and give him a bit of a reality check.

[Porter's Dad]

What the ****? Are you one of those political correct tosspots that's helping to flush our nation down the ****ter? It's nothing to do with race whatsoever, please get that one out of your system. If he was white would you cry racism? No, well don't do the same cause he's ******. I didn't particuallary know/care what religion he is, as Ia ssume most others don't. He endeared himself by representing GB, and therefore I think the racism card is out the window.

There are numerous reasons for disliking Khan.

If he was white, there wouldn't have been so much joy after losing. Hatton is a national hero for having the foresight to fight Floyd to set up his retirement pension.

And this country doesn't need help from me going down the ****ter. This ****ing country is the one which worships someone like David Beckham, despite all the failures and lies.

Say what you want about Khan. But he's got heart and he fronted up when he was 17 and won an Olympic Silver medal. That's alot more meaninful than most of the ****s who are worshipped in this ****** ****ing country have done.

[Jambo boy]

OK I stopped reading as soon as you said "****** male"

That has sweet **** all to do with it.. To put it simply.. The guy was/is a pure Hype job.. I noticed it right away.. and took great pleasure in being right..

On top of all that.. the guy had a book, a DVD and other such endorsments for doing NOTHING...

His religion is not a factor.. The greed of him and his PR people were..

And It's always nice to be right.. and I called Khan and his glass jaw out 3 years ago..

Exactly, why would we hate him because he's a ****ing ******. Who cares, only an idiot would think that.