Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 22, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2019 Best thing is (and I have no evidence to back this up obviously) I bet a lot of the people calling Khan a quitter and a fanny are the same ones who deny that Conor McGregor broke against Khabib, even though the audio came out of him saying “it’s only business”. I’m not Khan’s biggest fan. There’s been times I’ve liked him and times I haven’t been so keen. But one thing you can’t question is his heart. Even in the fights where he got battered like against Prescott and Garcia he was still trying to get up and fight when he was clearly done. That’s in you. You’re not thinking about how you’ll look when you’re fuzzy brained and jelly legged. It was something in him to not give up. That’s why I’m not buying that he was looking for a way out here. It just doesn’t fit with what we know and have seen from Khan over the last 15 years or so. If anything he usually gets criticised for being too brave and making wars out of fights he could’ve made easier on himself. And if he was going to quit he could’ve just gone down and stayed down the next time Crawford connected to his head. That would’ve looked better for him than ending it on a low blow. Which tells me he wasn’t looking for it. It’s something that just happened and Virgil Hunter or whoever took that opportunity to pull him out. I don’t think there’s any more to read into it than that. The only thing I found confusing is that they didn’t take the 5 minutes to try to recover and then see what was what but the corner must’ve seen something to think he couldn’t continue. If he was in that bad pain and his mobility was impaired at that stage of the fight then you have to think it would’ve significantly increased the chances of Khan getting knocked out. Thankfully it doesn’t happen often but groin shots absolutely can end a fight. Does anyone remember that Gabriel Gonzaga fight in the UFC years ago where the guy he was fighting caught a kick down there and was down for ages? One of the most brutal things I’ve seen in all my years watching combat sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 25 minutes ago, jimufctna24 said: I saw it the other way round. Khan was very competitive in the Canelo fight. In fact, I had him even with Canelo at the time of the stoppage. It always had the feeling of it only being a matter of time though I thought. Nothing he was doing was having any real effect on Canelo, and from the 4th onwards I thought the body shots were starting to crush him a bit. He didn't look for a way out though, even when those hard shots from Canelo were getting scarily closer. 29 minutes ago, jimufctna24 said: The low-blow was legitimate though. Khan often has delusions of grandeur, but he's not the type to opt for the easy way out Yeah, that's my point really. Khan isn't that type of fighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 39 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: Best thing is (and I have no evidence to back this up obviously) I bet a lot of the people calling Khan a quitter and a fanny are the same ones who deny that Conor McGregor broke against Khabib, even though the audio came out of him saying “it’s only business”. Hmmm, I wonder if there is any connection between Khan and Khabib, something that might make certain people dislike them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 58 minutes ago, Porkchopcash said: Khan is a liar though, he was wanking on webcams while married and denying it to his missus. Mrs Khan: "Amir, have you been wanking on webcams by any chance?" Amir: "What? Who? Me? Wanking on a webcam? Nope, you must be thinking of someone else." Mrs Khan: "Okay love, I believe you." Amir then mutters to himself out of earshot: "Chortle. That's what you think, I'm wanking like fuck on webcam." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Boxings answer to Dirty Den Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 1 minute ago, Porkchopcash said: Boxings answer to Dirty Den Nah, it took an iron doorstop to floor Den, not the wind from the door opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 1 hour ago, TildeGuy~! said: Everyone who questions his guts or heart would absolutely cry their eyes out from a shot like that. Pussioles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 i agree with Atlas   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 I agree with crazy Teddy as well. He "wasn't in his body!!!" Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossman Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 7 hours ago, David said: As for the comment above from @Rossman encouraging the media to give him shit? Pipe the fuck down. Khan isn't just an exemplary athlete and role model for young boxers in this country, he's also got a terrific history with charity work. He's also got a terrific history of shagging women behind his wife's back. Top bloke. