Comments Thread For: Amir Khan Admits Picking Algieri in Desperation

[LacedUp]

No excuse to fight bums.

He's doing what Khan's doing, protecting his whiskers for his lottery ticket.

lol.

Let me explain what happened to you dear.

Brook fought Porter and was a 4-1 underdog - in the states. Wins, gets stabbed, then fights his mandatory.

Then wants Khan - but was turned down. Instead chooses to fight again in 6 weeks time because his mandatory was so easy. Then picks someone who was about to fight a eliminator for his title - as a "stay-busy" fight.

He already has a scheduled fight date in August against Rios/Marquez.

[LacedUp]

Did he or did he not try to make a fight with Brook?

He tried and succeeded NOT making the fight.

[Drunk Punch]

He did everything possible to secure a fight whilst everyone was demanding he face Brook.

[yoz]

Can't blame Khan for wanting to stay away from big punchers.

He'll have to 'man up' at some point, though, if he wants that world title.

[ThatDude44]

So Khan picked him and not Haymon. Khan picks his own cherries.

[alexguiness]

Khan is so full of **** lately.

Brook? - 'Not on my level'

Bradley? - 'Errrr...nobody told me about the Bradley offer'

Algieiri? - YES PLEASE!!! Floyd will have to fight me now!

[Gary Coleman]

Brook's no different he's facing can after can.

Shawn Porter is a can now?

[Ahmed_Ismail]

He did everything possible to secure a fight whilst everyone was demanding he face Brook.

What did he do to secure a fight against Floyd Mayweather? he got his ass knocked out 3 years ago and Garcia didn't give him a rematch (which is a b1tch move from Garcia cuz Khan didn't have to fight him in the first place), but still he was still KOed and still didn't avenge it, had a life or death fight with some Diaz, then has a good fight against Collazo who was way past it and a good win against Devon Alexander who was ranked like 10th or something, this is the biggest fight of his career and before it he has to have the biggest win of his career, people always talk about Maidana getting a shot and not Khan although Khan beat Maidana, BULL*****, first of all Khan beat Maidana at 140 not 147, second of all Maidana was coming off the biggest win of his career against Broner and was the WBA champion, people thought if he could humiliate Broner like that he has a chance against Mayweather, the fight was very sellable.

Khan doesn't have the credentials nor the fanbase that can sell a big fight and do 1-2 million PPVs, why should the money man fight him? look at all Floyd's recent opponents, they were all coming off the biggest wins of theri careers before they fought Floyd, Marquez was the champ at 135 and arguably beat Pacquiao a year earlier, he was top 3 P4P fighter and he was mexican= very sellable sincw Pacquiao and Marquez are the same size and people wanted to see how Floyd would deal with the guy that beat Pacquiao after 2 year layoff. Mosley was coming off the biggest win of his career imo against Antonio Margarito where he KOed Margarito, Margarito was the big bad wolf that Floyd was supposed to b scared of and Mosley caught him cheating and punished him for it badly, fight was years in the making= sellable, Ortiz was a mexican american coming off the biggest win of his carrer in the FOTY and was the WBC champion, a big strong southpaw that was supposed to show us how Floyd would deal with the size disadvantage and the southpaw stance (Pacquiao)= sellable, Guerrero was the WBA champion and he was coming off the defining win against Berto even though I didn't give him more than a puncher's chance, but Floyd was 36 and coming off a jail sentence and people wanted to know if that took a toll on him= sellable. Canelo, big mexican superstar coming off the biggest win of his career against Trout who just beat Cotto and Canelo was the WBC WBA champion= Very sellable! Maidana, alread explained, Pacquiao, the fight of the century, what should make Khan next?

[bojangles1987]

What about Kell Brook?

He was available.

That's why he was desperate.

"Bloody hell, I might have to fight Brook! Find me a patsy!"

[gmc_rfc_06]

In other words; All the other fights that stylistically suited him were unable to be made so Algieri was the only one left.

Brook tried to make the fight and he b1tched out, Thurman called for the fight, he rejected the Bradley fight (or 'didn't know' as he called it)....cut the bulli**** man.