Amir Khan's Father Confirms Pacquiao Fight Offer

[Mr. Philadel]

I thought Bob was talkin' **** when I heard of this the other day....but Papa Kahn has cleared the air for me!!......all I can say is WHY?!?!?.....WTF would Pac prove by beatin' on Khan for about 3 rounds?!? (no way Khan makes it past 3 with Pac in a REAL fight).....this news makes Pac look suspect.......they offered Khan and NOT Mosley?!?!?.....WOW!!!

[wXh]

I thought Bob was talkin' **** when I heard of this the other day....but Papa Kahn has cleared the air for me!!......all I can say is WHY?!?!?.....WTF would Pac prove by beatin' on Khan for about 3 rounds?!? (no way Khan makes it past 3 with Pac in a REAL fight).....this news makes Pac look suspect.......they offered Khan and NOT Mosley?!?!?.....WOW!!!

Money talks

[norway]

A cartoon thought

MANNY KO 1 Khan

[baracuda]

Why would they offer Khan a fight when they fight under same coach? sounds abit made up to me.

this is what i think too.....

[Elotero]

Believe it now that Manny is a fraud! He will totally get exposed and you will see that he was a manufactured top rank fighter that fooled the public. Why would he want to fight Khan? A guy who can't take a punch like him. We all know that Manny cuts easily. Why is it that he hasn't been cut in his last 3 fights? because they are being very careful and picking the worst fighters in each division. But he will get busted up against Cotto. He hasn't fought one fighter that is the best in there division yet. He is a total fraud! A fraud who can't take a bodyshot..haha

This guy is my favorite poster here.

[Dave Rado]

Amir Khan’s father, Shah Khan, has revealed that Amir was offered a fight with Manny Pacquiao earlier this year. Khan’s team decided to turn the fight down due to Amir’s lack of top-level experience. [details]

I don't believe that Manny had any interest in the fight. Maybe Arum asked Khan's team if they'd be interested in the fight (anything to avoid fighting Mayweather!) - but I simply refuse to believe that Manny wanted to fight Khan.

[voneric]

I think Arum is trying to Sign the Kid. But the "Khan is not ready" Bullchit is really starting to piss me off. Khans Dad and handlers freely admit he is not ready for big time Fighters and sadly he is a Champion. Why he gets credit for fighting soft opponents with Name Status is beyond me. Are they protecting Khan because they think he will be Marketable later? Lets see a soft hitting weak chinned Fighter with a style more suited for the Amateurs. Im surprised the dont have The top of the glove All White for better scoring because Khans not hurting anyone in the Ring. Besides Paulie Malginingi already has that Gig but Paulie has a better chin nor is he afraid to face Big Time Punchers like Khan. Lets be honest, the only reason we know of Prescott is because of what he did to Khan. Then people hype up Prescott and it turns out Prescott was not really that good in the first Place. And if you glance at his record is almost laughable that he got ranked for beathing an overhyped fighter in Khan. Stop all the Charades and Quit protecting Khan so you can cash out on him later. Lets see if the Kid can fight or if he is just another bad EuroFighter.

[Dave Rado]

Are they protecting Khan because they think he will be Marketable later?

Khan has a lot of talent but until he teamed up with Roach he didn't have the fundamentals of professional boxing, due to having had appalling trainers. He's improved a lot under Roach already, but has a lot of improving still to do. And he's only 22.

Pac didn't become a P4P fighter until he beat Barrera, when he was 25 - although he won his first major title when he was 20. To expect Khan to fight the P4P #1 when he's only 22 and when he's less than a year away from a bad defeat is just ridiculous.

He's come a long way in the last year, after wasting the previous two years; but to rush him and over-match him now would be not only ****** but also irresponsible.

David Reid was a talented boxer who was rushed too fast. As a result of being rushed, he fought Trinidad before he was ready for that level, and was beaten up so badly that he was never the same fighter again. Only a real hater would want that to happen to Khan.

Khan has the talent to go places in the long run, but only if he moves up his level of competition at the right pace. That doesn't mean going back to fighting bums - but Kotelnik was not a bum, he was ranked #4 at Jnr Welterweight by The Ring, and had just beaten Maidana, who went on to beat Ortiz. After he's fought his mandatory, he should fight Maidana next (whom he should be able to outbox, with Roach in his corner). If he won that fight he might then be ready for a unification with Urango or Alexander. There are plenty of decent, credible opponents he can fight, without rushing too fast. But talk of putting him in with a fighter of Pacquiao's calibre at this stage is just silly - and irresponsible.

[bellagio510ak]

khan gets his ass beat at this point in his career..his people were right to not take that fight..he would have been destroyed..he definitely needs more top level fight experience if he wants to stand a chance against pacman..now that khan's a champion..he should really be tested and start fighting better opponents..

[Blue Heffner]

All the Pacquiao fans are going to say this article is fake and full of bull****. hahahahaha.