Neither the BBC or ITV know what weight Khan is...

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 16 Aug 2004, 18:09

Just watched the ITV news and, like the BBC's Steve Ryder earlier, they described Amir Khan as a flyweight.
Whatever happened to quality journalism.

Razor · Post by **Razor** » 16 Aug 2004, 18:26

True, pathetic really, even that scottish bloke got it wrong earlier, idiots.

Light-Heavy isnt he?

:P :P :P :P :P

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 17 Aug 2004, 06:33

Not sure why your suprised Bennie.

Sky Outofsorts Still think Igor is Oleg MASKAEV'S first name.

You'd think David Coleman was in charge.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 17 Aug 2004, 09:57

I know it rubbish, evryone knows Khan is the british Super Heavy

Eric the Viking · Post by **Eric the Viking** » 17 Aug 2004, 11:56

They probably were mistakenly looking at the amateur record of Amir's
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-
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great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandpappy Genghis, who was a legendary flyweight in his day.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 17 Aug 2004, 11:59

Eric the Viking wrote:They probably were mistakenly looking at the amateur record of Amir's
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandpappy Genghis, who was a legendary flyweight in his day.

Eric the Viking · Post by **Eric the Viking** » 17 Aug 2004, 12:03

Added a link to Genghis' amateur record in my post above - highly recommended reading!

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 17 Aug 2004, 12:06

Bet he never lost a fight.

Eric the Viking · Post by **Eric the Viking** » 17 Aug 2004, 12:35

Actually, he did lose a few early in his career, but after taking his lumps he always came back stronger and more determined than ever. In his prime, though, he was unbeatable.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 17 Aug 2004, 12:50

UNINTERESTING FACT ABOUT GENGHIS KHAN

Despite all the punishing wars he had during his world domination phase, Khan actually died after falling off his horse on a cross country trek...i believe he was in his 62nd year

Eric the Viking · Post by **Eric the Viking** » 17 Aug 2004, 13:36

steve689 wrote:UNINTERESTING FACT ABOUT GENGHIS KHAN

Despite all the punishing wars he had during his world domination phase, Khan actually died after falling off his horse on a cross country trek...i believe he was in his 62nd year

I disagree about the "uninteresting" part. And actually he was trying to chase down a wild horse on the steppe when his own horse threw him. Apparently he suffered internal injuries - after several days of high fever he did recover in the sense of surviving the immediate trauma, but never recovered the robust health he'd enjoyed all his life up to that point. IIRC he died a few years later, not right then, as most of the (mostly inaccurate) bios have it.