Comments Thread For: Fes Bautista "Amir Khan is the face of British boxing"

[tokon]

"Khan make US fans believe he is big in the UK and he make UK fans believe he is Big In The US"

true!

bautista, like a lot of young asian boxers in uk, probably does look to khan as a role model and consider him "the face of british boxing".

the britsh boxing public would probably consider froch no1, then maybe tyson fury then khan. all three have their fans and their critics.

[Wicky]

"Khan make US fans believe he is big in the UK and he make UK fans believe he is Big In The US"

true!

bautista, like a lot of young asian boxers in uk, probably does look to khan as a role model and consider him "the face of british boxing".

the britsh boxing public would probably consider froch no1, then maybe tyson fury then khan. all three have their fans and their critics.

I think some may even have George Groves higher than Khan.

[A mere Con]

Khan is not the draw he makes himself out to be.

[FrankieBruno]

abroad

when hatton retired khan took his place

no disrespect to froch

hopefully fury is next

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Says more about the sad state of British boxing than it does about Khan.

[////]

"Khan make US fans believe he is big in the UK and he make UK fans believe he is Big In The US"

true!

bautista, like a lot of young asian boxers in uk, probably does look to khan as a role model and consider him "the face of british boxing".

the britsh boxing public would probably consider froch no1, then maybe tyson fury then khan. all three have their fans and their critics.

Froch is head and shoulders above all other UK boxers, it's not even close

[FrankieBruno]

Says more about the sad state of British boxing than it does about Khan.

we are only a small country, yet we still push above our weight

khan
brook
fury
haye
groves
degale
murray
jousha
frampton
froch

list goes on

boxing is not a mainstream sport here, we are doing pretty well, if boxing is a sad state here, then i dont know how u feel about other countries, cuz they sure aint doing much better..

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It's hard to use the size of the country as an excuse when half of your top fighters are obviously of recent non-British origin anyway.

And I would say it's "mainstream" by most standards -- you have a dedicated boxing channel and Froch-Groves filled 80,000 seats?

However Khan is not the best British fighter so it's all moot. He is OK, receives disproportionate attention for his superficial speed, training with Manny/Roach, and being in the diva division.

[tokon]

Khan is not the draw he makes himself out to be.

very true.

i think in US khan is more well known than froch, and should be as he has fought there many times and is promoted by golden boy. maybe in the states he would be considered "the face of british boxing"?

in UK it's carl froch.

[FrankieBruno]

It's hard to use the size of the country as an excuse when half of your top fighters are obviously of recent non-British origin anyway.

And I would say it's "mainstream" by most standards -- you have a dedicated boxing channel and Froch-Groves filled 80,000 seats?

However Khan is not the best British fighter so it's all moot. He is OK, receives disproportionate attention for his superficial speed, training with Manny/Roach, and being in the diva division.

non-british origin?

who on that list wasnt born here?

ok i listed some irish fighters, so maybe i should have said UK

also what the **** are u talking about,

we are a small country and we produce good boxers, we punch way above our weight