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TheDarkDestroyer wrote:

Spiker wrote:This fight is probably going to end up as a glorified sparring session as they both know each other so well.
There will be no real needle between them yet will earn millions for fighting each other for what they did day in and out.
Maybe pac might put us out of our misery in about 9 or now let it go on points... payday for both and a fight that imo shouldn't be happening its just a gimmick for money

Why shouldn't it be happening?

Because its going to end up as a glorified sparring session imo Its all for the money

Spiker wrote:

TheDarkDestroyer wrote:

Spiker wrote:This fight is probably going to end up as a glorified sparring session as they both know each other so well.
There will be no real needle between them yet will earn millions for fighting each other for what they did day in and out.
Maybe pac might put us out of our misery in about 9 or now let it go on points... payday for both and a fight that imo shouldn't be happening its just a gimmick for money

Why shouldn't it be happening?

Because its going to end up as a glorified sparring session imo Its all for the money

I don't like Khan and I can take or leave Pacquiao nowadays but they're both proud guys and will be wanting to get the win. A big KO win for PAC allows him to bow out on a high (if he wants) and a win for Khan puts him back up there with the elite. It doesn't matter that they know each other well. There will be needle. It's a fight at the end of the day and they'll both have their fighting heads on come fight night.

I know it doesn't compare but Jamie Moore and Matthew Macklin were mates and fought for the British title in an absolute war. One of the best fights I've seen domestically. Im a bit pissed off that little wank Khan has got this fight because he's done fukk all to merit it but I'm sure they'll both put on a show.

Anyone know what time the fight will be at?

Is this really set for 23rd April? That's less than 2 months away?

Boxerbeetle wrote:Is this really set for 23rd April? That's less than 2 months away?

According to Pac's Twitter page its all set for that date. No indication where yet though.

Hoe khan wins and kel wins his then we have a super fight

bodyactive wrote:Hoe khan wins and kel wins his then we have a super fight

A khan win over Pacquaio makes the brook fight even less likely. No way will brooks team allow Khan a greater share of money which he would rightfully deserve if he beats Manny.

I've given up all hope of that fight now.

Naandrew wrote:

bodyactive wrote:Hoe khan wins and kel wins his then we have a super fight

A khan win over Pacquaio makes the brook fight even less likely. No way will brooks team allow Khan a greater share of money which he would rightfully deserve if he beats Manny.

I've given up all hope of that fight now.

Why? Pacman is not what he was. Spence looks a harder fight.

forcefraser wrote:

Naandrew wrote:

bodyactive wrote:Hoe khan wins and kel wins his then we have a super fight

A khan win over Pacquaio makes the brook fight even less likely. No way will brooks team allow Khan a greater share of money which he would rightfully deserve if he beats Manny.

I've given up all hope of that fight now.

Why? Pacman is not what he was. Spence looks a harder fight.

Manny is current the number 1 welter in the world regardless of him being past it his wins last year are better than anyone else's at the weight.

If Khan somehow pulls it off the brook fight will never happen. Brooks team have always believed they deserve even share of the money. If Khan beats Manny then his star power rises significantly and would rightfully deserve the bigger share.

I am simply sick of talking about Khan v brook though this is the reality unfotunately.

Really good fight. Khan is a top 10 even maybe top 5 at welter and PAC is the best in the world.
I see Khans chin holding out, PAC not hitting as hard as he once was.
Could be a tactical fight. Both have fast hands but I prefer mannys footwork to outwork Khan to a 116-112 type score.

U.A.E set to host - http://www.BS.com/pacquiao-vs- ... cz--114029

wesshaw1985 wrote:U.A.E set to host - http://www.BS.com/pacquiao-vs- ... cz--114029

Believe it when I see it. UAE, Dubai etc always gets mentioned but never materialises.

I see Bt going for this big. Could be the marquee fight to get them on the map in boxing terms.

May 19th now being reported - http://www.BS.com/pacquiao-vs- ... ng--114105

Arum still skeptical - http://www.BS.com/pacquiao-ret ... ce--114348

Arum hopes fight can happen in November - http://www.BS.com/arum-on-pacq ... er--114588

wesshaw1985 wrote:Arum hopes fight can happen in November - http://www.BS.com/arum-on-pacq ... er--114588

More waiting about from Khan then no doubt. He's wasted a large portion of his career waiting for things to happen. He'll end wasting the best part of a year and get fukk all at the end of it again.

