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observer1 wrote:Why is someone as Young and Green as Khan going to face the p4p no. 1 ?

gemmell wrote:

observer1 wrote:Why is someone as Young and Green as Khan going to face the p4p no. 1 ?

i knw why is manny offering kahn a fight? maybe he is scared of mayweather? it would be over quicker then the prescott fight

gemmell wrote:

observer1 wrote:Why is someone as Young and Green as Khan going to face the p4p no. 1 ?

i knw why is manny offering kahn a fight? maybe he is scared of mayweather? it would be over quicker then the prescott fight

gemmell wrote:"We were offered the fight a few months ago but it is not an option at the moment," Khan's father said. "Maybe in a couple of leap years it is something we would look at but not a this stage."

observer1 wrote:Why is someone as Young and Green as Khan going to face the p4p no. 1 ?

overhand_right wrote:

observer1 wrote:Why is someone as Young and Green as Khan going to face the p4p no. 1 ?

Erm, because he's parading around calling himself the light-welter champ, when in reality Manny Pac is the light-welter champ?

That good enough reason for ya?

Ant Evans wrote:

gemmell wrote:Amir Khan Was Offered A Fight With Manny Pacquiao, Confirms His Father, Shah
by James Slater - Though it may be hard to believe, WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan was reportedly offered a fight with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao. Amir's father, Shah Khan, in talking to The Bolton News, confirmed that his son was indeed offered a late 2009 date with the Filipino sensation, only for the 22-year-old and his team to turn the offer down.

As we know, Pacquiao now faces a legitimate super-fight opponent in Miguel Cotto on November 14th, and it really is hard to fathom how a Pacquiao-Khan fight would have been received by the fans had Khan accepted it.. But, both Shah Khan and promoter Bob Arum have spoken about the big fight offer, and Arum even suggests that the two world champions - who, of course, are both trained by the same man in Freddie Roach and spar together quite often - could still clash at a later date.

Though many people will look at such a fight as an easy money affair for the lethal southpaw from General Santos City in The Philippines, money talks louder than anything, and if Arum wants the fight in, say, late 2010 or early 2011 (if Manny is still fighting) it could happen - stranger things have happened after all.

Shah Khan confirmed that his son was offered the mega-fight.

"We were offered the fight a few months ago but it is not an option at the moment," Khan's father said. "Maybe in a couple of years it is something we would look at but not a this stage."

Had Khan taken the fight this year, it's likely he would have been something like a 20-1 underdog. Wisely, Amir and his handlers turned the dangerous yet probably enormous payday down.

Promoter Arum praised Khan when speaking about him, and said that he can definitely see the 22-year-old getting it on with Pacquiao down the line.

"Amir's name was on the table, we offered him the fight, but his father, and his family, felt it was too early in his career," Arum is quoted as saying by The Bolton News. "Amir Khan has all the attributes of a great champion, and I think he's going to be a superstar in the sport. Okay, so he had a loss in his career [against Breidis Prescott], he made a mistake, but he looks great now. I can definitely see Amir and Manny meeting in the ring down the line."

Again, a high number of fans will probably look at such a fight as an easy and quick win for "Pac-Man," especially after how lethal the 30-year-old future Hall of Famer and perhaps all-time great has been looking lately. Interestingly, there was no word from trainer Roach in the article - would Freddie really have been keen on seeing his two fighters taking each other on?

The latest news surrounding just who Khan WILL face next suggests it will be WBA 140-pound mandatory challenger Dmitriy Salita. Surely a Khan-Pacquiao fight is a bad idea that needs to go away?

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=21088&more=1

This story was broken by Gareth Davies on the Telegraph...

Manny will smash my lad to pieces, though my lad is a world champion he is no where near a world level fighter, so we'll take the fight in a few years when Manny's shot to pieces

Finch wrote:Reading between the lines, Shah Khan say's:

Manny will smash my lad to pieces, though my lad is a world champion he is no where near a world level fighter, so we'll take the fight in a few years when Manny's shot to pieces

observer1 wrote:Finch and overhand right. You're both idiots.

Finch wrote:

observer1 wrote:Finch and overhand right. You're both idiots.

It was not that long ago Khan was saying he'd beat Pacman, mind you, that was pre-Prescott. I got nothing against Khan, but sad as it maybe but what we said was true.

overhand_right wrote:

observer1 wrote:Why is someone as Young and Green as Khan going to face the p4p no. 1 ?

Erm, because he's parading around calling himself the light-welter champ, when in reality Manny Pac is the light-welter champ?

That good enough reason for ya?

Dan684 wrote:

gemmell wrote:

observer1 wrote:Why is someone as Young and Green as Khan going to face the p4p no. 1 ?

i knw why is manny offering kahn a fight? maybe he is scared of mayweather? it would be over quicker then the prescott fight

To be fair I dont think anyone would ever beat Khan in such fashion, throughout his career again

Autobarn wrote:re arum - why bother offering a superfight to a rookie champ that can make money elsewhere? i'm sure khan would rather build up a number of winnable title defences vs the salitas - steady, sure monewy - of the world, than just cashing straight out of the sport.

obviously someone like tim bradley would jump at the chance, as he's not a big name anywhere and he has some experience. but why bother offering a fight to someone who is not going to take it? roach would surely go where the big money is, side with pacquiao, and khan would be in a big fight minus the trainer who is credited with bringing him back...