I'd like to retract a comment I made about the racial aspect involved

[Porter's Dad]

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=211422

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.

I'm taking this comment back. Why? Because I sounded like one of those ****s on here who think fighter like Hatton and Calzaghe are hated on because they're white. I cringe when people say **** like that, so it would be hypocritical for me not to take this thread and comment back.

Having been on this forum longer, I have now come to understand the psychology of people on here and realise that the hatred towards Khan wasn't based on race. It's just how people are on here, veering from extreme to extreme. I still am slighty bemused by the extent to which people revelled in a kid getting KTFO, but I know it ain't about race, more about peoples perceptions of Khan.

[Ben_London]

This is just a place for people to write garbage that they wouldnīt say in person cause they donīt have the guts. I do try to read the sensible comments though, few that they are.

Amir seems a nice guy, a bit boastful at times but all boxers are really.

[Porter's Dad]

This is just a place for people to write garbage that they wouldnīt say in person cause they donīt have the guts. I do try to read the sensible comments though, few that they are.

Amir seems a nice guy, a bit boastful at times but all boxers are really.

Yeah, he's always seemed pretty inoffensive to me. The hype was, of course, disproportionate to the output, but hey ho.

The best thing about being familiar with the forum is you know which posters to skip through, cos it's gonna be the same old rubbish.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

How noble of you....

[Porter's Dad]

How noble of you....

No, it just now allows me to dig into the ****s who think people like Slappy are hated because they're white or British, with a free conscience.