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Neither the BBC or ITV know what weight Khan is...
Posted: 16 Aug 2004, 18:09
by bennie
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.
Posted: 16 Aug 2004, 18:26
by Razor
True, pathetic really, even that scottish bloke got it wrong earlier, idiots.
Light-Heavy isnt he?
:P :P :P :P :P
Posted: 17 Aug 2004, 06:33
by DavidPayne
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.
Posted: 17 Aug 2004, 09:57
by Old bones Ian
I know it rubbish, evryone knows Khan is the british Super Heavy
Posted: 17 Aug 2004, 11:56
by Eric the Viking
They probably were mistakenly looking at the amateur record of Amir's
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Genghis, who was a legendary flyweight in his day.
Posted: 17 Aug 2004, 11:59
by steve689
Posted: 17 Aug 2004, 12:03
by Eric the Viking
Added a link to Genghis' amateur record in my post above - highly recommended reading!
Posted: 17 Aug 2004, 12:06
by steve689
Bet he never lost a fight.
Posted: 17 Aug 2004, 12:35
by Eric the Viking
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.
Posted: 17 Aug 2004, 12:50
by steve689
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
Posted: 17 Aug 2004, 13:36
by Eric the Viking
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.
