Comments Thread For: Khan-Malignaggi Under Threat, Financial Standoff With HBO

[J.R]

Wow. A member of Team Khan hiding behind a fake account. And a member of Khan's team who doesn't know what he's talking about. I stated the facts. Khan is a talented guy but he is not Ricky Hatton or Joe Calzaghe or Naseem Hamed. Khan himself, not me, but Khan himself said the British fans were so harsh on him that he planned to leave the country. Now those fans will travel here to watch him fight? Ummmm no.

This guy seems to forget 2009 was 2009 and 2010 is 2010. HBO has new budget guidelines and they are much tighter for 2010.

And please let me know what my position is? If HBO wants to pay that much for the doubleheader, that's up to them. I could care less about that. At no point did I advise HBO not to pay. I do think Khan may have to shift some of his British money to make the event happen, but that's Khan's decision.

Lol, Team Khan aren't making a very good name for themselves State side are they? Losing fans by the minute.

[ProBox1]

I should clear up one of the statements because someone associated with Khan's team just sent me an email advising me this guy is not a member of their team and they are in no way affiliated with any of his statements. He is some fanatic from Chicago who probably stalks Amir outside of his window.

Somehow I thought that was the case because Khan's people have my number. They can call at any time.

[ma51f]

Khan deserves every penny he gets, he should get 1mil minimum every fight.

[wazaa.]

Wow. A member of Team Khan hiding behind a fake account. And a member of Khan's team who doesn't know what he's talking about. I stated the facts. Khan is a talented guy but he is not Ricky Hatton or Joe Calzaghe or Naseem Hamed. Khan himself, not me, but Khan himself said the British fans were so harsh on him that he planned to leave the country. Now those fans will travel here to watch him fight? Ummmm no.

This guy seems to forget 2009 was 2009 and 2010 is 2010. HBO has new budget guidelines and they are much tighter for 2010.

And please let me know what my position is? If HBO wants to pay that much for the doubleheader, that's up to them. I could care less about that. At no point did I advise HBO not to pay. I do think Khan may have to shift some of his British money to make the event happen, but that's Khan's decision.

People love him in the UK. There are always gonna be some haters but the big majority loves him. Amir made that statement after the MAB fight where he got boo'd because MAB is so popular in the UK. Just watch the Salita fight, it was not only sold out, Amir also only got cheers. And plz don't compare Amir with Calzaghe, Calzaghe doesn't have a big fanbase at all.

PS: plz don't ban me.

[FLYBOY]

People love him in the UK. There are always gonna be some haters but the big majority loves him. Amir made that statement after the MAB fight where he got boo'd because MAB is so popular in the UK. Just watch the Salita fight, it was not only sold out, Amir also only got cheers. And plz don't compare Amir with Calzaghe, Calzaghe doesn't have a big fanbase at all.

PS: plz don't ban me.

exactly. he has sold out arenas and just because some racist idiots boo him in the ring entrances doesn't mean that they all hate him.

[PensionKiller]

They need AMir to be on 24/7. If he was sparring Manny VS Mayweather, then Khan would become pretty darn famous.

Porter has some fans from 24/7 already, but Khan is IMO better..

Khan was making about the same as my estimate in the UK and he wanted to have the names and that's why he went to GBP. However this messed up for both.

GBP should put their money in if they have faith, and it seems they do not.

[Dave Rado]

Kotelnik beat Maidana. the same person you keep on hyping up here so plz stfu.

a) It was extremely close, and many though Maidana deserved the decision.

b) Styles make fights. Kotelnik has a superb chin and a very tight defence. Maidana is a stylistic nightmare for Khan, which is why Roach insisted on ducking him for an entire year.

Maidana is much more talented than Prescott, and hits just as hard, and Khan hasn't fought a big puncher since he lost to Prescott. Until he does, the question marks over his chin and defence will remain. And bribing someone to not fight you for an entire year just sucks.

[ma51f]

a) It was extremely close, and many though Maidana deserved the decision.

b) Styles make fights. Kotelnik has a superb chin and a very tight defence. Maidana is a stylistic nightmare for Khan, which is why Roach insisted on ducking him for an entire year.

Maidana is much more talented than Prescott, and hits just as hard, and Khan hasn't fought a big puncher since he lost to Prescott. Until he does, the question marks over his chin and defence will remain. And bribing someone to not fight you for an entire year just sucks.

many have not even seen the fight, just jumping on the Maidanna train and saying he really won, watch the fight and you will see Kotelnik won it clearly.

No-one bribed Maidanna, no-one forced him not to fight Khan.

[FLYBOY]

a) It was extremely close, and many though Maidana deserved the decision.

b) Styles make fights. Kotelnik has a superb chin and a very tight defence. Maidana is a stylistic nightmare for Khan, which is why Roach insisted on ducking him for an entire year.

Maidana is much more talented than Prescott, and hits just as hard, and Khan hasn't fought a big puncher since he lost to Prescott. Until he does, the question marks over his chin and defence will remain. And bribing someone to not fight you for an entire year just sucks.

Maidana is nothing special. He is wild swinging brawler with excellent power BUT Amir will handle him easily. Amir needs a good name to make his US debut. I mean come on, Amir was ready to fight JMM before JMM pulled out!

Hopefully, Ortiz and Maidana rematch and Ortiz wins and faces Amir. That would be a huge PPV fight worth millions. 2 young guys in their prime for the 140 lb. championship!

[Dave Rado]

No-one bribed Maidanna, no-one forced him not to fight Khan.

GBP bribed him. Bribing isn't the same as forcing. What GBP did was tell him they would give him three HBO slots this year if he promised not to enforce his mandatory, and they would give him zero HBO slots if he didn't make that promise. Which is both bribery and blackmail.