6 reasons why Khan is a hype job

[Goodfa]

1) He has been overhyped, overprotected, and overpromoted. He already fought for a world title having accomplished zilch of any real value in the professional ranks, apart from being beaten senseless within a minute when he came up against a good, hungry fighter. People object to this relative nobody being on PPV, they feel they are being insulted.

2) People feel he has been unfairly favoured at times. His infamous fourteen-count knockdown at the hands of Willie Limond. The fact that the Barrera fight should have been stopped rounds earlier, and was only called off once a stoppage would mean a Khan victory.

3) Despite the hype, his limitations have been glaringly obvious for some time. The best trainer in the world has - finally! - managed to make him defend decently. But for a long time he was a boxer with a glass chin and a crap defence - being touted as a World Champion.

4) He is full of himself - and not in a cheeky humorous way, but in a deadpan unappealing way. Imagine, when trying to explain why people don't like you, pointing out that you've earned more in your first ten fights than they've earned in their whole lives. How endearing! He has indeed shown why people don't like him - but not in the way he thinks.

5) The racism bit is (for most people) a red herring. A lot of the same folk who can't stand Khan were fans of Naz, and are fans of David Haye. Note also that both of *these* fighters are/were likewise not shy of bigging themselves up in public. The difference? Naz was ****y, but fun. Haye is ****y, but humorous. Khan is ****y in a kind of ingrown, strangely humourless way. He is just not endearing, and so he doesn't get away with it. His overblown pronouncements are just a petulant irritation.

6) GBP will continue what Frank Warren started. Making easy money by matching him up with non punchers, smaller guys and old shot names. Welcome to the world of Amir Khan.

[infamous larryx]

shut the **** up already with your khan hate.....what fighter do you actually like???

[S H A R K B O Y]

I agree with everything you said. Until he avenges his loss, or fights a big puncher, he gets nothing.

[infamous larryx]

differant day same ****.......

[PittyPat]

apart from being beaten senseless within a minute when he came up against a good, hungry fighter.

Since when was Prescott a good fighter?

[Goodfa]

shut the **** up already with your khan hate.....what fighter do you actually like???

I'm not a hater i am giving my opinion. If you don't like my posts don't read them. Have a nice day xxx

[purecyse]

many people's very pursuit of happiness nowadays is shutting up the critics. the only thing he has to do is step between the ropes with prescott again to erase that embarrassment and critics can write that fight off as a result of him struggling to make 135 with that 5'10 figure.

in that regard, he has it easy.

[omarinbox]

Hmm.. agree with you on some points:

1) I agree on the hype but not that he has done nothing of value. He has fought for titles and won them. He has fought ranking fighters and thats why he is ranked so high now. Ask boxrec.

2) The Willie Limond fight was not 14 it was 9. Khan got knocked down, came back up and blew the kid to pieces. It is over so stick to the scorecard and stop whining about what coulda been:



3) You're talking as if his previous record should represent his current record. He moved up a weight class and improved, get over it.

4) Yes he is arrogant. I like that in Liam Gallagher. I like that in Eric Cantona. I like that in Amir Khan

5) Agreed.

6) Rubbish. He will fight Maidana, Ortiz and Alexander within the next two years. Also Kotelnik beat Maidana and it was off the back of that win Khan fought Kotelnik and the man has not fought since due to a very bruised ego. Anyway with such an empty prediction you might aswell have me say he will beat Mayweather and Pacquiao by 2012.

[Goodfa]

Hmm.. agree with you on some points:

1) I agree on the hype but not that he has done nothing of value. He has fought for titles and won them. He has fought ranking fighters and thats why he is ranked so high now. Ask boxrec.

2) The Willie Limond fight was not 14 it was 9. Khan got knocked down, came back up and blew the kid to pieces. It is over so stick to the scorecard and stop whining about what coulda been:



3) You're talking as if his previous record should represent his current record. He moved up a weight class and improved, get over it.

4) Yes he is arrogant. I like that in Liam Gallagher. I like that in Eric Cantona. I like that in Amir Khan

5) Agreed.

6) Rubbish. He will fight Maidana, Ortiz and Alexander within the next two years. Also Kotelnik beat Maidana and it was off the back of that win Khan fought Kotelnik and the man has not fought since due to a very bruised ego. Anyway with such an empty prediction you might aswell have me say he will beat Mayweather and Pacquiao by 2012.

Your entitled to your opinion just like i am. It is a shame the other idiot Larryx2010 can't debate without insults and name calling.

[$Bullsfam$]

Hmm.. agree with you on some points:

1) I agree on the hype but not that he has done nothing of value. He has fought for titles and won them. He has fought ranking fighters and thats why he is ranked so high now. Ask boxrec.

2) The Willie Limond fight was not 14 it was 9. Khan got knocked down, came back up and blew the kid to pieces. It is over so stick to the scorecard and stop whining about what coulda been:



3) You're talking as if his previous record should represent his current record. He moved up a weight class and improved, get over it.

4) Yes he is arrogant. I like that in Liam Gallagher. I like that in Eric Cantona. I like that in Amir Khan

5) Agreed.

6) Rubbish. He will fight Maidana, Ortiz and Alexander within the next two years. Also Kotelnik beat Maidana and it was off the back of that win Khan fought Kotelnik and the man has not fought since due to a very bruised ego. Anyway with such an empty prediction you might aswell have me say he will beat Mayweather and Pacquiao by 2012.

I agree Khan isn't a hype job. He has really good skills but hasn't done anything yet to be mentioned in the same, not even sentence/not even same paragraph, but not even mentioned on the same page as Manny/Floyd. That's where you draw the line and he starts getting overhyped. Besides being chinny he does have solid skills.

HOWEVER YOU JUST PROVED THE TS RIGHT WITH THAT VIDEO!!!! That was obviously a BS stunt by the referee. The ref didn't even stop counting yet. he didn't count him as being up yet he still had his hands in the air and Khan just dropped. That was a bull**** call. And should have been a KO loss for Khan.

But his skills should be respected but he CAN be overhyped at times when people put him up their with Manny & Floyd. He hasn't proven himself that far yet. Let him...