Has Khan been a victim of bigotry in the UK?

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It hasn't helped that Khan, like Fury, is an outsider living in a society that has never completely shed itself of a rigid class system and colonial attitude toward cultures other than its own, much in the same way the United States still struggles with racism.

Fury is an Irish Traveller, nomadic people similar to Romani gypsies, both of which have long been the victims of bigotry and persecution in the U.K. It is not because of Fury's loony personality and outrageous ranting that certain factions of British society have alienated him. It's because he's a Traveller.

"Straight after the Breidis Prescott fight, when people said, 'He's finished', there were racial remarks made," Khan said. "I have never experienced face-to-face racism myself, but if you go on the message boards and chat forums there are always people who have to get the religious thing in."

Kevin Mitchell, The Guardian's boxing correspondent, commenting on why Khan spends so much of his time in the U.S., blamed a "small crew of British bigots who have taken against Khan" and driven him out of the country.

"Over there, living quietly and comfortably in the Californian sunshine, he is accepted without question by the fans -- black and white Americans, Filipinos, Mexicans, all of them," Mitchell said

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[BodiesInFlight]

Maybe to a degree, but their personalities are definitely the major factor imo.

Britain doesn't just love any boxer that is white and a champion. Carl Froch is routinely mocked but you never hear him complaining.

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Britain doesn't just love any boxer that is white and a champion. Carl Froch is routinely mocked but you never hear him complaining.

Not sure about that, look at Calzaghe, people absolutely adore him, same with Hatton.

Froch gets mocked because he's a bellend who comes out with stuff like this, not because he's white.

[BodiesInFlight]

Not sure about that, look at Calzaghe, people absolutely adore him, same with Hatton.

Froch gets mocked because he's a bellend who comes out with stuff like this, not because he's white.

You just furthered my point lol

I never said Froch got mocked for being white, i said it's down to personality.

[Boxfan83]

I think he should feel lucky he is British , it seems like the Brits support him for being British, I could never see a U.S. born ****** get that support for being American honestly.

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Khan said. "I have never experienced face-to-face racism myself, but if you go on the message boards and chat forums there are always people who have to get the religious thing in."

Guess that answers the question.

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You just furthered my point lol

I never said Froch got mocked for being white, i said it's down to personality.

Yeah, Brits just don't seem to like ****y winners like Froch, Khan, Fury etc. We seem to prefer plucky losers like Bruno & Henman.

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I am sure he has because of his race and his religion. Most UK boxing fans seem to love him.

[NEETzsche]

there's been some name-calling but i don't think he's been held back by cultural or systemic prejudice or anything like that

if anything, being a ****** pakistani has elevated his profile by granting him an inbuilt ethnic fanbase and also making him a bit of a lefty media darling during and after the 2004 olympics when islamophobia was more mainstream in the UK than it is now

[VG_Addict]

The dislike for Khan has nothing to do with the color of his skin, and everything to do with the fact that he's a delusional ****head who's not nearly as good as he thinks he is.