has AMIR KHAN ever beat anybody good?

[MOTHER DUCKER]

Fanatic British fans love to uphold a fighter before he does anything or if he fights bums his whole career ALA Nassem Hamed.

I haven't seen much of Khan but has he beat anybody any good? why was Prescott's victory considered in upset?

At first glance, I figured a match between he and Mikkel Kessler was compelling......but not after I saw what he did to pemberton tonight.

I realize Pemberton might not be in the same leauge as Kessler.....but simply being a tall rangy super middleweight will not cut it against Lacy.

If they fought, I think it would be one sided.

I initially said Lacy would pound out a decision win over Kessler....but now I think he will simply knock him out in the early rounds.

Along with Calzaghe.

Joe stands virtually no chance against this monster.

In fact, I think everyone short of Cruiserweight would lose.

Tarver, Johnson, Hopkins, Taylor,

all of them. Forgettaboutit. I'm not kidding either.

British fans right??

Hamed only faced bums all his career too? my oh my you are clueless

[colin scott]

I think british sport stars get way to much hype by the media.
Don't get me won't i think amir khan is a good talent and i hope he does well but the amount of hype he gets over here with the media is way overboard,Infact it makes me cringe sometimes.People like Frank warren don't help either as he wants to milk it for everything it's worth.
You can't really blame amir for it though as anybody would probably do the same,You have to make youre money in boxing when you are given the opportunity as you never know what will happen next.The bredis presscot fight being a good example in that it could have been all over after that.
I don't know what its like in america with their young sport stars but i wouldnt imagine it to be as bad,Although from what i can gather oscar de la hoya got a lot of media attention after the olympics.
It's interesting though because i dont think calzaghie got nearly as much media attention and hype because he was welsh compared to if he had been english.
I think floyd mayweather summed it all up for me the other day when he said amir....who??
Because in real world boxing terms thats where he is at.
Having said all that though i wish him the best of luck tonight but i do think it will be a very tough fight for him.

[The_Visitation]

Fanatic British fans love to uphold a fighter before he does anything or if he fights bums his whole career ALA Nassem Hamed.

The comment on Hamed rather exposes your utter cluelessness, but let's be charitable and assume you might just have one...

Who, exactly, ARE these 'fanatic British fans' supposedly 'upholding' Khan? More than a fair share of the flak Khan gets comes from British fans, and compared with the support for others (who, in fairness have done rather more) Khan gets very little.

The real story is that most British fans recognise Khan for what he is, an excellent prospect with top-notch speed and excellent skills, who is always exciting to watch. We also know his chin is, shall we say, highly dodgy. He is getting his first alphabelt fight, on the back of record perfectly adequate to justify it, at the age of 22. Please, please, feel free to try and reel off the names of current elite stars who had a string of big-name victims on their resume at the same age.

Khan also has a lot of hype associated with him; something we Brits also recognise. But so what? His management team - and himself - have created that hype on the back of the his Olympic performance; he was the only British boxer in 2004, very young, and got a silver. They have done so to make money, lots of it and to further his career by making him 'visible' long before he otherwise would have been. In other words, they were doing what they are supposed to do. If other fighters couldn't pull that off, it's not Khan's fault. Khan could retire tommorrow; any other British fighter of that age would be flipping burgers on Monday if they quit.

Judge Khan's career when he's 32, not 22.

[colin scott]

Actually it kind of funny if you consider the difference between Audley Harrisons career after the olympics and Amir khans and audley actually won gold remember.
Yet he seemed to be hated by the media and the complete opposite of khan.
I think it might be more to do with who you sign contracts and get involved with after the olympics didnt audley try and sign some deal with the bbc and try to represent himself.

[Shattered Jaw]

No, he was a C-level bum that has now been relegated to a D-level bum since Prescott has been exposed.

[The_Visitation]

Actually it kind of funny if you consider the difference between Audley Harrisons career after the olympics and Amir khans and audley actually won gold remember.
Yet he seemed to be hated by the media and the complete opposite of khan.
I think it might be more to do with who you sign contracts and get involved with after the olympics didnt audley try and sign some deal with the bbc and try to represent himself.

Harrison signed a contract for his first ten fights with the BBC, as I recall. It was obviously signed by an idiot at the Beeb's end as anyone with a clue about boxing would know that those fights would never have any significance. I remember his first; all flashing lights and stage-mist for an expected 1st round KO of a tomato can. People didn't so much hate him as lose interest until his first meaningful fight came along (far too late) against Danny Williams who, unfortunately for Audley, had one of his good days.

The defining fight, though, was Guinn, where Harrison not only boxed appallingly, but showed that his mental attitude was clearly all wrong, and any real ambitions ended at that point. Since that, he's been a bit unlucky; Sprott KO'd him with a real peach of a lucky punch and he lost a very tight one (rightly) on a referee's decision to Rogie who, as it turned out, was rather better than everyone thought at the time.

[BetterCallSaul]

No, he was a C-level bum that has now been relegated to a D-level bum since Prescott has been exposed.

And if he beats Kotelnik, he is a world champion with a very good name on his resume.

[Shattered Jaw]

And if he beats Kotelnik, he is a world champion with a very good name on his resume.

Look for a big, big Kotelnik KO - even if he is featherfisted.

[NorvernRob]

No, he was a C-level bum that has now been relegated to a D-level bum since Prescott has been exposed.

So going by those rules Wlad is a total D level loser, as he has been stopped 3 times by C class (at best) opposition.

Lennox Lewis was B level as he was KO'd by Rachman and McCall.

Tyson was B Level as he was KO'd by Douglas.

[Shattered Jaw]

So going by those rules Wlad is a total D level loser, as he has been stopped 3 times by C class (at best) opposition.

Lennox Lewis was B level as he was KO'd by Rachman and McCall.

Tyson was B Level as he was KO'd by Douglas.

Wlad has made what, 14 DOMINANT title defenses? What has Khan done? OH, yer - get sparked by a D-level crude import from Columbia.

Lewis is an ATG Heavyweight who beat them all - when he was sparked he GOT STRAIGHT BACK IN THERE and either reeled off a VICIOUS, HIGHLIGHT REEL KO or MADE HIS OPPONENT CRY - A TRUE sign of greatness - no UNAVENGED LOSSES.

Tyson was FEARED and was KOed in what - his 42nd fight? By someone who was PROTOTYPICAL of the kind of fighter that was needed to beat him. Tyson is a TRUE WARRIOR who inspired TERROR into his opponents.

I cannot BELIEVE you have mentioned Khan in the same breath as those 3 UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD.

SICKENING.

GTFO.