Khan still claiming the money is there but not for April - http://www.BS.com/khan-claims- ... ht--114877

Amir Khan‏ @amirkingkhan - Mar 20
Good talk with my advisor Al Haymon. I want to be back in the ring end of APRIL early MAY. Location & opponent TBA

Stuarty30 wrote:

wesshaw1985 wrote:Arum hopes fight can happen in November - http://www.BS.com/arum-on-pacq ... er--114588

More waiting about from Khan then no doubt. He's wasted a large portion of his career waiting for things to happen. He'll end wasting the best part of a year and get fukk all at the end of it again.

Spot on.

Khan has idled away his prime sitting around waiting for big fights.

AMIR KHAN has given himself two years to win a welterweight world title – after taking time out to sort his financial “mess”.

The former light-welterweight world champion admitted he had been repeatedly ripped off and lost a chunk of his £40m ring earnings.

Khan, 30, revealed how he had a “wake-up call” after a shake up of his team following his defeat by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez last May.

And it means he is now taking control of his cash, along with wife Faryal Makhdoom, as he spoke about his so called financial woe in stark detail before a session at his training base just outside of San Francisco last week.

“I got a bill for a server for like eight grand,” he said.

“I thought ‘eight grand? What’s that for?’ I emailed the guy back asking what the bill was for. Now the bills come to me whereas before they went elsewhere.

“He said ‘oh that’s for the server in your office’. I thought to myself ‘I’m a fighter - I don’t need an office’.

“Why would I need an office with a server? I’m a fighter. I’m the only person going in the ring but I’m paying server costs and God knows what else for an office that I don’t even need. My office is the gym.

“It’s all old emails going back years - what do I need those for? I’m never going to look at them again.

“I don’t even look at my emails now! Little things like that, when you’re making millions, sometimes people forget about the little costs but they add up, man.

“How much have I lost financially? I don’t know how much I lost. But at the end of the day there were good times and it’s only when you have these bad times do you realise the things around you.

“Do I need this or do I need that? I’m going through my bad patch now and asking do I need these things? I don’t think I need half the stuff I’ve got here.

“I should have got on to my things a few years ago when I was 21, 22 and made sure everything was right. I didn’t want to ever think about that. I just assumed it would be going the right way.

“I had property advisers who used to rip me off, I had accountants who ripped me off. I changed everything. What I’ve seen now, with what I’ve gone through if I told you everything you would start crying.

“I’ve got my wife to help me with it now but the way the team left it was not good. It was a great wake-up call and I’m glad I do it now. One day I knew I had to do it. Everything was all over the place.”

Khan is almost overly honest in the hour-long chat as he also hints at how his latest low, that defeat to Alvarez in May, left him feeling let down by those close to him.

He has obviously had every little detail taken cared of since he became an overnight sensation when he won Olympic silver at the Athens Olympics when he was just 17.

It has meant that he has neglected day-to-day trivial tasks which may have led to his own ignorance of how to keep an eye on his finances.

“The way they left everything," he said. "I remember being on the phone because I needed the cooker fixed but I didn’t know what to do.

“I had to make payments but I’d never, ever made a bank payment in my life. I usually bring the money in and everything gets done for me.”

The Bolton boxer’s relationship with his family has been tense after a series of public and private rows between them and his wife, who he also has his only child to.

“My mum and dad will always be my mum and dad,” he said. “I speak to my brother Haroon here and there if he replies back to me.

“I just get random emails off some of my family members saying ‘you need to do this’.

“The tiles fell off my roof in my house in Bolton because of the wind the other day. I got an email from my sister saying ‘if you want to get them fixed here is a number for a guy to do it’.

“She could have text me, it could have been a bit nicer.

“I’ve been the best son, I’ve been the best brother, I’ve been the best family member anyone could have. I’ve done everything for my family. I’ve done more for my family than anyone would do.

“They have dedicated themselves to me. Maybe that was because of the big fights were there for me, the big money.

“My brother Haroon he’s a boxer, but he is not making anywhere near the money I’m making. I don’t see many around him. The poor guy goes to the gym alone.”

Khan, who has fully recovered from hand surgery, is now focused back on his career and is likely to fight in April or May in America to sharpen up before a big fight later in the year.

“My brother Haroon he’s a boxer, but he is not making anywhere near the money I’m making. I don’t see many around him. The poor guy goes to the gym alone.”

He hasn't boxed for almost 3 years.

wesshaw1985 wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOGYA9dO5xI

Khan claims his next fight will be end April/start May - could be Pacquiao - could be in UK - and God has a better plan for him. Wonder if it involves public masturbation?

Amir who ?

If he has been ripped off then that's obviously not good but he must be kicking himself now that he hasn't taken the Brook fight now.

With this info out he'll be offered less than before and if brook gets by Spence then his 55% drops massively and Pacquiao will slice his then end off a bit too