Amirs view of zidane
Posted: 14 Jul 2006, 09:48
AMIR KHAN insists he would have turned his back on the alleged racist provocation that got Zinedine Zidane sent off in Sunday’s World Cup final.
The 2004 Olympic boxing silver medallist from Bolton is Muslim like French star Zidane.
And he said: “If someone said something like that to me, I’d just walk away from it. I’m a man and I can walk away.”
But, after hearing Zidane was allegedly called “the son of a terrorist whore” by Italy’s Marco Materazzi, Khan, 19, revealed he “understood” why he reacted.
And while light-welterweight Khan, who hopes to fight Craig Watson in September, has never been racially abused in his pro career he is adamant he could handle it.
Khan added: “People say things in the ring but I just stick to my boxing.”
The 2004 Olympic boxing silver medallist from Bolton is Muslim like French star Zidane.
And he said: “If someone said something like that to me, I’d just walk away from it. I’m a man and I can walk away.”
But, after hearing Zidane was allegedly called “the son of a terrorist whore” by Italy’s Marco Materazzi, Khan, 19, revealed he “understood” why he reacted.
And while light-welterweight Khan, who hopes to fight Craig Watson in September, has never been racially abused in his pro career he is adamant he could handle it.
Khan added: “People say things in the ring but I just stick to my boxing.”
Really interested in what a 19 yr old kid, not! He's his own worst enemy but doesn't know it yet, apart from his promoter who will build him up on a sugar tower, ony for it all to come down around his ears. He will get beaten by the first decent guy he faces.