Amir doing good work...

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Amir doing good work...

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All you ever hear on here is what a twat he is, so it was nice to see him on my regional news doing good things.
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What did he do? Donate money to the Brum town bullies?
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mickey1975 wrote:All you ever hear on here is what a twat he is, so it was nice to see him on my regional news doing good things.
Securing his Geldof esque future because he got found out as a boxer.
Team Khan do nowt for nowt Mickey.
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jameswilson wrote:What did he do? Donate money to the Brum town bullies?
They don't need it mate, they're big time. They're like the Mafia syndicate of little illiterate pudenda who hang around outside papa johns stinking of weed round these parts.
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mickey1975 wrote:All you ever hear on here is what a twat he is, so it was nice to see him on my regional news doing good things.
I doubt they did it without it being carefully thought out to benefit them in some way.
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columbo wrote:
mickey1975 wrote:All you ever hear on here is what a twat he is, so it was nice to see him on my regional news doing good things.
I doubt they did it without it being carefully thought out to benefit them in some way.
fuck me, damned if you do, damned if you don't
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jeez cynical bunch on here
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He always makes sure people hear about the 'good work' he does. Be nice if he did the hospital visits off his own back without a media team in tow perhaps?

He'd go to the opening of an envelope if he could get publicity for it.
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davidas wrote:He always makes sure people hear about the 'good work' he does. Be nice if he did the hospital visits off his own back without a media team in tow perhaps?
How do you know he doesn't?
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Lenny wrote:
davidas wrote:He always makes sure people hear about the 'good work' he does. Be nice if he did the hospital visits off his own back without a media team in tow perhaps?
How do you know he doesn't?
Your clearly not on twitter mate.
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Lenny wrote:
davidas wrote:He always makes sure people hear about the 'good work' he does. Be nice if he did the hospital visits off his own back without a media team in tow perhaps?
How do you know he doesn't?
You know the point Im making.
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Post by ThereByTheGrace »

Its good to hear he's doing good things...but it is only a matter of time before he starts saying stupid things and flushes that goodwill down the toilet. Usually at a presser before his next fight
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very few boxers do anything off there own back these days.

it's all just p.r. anyway when they do.
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Most boxers are not aware of there fame. & you just can't bowl it into a kids ward at a hospital lol!
Ere who wants me to graff all over the gaff!
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here's the thing

it may well be true that Khan, or any other celebrity performing 'charitable' works, is ultimately doing it for selfish reasons.

I tend to take it from the perspective of the results, rather than the motivation, of their actions.

I also like to remind myself that, whatever the motivation, the person in question has done a darn site more for others, today, than I fvcking have.

so I shut the fvck up at that point.
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Counter-puncher wrote:here's the thing

it may well be true that Khan, or any other celebrity performing 'charitable' works, is ultimately doing it for selfish reasons.

I tend to take it from the perspective of the results, rather than the motivation, of their actions.

I also like to remind myself that, whatever the motivation, the person in question has done a darn site more for others, today, than I fvcking have.

so I shut the fvck up at that point.
:TU:
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Counter-puncher wrote:here's the thing

it may well be true that Khan, or any other celebrity performing 'charitable' works, is ultimately doing it for selfish reasons.

I tend to take it from the perspective of the results, rather than the motivation, of their actions.

I also like to remind myself that, whatever the motivation, the person in question has done a darn site more for others, today, than I fvcking have.

so I shut the fvck up at that point.
come back jimmy saville, all is forgiven.
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jimcook wrote:
Counter-puncher wrote:here's the thing

it may well be true that Khan, or any other celebrity performing 'charitable' works, is ultimately doing it for selfish reasons.

I tend to take it from the perspective of the results, rather than the motivation, of their actions.

I also like to remind myself that, whatever the motivation, the person in question has done a darn site more for others, today, than I fvcking have.

so I shut the fvck up at that point.
come back jimmy saville, all is forgiven.
:lol: yeah maybe not quite "whatever the motivation"...
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ha.
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He is putting himself about very publicly so the casual fan will buy into his pay per view against Mayweather.
It is all a carefully prepared marketing campaign put together by far greater minds than Team Khan to dupe the British public that Amir is a nice guy like Hatton and worthy of the same support.
Here another Brit will try to avenge Ricky's defeat and restore our national pride.
Please dont as a credible boxing fan become a lemming following this PR driven bollocks.
We love a loser with a big heart and Team Khan are banking on it.
Cynical given the evidence yes very.
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TJ77 wrote:He is putting himself about very publicly so the casual fan will buy into his pay per view against Mayweather.
It is all a carefully prepared marketing campaign put together by far greater minds than Team Khan to dupe the British public that Amir is a nice guy like Hatton and worthy of the same support.
Here another Brit will try to avenge Ricky's defeat and restore our national pride.
Please dont as a credible boxing fan become a lemming following this PR driven bollocks.
We love a loser with a big heart and Team Khan are banking on it.
Cynical given the evidence yes very.
Khan manages to ruin the nice guy thing every time he opens his mouth.
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I don't care, those kids on that ward were buzzing.
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mickey1975 wrote:I don't care, those kids on that ward were buzzing.
:TU:

apparently taking the time to make sick and dying kids a bit happier doesn't count if you do it for your own motives :roll:

never mind that half the critics probably never get off their arse to help others in such situations :roll: :roll:

so easy to sit back and criticise, isn't it? never mind the smile on the face of a kid with leukaemia if you feel like having a pop at Khan. FFS.
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I was at the ABA Schoolboy Finals last year when Amir turned up completely unannounced, signed autographs, had photos taken with the boxers etc. I can't think of many sportsmen of his profile in other sports doing that.
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Counter-puncher wrote:
mickey1975 wrote:I don't care, those kids on that ward were buzzing.
:TU:

apparently taking the time to make sick and dying kids a bit happier doesn't count if you do it for your own motives :roll:

never mind that half the critics probably never get off their arse to help others in such situations :roll: :roll:

so easy to sit back and criticise, isn't it? never mind the smile on the face of a kid with leukaemia if you feel like having a pop at Khan. FFS.
The Jimmy Saville comment by Jim earlier was very apt though.
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