Khan admits taking minimum risk fights

[WildWaylon]

The statement by Khan is as usual a load of bullsh1t in part. It just isnt true that Oscar always picked fighters past their peak. To me the statement says two things. 1. that Khan isnt prepared to go after the current best and 2. he is trying to justify his reasons for taking fights with fighters who are past their prime. Who would want to be a fan and support a fighter with that attitude. "Give me Mayweather" as an example is a bit arrogant but any fighter who says that is going to get a lot more respect than Khan. Take Ricky Hatton, he generally fought the best and only came unstuck against the elite. If you want to be a great you have to take risks fighting the best around, win or lose. No shame losing against Mayweather and Pacman but to lose against a faded fighter is another matter. I think Khan will get another thrashing in the next couple of years, take time out to count his money, and then announce his retirement.

[Phenomenal-Nutrition]

Khan while being politically foolish but he is right that Oscars career was very well managed

Old fighters: Chavez, Whitaker, Hopkins, Castellijo, Camacho
Fighters he had come up in weight to meet him, above their best weight - Mosley, Mayweather, Pacquaio, Hernandez, Gonzalez, Chavez, Gatti

Then theres the fact:

Vargas - possibily ruined by Tito looking horrible in his fights after that
Tito - struggling at 147 to make weight
Quartey - near death with his malaria and vastly weakened from it, innactive for 18months, Arrum kept promising him a fight with Oscar and withdrawing it, which kept him innactive. He was not quite as good as in his younger years if you've watched him before this fight

Oscar has a hell of a resume but Arrum and Oscar himself did clearly stack the deck in his favour. Nothing wrong with that but lets be honest thats the nature of boxing management. Hes talked about a Bradley fight, who is another young lion, which possibly qualifies him as a valid opponent for the P4P kings if he wins

Khan is possibly hinting that he wants to take on past prime versions of Pacquaio and Mayweather, and Floyd looks past prime to me, thats a good ambition to aim for and hes being honest about it

[jimcook]

dunno why this surprises anyone...even within uk in the last few years he avoided anyone remotely dangerous. the only dangerous fight he took apart from prescot was (on paper) against graham earl, who turned out to be seriously shot. now he s got a title do you expect him to change. if anything it will get worse.mayweather good as he is has managed to do the same thing for years(iam in no way comparing mayweathers talent to khans).
they all have a duty to maximise their earnings etc etc but when you (as a fan)are blatantly made to feel like a mug or a meal ticket to some obnoxious, bleating, primadonna.....then enough is enough.he should be boycotted

[terminator]

Roach seems to be saying a different thing:

'Our goal is to unify the titles. That's why we're in America. We are going to make a statement with Paulie, Alexander and right down the list to Timothy Bradley. It's the best division in the world and we want to conquer that.'

[JamesH]

Exactly, this is hardly a shock. In my opinion the nugget here is that he, unlike countless other fighters who claim to not duck anybody, is saying what we can all see. Yes it’s a disgrace it goes on in boxing, yes it ruins the sport and deprives us of potentially great fights, but it’s not Khans fault that it’s a growing blueprint. While admitting it is a crazy move PR wise, I'm relieved to find out he isn't kidding himself as he used to in some interviews when he was here.

I can imagine certain other fighters being praised for their honesty, as well as being slammed for the cynicism. And on the whole, it expands your respect for the very few fighters who will (along with the promoters consent) take on all comers.

Just to be clear, I'm neutral in my opinion of Amir - I don’t heavily support him nor do I have any form of vendetta against him. I'm certainly not condoning the strategy, it stinks. I'm just saying that after reading some comments you would think he is the only one who does it!

[tonyevs]

The kind of statement that just confirms how thick Khan really is