You can kinda see why Amir Khan is disliked by some........

[TheKza]

Its called a counter uppercut to the body.

You bait the guy in, then when he decides to lead off, you try to slip the punch then counter. What do you want McCloskey to do, bend to the left when Khan is throwing the right hand, into Khan's power hand?

No, but he should be coming to a fight to throw more than a couple of punches a round.

[vcvc]

irish people are known for headbutting, just ask pb32....

[Fix]

I didnt have to read any more after that. What video are u watching? Khan's head goes in a straight line towards McCloskey.....in fact look at the momentum his entire body has even after the clash of heads. Khan had all the forward momentum and it wasn't *away* from McCloskey as you say. Just pause that video at 1.12 and u will see after that McCloskey's head moves no more than a few inches towards Khan whereas Khan's head moves at least a foot towards his.

damn.. i just knew i'd have to go into even more detail for you..

No, khans head doesnt go straight towards mccloskeys head, it veers off at about a 15 to 30 degree angle *to the side* of his head.. just because it's going in the *general direction* of mccloskeys position doesn't mean it *pinpoints* his head..

did you just start watching boxing? no offense but what youre saying sounds like its coming from someone who didnt watch boxing for very long. "khans momentum was heading towards mccloskey so it must be him who caused the headbutt".. only someone who hasnt seen many headbutts before would say something along those lines.

it's mccloskeys head which moves towards khans head after khan misses with the jab and his head is slightly to the left of mccloskey (from the cameras perspective).. if you can't see that from the video, no amount of me explaining it will change your opinion because you already convinced yourself that your delusion represents reality.

[TouchyAndalou]

My issue with Amir Khan is in the ring, there I question him alot, and I've said this before, I know Freddie Roach has credentials but I don't think Roach has helped Khan. So much that he needs to work on, lucky for him he has the athleticism and range to get away with it.

You don't think Roach has helped Khan? Since taking over he has guided him back from a devastating 1st round KO defeat, taken him to a world title, seen him defend it against one of the top fighters in the division, not lost more than a handful of rounds with him, and improved his offence and defence significantly. Now there's no doubt Khan is still far from being the complete article, but c'mon, to suggest that Freddie hasn't done anything for him is absurd.

[TintaBoricua]

People will never like Khan and will always find an excuse to hate him. The main excuse being that he is ****** or to a lesser extent British.

I don't think Khan is ****y or arrogant. He doesn't say anything 99% of other boxers don't say. But people will take anything he says, take it out of context, and use it against him. He will never win, so he might as well embrace an arrogant attitude and use it as a selling point.

The fact is, Khan is a young, confident, and talented man and people are jealous of his success. That's where 99% of the hate aimed at him stems from.

Boxing fans should celebrate its young stars who are willing to fight the best. Khan choosing to fight Maidana and Bradley in a space of 3 fights tells you all you need to know about his intentions.

I always root against Khan, but I understand my rooting against him is unjustified. It always happen, and eventually I become a fan of him.

I remember rooting against Bradley in the Cherry fight and today he is my second favorite fighter.

Honestly, I realize I have absolutely no reason to hate Khan. He earned his stripes taking on Maidana, being rocked in the 10th, and not going down. He quelled doubts. I guess my rooting against him has to do with wanting Bradley to stay at #1.

But Khan is legit, I'll admit it. Maidana, McCloskey and now Bradley. If he doesn't pull off another Prescott showing, he'll be in the high end of the pound-for-pound rankings in no time.

[benjyyy]

damn.. i just knew i'd have to go into even more detail for you..

No, khans head doesnt go straight towards mccloskeys head, it veers off at about a 15 to 30 degree angle *to the side* of his head.. just because it's going in the *general direction* of mccloskeys position doesn't mean it *pinpoints* his head..

did you just start watching boxing? no offense but what youre saying sounds like its coming from someone who didnt watch boxing for very long. "khans momentum was heading towards mccloskey so it must be him who caused the headbutt".. only someone who hasnt seen many headbutts before would say something along those lines.

it's mccloskeys head which moves towards khans head after khan misses with the jab and his head is slightly to the left of mccloskey (from the cameras perspective).. if you can't see that from the video, no amount of me explaining it will change your opinion because you already convinced yourself that your delusion represents reality.

Why did you bother then? I've given my opinion and you have given yours, let's leave it at that. No matter how much you state your opinion as fact it still doesn't become that.

And not that I should even have to respond to your patronising and condescending claims that I'm a boxing beginner but I've been watching, reading, writing about boxing and going to fights for the last 10 years. I was there on Saturday night too. If my opinion is so absurd to everyone else then maybe I have learnt something else....but that's what it's all about!

[Rick Grimes]

Khan has always been an arrogant ****, "I willl be the youngest world champion in British history", "i'll be a world champ before Lewis Hamilton". This is when the guy had about 5 pro fights.

[wazaa.]

Khan has always been an arrogant ****, "I willl be the youngest world champion in British history", "i'll be a world champ before Lewis Hamilton". This is when the guy had about 5 pro fights.

OMG !! Did he realy say that?. He should have never set goals like becoming the youngest World Champion in British history !! OMG !! I ****ing hate him

[BoxingFollower]

Well it is true that the only reason while Amir Khan gets any lead way, is because he at-lest isn't black, boy if he was black he would be destroyed, he would be hated like the Bertos and Mayweathers of the world.

However Khan is ****y and arrogant, and I don't even see why, he doesn't have a official title, and he's not even undefeated, I could at-lest understand a little bit why Berto was starting to get the big head, he had 2 things going for him.

[vcvc]

Khan has always been an arrogant ****, "I willl be the youngest world champion in British history", "i'll be a world champ before Lewis Hamilton". This is when the guy had about 5 pro fights.

i think thats a little bet they had between themselves, they are good mates.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3374716/Lewis-goes-one-too-many-rounds-with-Amir.html