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reggaereggae wrote:He has the right to box for Palistan if he wants. But he must also understand the consequences of rejecting a county that provide him and his family with education, a better life and opportunities he would have lacked in Pakistan.

yeh i agree, will the british fans back him after this?

MrBoxingUK2 wrote:

reggaereggae wrote:He has the right to box for Palistan if he wants. But he must also understand the consequences of rejecting a county that provide him and his family with education, a better life and opportunities he would have lacked in Pakistan.

yeh i agree, will the british fans back him after this?

well they barely back Amir and he boxed for Britain so....

sg1985 wrote:What are those consequences?

Well a lot of the UK fans not supporting him. In fact they will (naturally) feel they are being rejected...So the consequences, right or not, are a lot of fans turning on him...

Deno1986 wrote:

MrBoxingUK2 wrote:

reggaereggae wrote:He has the right to box for Palistan if he wants. But he must also understand the consequences of rejecting a county that provide him and his family with education, a better life and opportunities he would have lacked in Pakistan.

yeh i agree, will the british fans back him after this?

well they barely back Amir and he boxed for Britian so....

Something went wrong somewhere though didn't it? I remember attending a couple of Amirs earlier fights and it was all cheers from everyone, then within two years it turned to boos, I still don't know why either.

who gives a shit

banjo wrote:Something went wrong somewhere though didn't it? I remember attending a couple of Amirs earlier fights and it was all cheers from everyone, then within two years it turned to boos, I still don't know why either.

Because he is annoying?

Deno1986 wrote:

MrBoxingUK2 wrote:

reggaereggae wrote:He has the right to box for Palistan if he wants. But he must also understand the consequences of rejecting a county that provide him and his family with education, a better life and opportunities he would have lacked in Pakistan.

yeh i agree, will the british fans back him after this?

well they barely back Amir and he boxed for Britain so....

you think the Cousins (the Yanks) will have him back on major shows/TV dates if he gets knocked out? (he did over here, in "racist britain.")

Maybe he will have a bigger following not a smaller following because of the move!

I wish him well. But if he gets beaten by both Irish kids at his weight then I dont hold out much hope for him tbh.

Horse wrote:

banjo wrote:Something went wrong somewhere though didn't it? I remember attending a couple of Amirs earlier fights and it was all cheers from everyone, then within two years it turned to boos, I still don't know why either.

Because he is annoying?

In what way, he just comes across as a thicko which isn't uncommon in Britain this day and age is it? No real reason to spout shite at the lad is it.

demolitiondaley wrote:

Nel wrote:

demolitiondaley wrote: How has he "milked" the British system? He's a kid from a working class family ffs!

If thats a working class family i'd love to see an upper class family! The kid grew up in a effing mansion with all the money in the world, its hardly working class.

They are minted because of Amir's boxing not because of their class, the Dad came over here to work that makes them working class. They weren't born into money.

It doesnt matter why they are minted. I simply pointed out that they were not a working class family as you claimed. You should come down my way, i'll show you a working class lifestyle and trust me, it doesnt involve mansions, owning 30 cars, and having 15 million pounds in the bank.

Theres nothing wrong with being upper class, in fact its much better, but dont claim that this kid is working class, he wouldn't know work if it pissed all over his face.

sg1985 wrote:

Nel wrote:

demolitiondaley wrote: They are minted because of Amir's boxing not because of their class, the Dad came over here to work that makes them working class. They weren't born into money.

It doesnt matter why they are minted. I simply pointed out that they were not a working class family as you claimed. You should come down my way, i'll show you a working class lifestyle and trust me, it doesnt involve mansions, owning 30 cars, and having 15 million pounds in the bank.

Theres nothing wrong with being upper class, in fact its much better, but dont claim that this kid is working class, he wouldn't know work if it pissed all over his face.

Your class has nothing to do with money. Working a job doesn't indicate working class either, it's based on your profession. If one of those working class families suddenly wins the lottery, and has 17 million in the bank do they suddenly become upper class? No, and it'd be stupid to think it does. See Michael Carroll, this fine upper class gentlemen.