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/5425056/amir-khan-wife-faryal-makhdoom-pregnant-cheating/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6387424/amir-cheat-after-faryal-birth/  He got paid £4m for that fight. You expect those who paid for it on PPV and bought ringside tickets to say, well that was a let-down but its ok, he does a lot of charity work. He quit and they can't even get their story straight on what happened. - First it was, he got hit in the balls and he couldn't think straight or feel his legs, so wanted to stop the fight - Then it was, Virgil Hunter saw he was in a lot of pain and wanted to stop the fight. - Gareth Davies is now saying it was an elbow injury he picked up in training, that stopped it  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 22, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2019 18 minutes ago, Rossman said: Gareth Davies  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 GAD's article is a bit misleading. Khan discusses the elbow injury here and says it wasn't related to the stoppage - https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/530936/amir-khan-reveals-elbow-injury-terence-crawford/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 22, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) Yeah Khan was saying at the presser after the fight that it was an issue he’d had in camp and that it didn’t really effect him in the fight or have any bearing on how the fight ended. Once again, GAD chatting shite. As much use as a chocolate teapot, that twat. Edited April 22, 2019 by wandshogun09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted April 22, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2019 As discussed, I like Teddy Atlas' take on this - a man that knows more about the sport than anyone in this thread, if we're playing that game. From the outside, if you paid all that money for PPV, of course you're going to want more than a fight to finish that way; it came across as a little shambolic. However, we were not Khan in that position, so who truly knows how his body felt after that. He wasn't swinging in there with a bum. He was getting butchered by maybe the P4P best. Maybe Khan did quit - he was getting battered and suffered plenty of low body shot before the final shot. Even if he did, it was the smart move for his health, even if fans felt like they got shafted (rightly or wrongly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 14 hours ago, Rossman said: He's also got a terrific history of shagging women behind his wife's back. Top bloke. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/5425056/amir-khan-wife-faryal-makhdoom-pregnant-cheating/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6387424/amir-cheat-after-faryal-birth/ Two links to the Sun? You're on a roll. Still zero reason for the delight you seemed to be taking in hoping the press lambast him for losing that fight in the way he did. What's the difference between what Khan has done and what someone like Ricky Hatton has done? And yet good ol' Ricky is still very much a beloved character and "top bloke," isn't he? 14 hours ago, Rossman said: He got paid £4m for that fight. You expect those who paid for it on PPV and bought ringside tickets to say, well that was a let-down but its ok, he does a lot of charity work. He quit and they can't even get their story straight on what happened. - First it was, he got hit in the balls and he couldn't think straight or feel his legs, so wanted to stop the fight - Then it was, Virgil Hunter saw he was in a lot of pain and wanted to stop the fight. So, because he got paid decent coin he should be willing to continue fighting even if he's fucked enough to be pissing blood later that night? Just to keep the ticket-buying public happy? That's not quite how it works. As for "his story," it looks pretty cut and dried to me. Khan took a low blow (and that's what it was, make no mistake) and said it affected him to such a point that he was fucked up by it. Hunter saw that, and realised, as he later said, that Amir isn't the type to play hurt, and concluded it must be something serious to affect him in such a manner. Did Hunter realise Khan had no chance of winning? Most likely. I bet Khan didn't agree though. He's the guy who was mental enough to think he was going to actually win this fight before going in. That's why he took it instead of the easy money fight with Brook. I know certain people don't like it, but Khan is a born winner. To accomplish what he has at both amateur and professional level takes a kind of dedication and self-belief that most people don't have. I don't see where you're confused? As for your link to Davies, the less said about that shite the better. 13 hours ago, ColinBollocks said: From the outside, if you paid all that money for PPV, of course you're going to want more than a fight to finish that way; it came across as a little shambolic. However, we were not Khan in that position, so who truly knows how his body felt after that. He wasn't swinging in there with a bum. He was getting butchered by maybe the P4P best. Maybe Khan did quit - he was getting battered and suffered plenty of low body shot before the final shot. Even if he did, it was the smart move for his health, even if fans felt like they got shafted (rightly or wrongly). He's said he was pissing blood after the fight, and that it took him ages to recover from that shot. In all honesty, I think much more is being made of this (not by you, but in general) simply because it's Amir Khan. If this were Ricky Hatton, Tyson Fury, or Dillian Whyte I think the reaction would be a whole lot different. Given the type of person that makes up the majority of the British boxing public I'll leave it for you to decide why Khan is getting this kind of treatment, and why certain sections of the media and fanbase are relishing this moment. They've been waiting an absolute age for something like this to happen. Him doing what he usually does, bravely going out on wobbly legs with a weak chin doesn't quite cut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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