Amir Khan's interview from last night

[alexguiness]

First off, it's not a British only event, Khan brings more attention in the US and Showtime would probably be willing to show this fight and their star billing (i.e. Khan v Brook rather than Brook v Khan) would be Khan.

Anyway, I dunno why I'm going over this, unless you're just a plain hater, everyone knows Khan is the star billing in this one.

Ofc, that COULD change if Brook fought and beat Bradley or Pacquiao, then that changed things but those are two massive fights that have very little chance of happening.

Last time Khan fought in the US was a Friday night on errrrr Spike TV.

Against an all American Chris Algieiri.

The fight was poorly attended an ticket sales were awful.

TV was average at best.

[soul_survivor]

It will be shown on US TV but not on PPV so it really doesn't matter how big Brook's name is in the US for this particular fight.

The money is already there. It will be shown at UK time from a UK arena on UK PPV. The US market isn't that important for this particular fight.

I never denied Khan was the bigger name.

so why are you arguing with me?

Khan's the bigger name, he's the far bigger draw, it's what I've been saying, especially in response to the post I quoted where someone said Brook could become the bigger name...he can but not by fighting the Gavins and the Rios of the world. That's that.

[New England]

posting a gif is the bscene equivalent of a white flag.


carl froch retired within a month of andre ward's return. he wanted nothing to do with that rematch. he's really not an idiot, the way many of his fans clearly are. ward's the better fighter, and there was no need for carl froch to get embarrassed again.


much of froch's competition from the past few years [groves, bute, a blind and all but retired kessler, yusaf mack,] would be shat upon by british bsceners if andre ward fought them. similarly, rodriguez, chad dawson at 168, who aren't great wins, would be praised.


can you imagine the contrast in rhetoric concerning george groves near knockout of carl froch if it happened to andre ward?

this is why i compare british boxing fans to children, and feel the need to impart some measure of wisdom on them during my travels on the bscene. you haven't been there before. andre ward is not greater than muhammad ali.


you're like inexperienced children. you think a ford truck is the fastest vehicle on the road because nobody would ever trust you with a ferrari.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

so why are you arguing with me?

Khan's the bigger name, he's the far bigger draw, it's what I've been saying, especially in response to the post I quoted where someone said Brook could become the bigger name...he can but not by fighting the Gavins and the Rios of the world. That's that.

You were talking about Brook becoming a bigger name in America when it doesn't really matter for this particular fight. It's not an excuse for Khan not taking the fight.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

posting a gif is the bscene equivalent of a white flag.


carl froch retired within a month of andre ward's return. he wanted nothing to do with that rematch. he's really not an idiot, the way many of his fans clearly are. ward's the better fighter, and there was no need for carl froch to get embarrassed again.


much of froch's competition from the past few years [groves, bute, a blind and all but retired kessler, yusaf mack,] would be shat upon by british bsceners if andre ward fought them. similarly, rodriguez, chad dawson at 168, who aren't great wins, would be praised.


can you imagine the contrast in rhetoric concerning george groves near knockout of carl froch if it happened to andre ward?

this is why i compare british boxing fans to children, and feel the need to impart some measure of wisdom on them during my travels on the bscene. you haven't been there before. andre ward is not greater than muhammad ali.


you're like inexperienced children. you think a ford truck is the fastest vehicle on the road because nobody would ever trust you with a ferrari.

Who are you talking to?

[soul_survivor]

Last time Khan fought in the US was a Friday night on errrrr Spike TV.

Against an all American Chris Algieiri.

The fight was poorly attended an ticket sales were awful.

TV was average at best.

TV did a million views didn't it? Against a guy who isn't that well known. Khan got over a million dollars for fighting a tune up essentially, in an almost sold out arena where there were more American Khan fans than Algieri fans.

What's your point? It was one of Khan's smaller fights. In bigger fights, he has always been the headliner and done far better in almost all kinds of numbers you can think of than supposed stars like Broner or Thurman etc. Khan's not even American may I remind you.

Khan is a fan on both sides of the Atlantic, the last time he fought on terrestrial TV in Britain, at like 3 in the morning, he did 6 million viewers.

I really will no longer argue about Khan's legitimacy as a draw. We can talk about quality of opposition, Kell's belt, who Mayweather wants to fight more but this argument is idiotic.

[New England]

Who are you talking to?

i was responding to your childish little gif.


anybody who doesn't ahve me on ignore can read and respond. i hope they've got more to offer than a childish gif.



andre ward is an insurmountably better fighter than carl froch.

[tiois85]

Yeah ok.

You have to believe that, but i certainly don't.

Ummm no I don't have to believe that.

I just tried to add a few steps of logic into your non existent thought process and now you don't even have a reply except dumb stubbornness.

It's not my fault you are incapable of seeing a shade grey.... Brook gets his first decent victory of his career against porter, calls khan out and khan says not interested YET.... and that's a duck?

Khan has been dead set on mayweather back from when brook was a bigger nobody than he currently is, you guys are acting like brook is an obvious game changer for khan's plans..... Delusional.

[BodiesInFlight]

posting a gif is the bscene equivalent of a white flag.


carl froch retired within a month of andre ward's return. he wanted nothing to do with that rematch. he's really not an idiot, the way many of his fans clearly are. ward's the better fighter, and there was no need for carl froch to get embarrassed again.


much of froch's competition from the past few years [groves, bute, a blind and all but retired kessler, yusaf mack,] would be shat upon by british bsceners if andre ward fought them. similarly, rodriguez, chad dawson at 168, who aren't great wins, would be praised.


can you imagine the contrast in rhetoric concerning george groves near knockout of carl froch if it happened to andre ward?

this is why i compare british boxing fans to children, and feel the need to impart some measure of wisdom on them during my travels on the bscene. you haven't been there before. andre ward is not greater than muhammad ali.


you're like inexperienced children. you think a ford truck is the fastest vehicle on the road because nobody would ever trust you with a ferrari.

Did someone put a coin in him

[New England]

TV did a million views didn't it? Against a guy who isn't that well known. Khan got over a million dollars for fighting a tune up essentially, in an almost sold out arena where there were more American Khan fans than Algieri fans.

What's your point? It was one of Khan's smaller fights. In bigger fights, he has always been the headliner and done far better in almost all kinds of numbers you can think of than supposed stars like Broner or Thurman etc. Khan's not even American may I remind you.

Khan is a fan on both sides of the Atlantic, the last time he fought on terrestrial TV in Britain, at like 3 in the morning, he did 6 million viewers.

I really will no longer argue about Khan's legitimacy as a draw. We can talk about quality of opposition, Kell's belt, who Mayweather wants to fight more but this argument is idiotic.

a million views on a free TV network is low. the top draws on HBO, a network that costs around 12 pounds a month, get better ratings.


now, in khan's defense, that fight was on a friday, IIRC. i haven't even seen it, myself. i've been going outside, having sex with women, on fridays.