That's all true, but still, my point is, you cannot claim that the Khan family are working class, as that guy claimed.

sg1985 wrote:

Nel wrote:

demolitiondaley wrote: They are minted because of Amir's boxing not because of their class, the Dad came over here to work that makes them working class. They weren't born into money.

It doesnt matter why they are minted. I simply pointed out that they were not a working class family as you claimed. You should come down my way, i'll show you a working class lifestyle and trust me, it doesnt involve mansions, owning 30 cars, and having 15 million pounds in the bank.

Theres nothing wrong with being upper class, in fact its much better, but dont claim that this kid is working class, he wouldn't know work if it pissed all over his face.

Your class has nothing to do with money. Working a job doesn't indicate working class either, it's based on your profession. If one of those working class families suddenly wins the lottery, and has 17 million in the bank do they suddenly become upper class? No, and it'd be stupid to think it does. See Michael Carroll, this fine upper class gentlemen.

I thought that was Terry D for a second then

Ouch

banjo wrote:In what way, he just comes across as a thicko which isn't uncommon in Britain this day and age is it? No real reason to spout shite at the lad is it.

Who is spouting shite?

I think Khan annoying people is a likely reason that he has lost support. What is your suggestion?

Horse wrote:

banjo wrote:In what way, he just comes across as a thicko which isn't uncommon in Britain this day and age is it? No real reason to spout shite at the lad is it.

Who is spouting shite?

I think Khan annoying people is a likely reason that he has lost support. What is your suggestion?

Nel is spouting shite. Saying that Haroon Khan has "milked the British system".

Horse wrote:Who is spouting shite?

Erm...the people who boo him whenever he makes an appearance.

I think Khan annoying people is a likely reason that he has lost support. What is your suggestion?

I don't know that's why I'm asking.

Why's he annoying people? What is he doing exactly to get everyone so worked up?

earning lots of money and spending it annoys people

banjo wrote:Why's he annoying people? What is he doing exactly to get everyone so worked up?

I used to support Khan a lot more than I do now. One of the things that put me off him was his post fight interviews. His driving offences and insulting of other fighters didn't help either.

I don't know why others have gone off him, but his out of ring personality is likely to be a part of it.

Horse wrote:

banjo wrote:Why's he annoying people? What is he doing exactly to get everyone so worked up?

I used to support Khan a lot more than I do now. One of the things that put me off him was his post fight interviews. His driving offences and insulting of other fighters didn't help either.

I don't know why others have gone off him, but his out of ring personality is likely to be a part of it.

I stopped supporting after he said, ''i'd be a superstar in UK if I was white''.

Firstly, he is a superstar. Secondly, many of his fans are white and not racist.

Nel wrote:

Horse wrote:

banjo wrote:Why's he annoying people? What is he doing exactly to get everyone so worked up?

I used to support Khan a lot more than I do now. One of the things that put me off him was his post fight interviews. His driving offences and insulting of other fighters didn't help either.

I don't know why others have gone off him, but his out of ring personality is likely to be a part of it.

I stopped supporting after he said, ''i'd be a superstar in UK if I was white''.

Firstly, he is a superstar. Secondly, many of his fans are white and not racist.

... and he'd have many more fans if he weren't Asian.

jBacca wrote:

Nel wrote:

Horse wrote:I used to support Khan a lot more than I do now. One of the things that put me off him was his post fight interviews. His driving offences and insulting of other fighters didn't help either.

I don't know why others have gone off him, but his out of ring personality is likely to be a part of it.

I stopped supporting after he said, ''i'd be a superstar in UK if I was white''.

Firstly, he is a superstar. Secondly, many of his fans are white and not racist.

... and he'd have many more fans if he weren't Asian.

Depends, if he wasn't Asian then he wouldn't have any Asian fans.

Good point

sweetscience wrote:earning lots of money and spending it annoys people

earning lots of money and running over old ladies

MrBoxingUK2 wrote:earning lots of money and running over old ladies

Driving offences eh? So how does that make him any different to anyone else in Britain who uses a vehicle with more than two wheels?