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Amir Khan: My route is to fight world class opponents like Manny Pacquiao... and NOBODY in America knows Kell Brook

He told fighthype: 'No one in America knows who Kell Brook is, whereas I can't walk the street without it getting crazy, everyone knows who Amir Khan is but it's a nice thing

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[RichC]

Amazing what good PR & marketing does for you !

Funny how he's not chasing after Danny Garcia again Now there is a top class opponent

[Chris]

Sooner or later he's got to get/take a meaningful fight, he's been banging on about how huge he is in America for years now but hasn't done anything since getting splattered by Garcia in 2012, infact he's not really done anything since 2010!! He's got two reasonable wins post Garcia, beat a shot Judah in 2011 and thats it. His tv figures for the Alexander fight could be described as ok/respectable, the attendance was ****, big in America he certainly is not. And he wont get any bigger standing on the sidelines begging for fights via the media.

[RichC]

He's a good fighter, not top level IMO but a good fighter he needs as you say to take a few fights on where "it's a bit of risk" rather than talk the talk and not actually fight anyone.

A fight with Brook which if he won would certainly help but I can't see him doing so, he seems to be waiting for a shot at either FMjnr or Manny which IMO would be undeserved.

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If Khan wants to earn some credibility he should have re-matches with those he lost to then move on to bigger fights.

[RichC]

I'd agree with the Garcia fight at the very least although whether he'd be willing to move down or Garcia up in weight is another matter. Khan is a good fighter but he doesn't half talk without much action.

[RichC]

Be good if this fight happens

Amir Khan v Kell Brook fight at Wembley 'within 12 months'

Amir Khan has accepted Kell Brook's challenge to a fight and says he wants to meet his British welterweight rival at Wembley "within the next 12 months".
Bolton-born Khan added: "It could be his last fight, I would give him that much of a beating."
Unbeaten IBF champion Brook, 28, demanded a showdown with Khan after beating Jo Jo Dan on Saturday.
Khan is due to fight in May before a possible clash with the winner of the Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao bout.
Khan, 28, suggests a winner-takes-all contest with Brook, telling Sky Sports News: "It shows it is not about the money, it is about the pride."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/32127160

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Didn't think Khan was up for this but it will be good for British Boxing

[Tee]

Amazing what good PR & marketing does for you !

Funny how he's not chasing after Danny Garcia again Now there is a top class opponent

He has said on more than one occasion he wants a rematch with Garcia. How do you know Garcia wants that fight again? I mean, before he closed his eyes and swung at Khan, Garcia was being absolutely schooled in the ring, so much so that he has gone on to say that Amir was so quick it was like he was fighting two guys.

Haters like you are always going to find ways and use pathetic little gifs to back up your own very personal dislike of Khan.

[Tee]

If Khan wants to earn some credibility he should have re-matches with those he lost to then move on to bigger fights.

He does have credibility mate, where it matters in America. Just ask some professional out there. Who gives a **** what the racist cunt media (and some 'fans') in this country think about him? He doesn't.

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He does have credibility mate, where it matters in America. Just ask some professional out there. Who gives a **** what the racist cunt media (and some 'fans') in this country think about him? He doesn't.

Indeed in America he does an your right America is where it's at but a re-match with Garcia or Prescott would have been interesting and had Khan won those is what i was meaning re:credibility,for what it's worth i love Khans new fighting style he's improved and corrected alot of flaws in his game which cost him his previous defeats,and i thought his last fight was against Devon Alexander was one of the best

[RichC]

He has said on more than one occasion he wants a rematch with Garcia. How do you know Garcia wants that fight again? I mean, before he closed his eyes and swung at Khan, Garcia was being absolutely schooled in the ring, so much so that he has gone on to say that Amir was so quick it was like he was fighting two guys.

Haters like you are always going to find ways and use pathetic little gifs to back up your own very personal dislike of Khan.

ha ha ha I have no personnel dislike to Khan.

I think he's a good fighter just not the level some seem to believe he's at.

[RichC]

Indeed in America he does an your right America is where it's at but a re-match with Garcia or Prescott would have been interesting and had Khan won those is what i was meaning re:credibility,for what it's worth i love Khans new fighting style he's improved and corrected alot of flaws in his game which cost him his previous defeats,and i thought his last fight was against Devon Alexander was one of the best

He was good against Alexander and has certainly tightened up his defence

[RichC]

Interesting article on Khan and his potential next opponents - think it makes a good point about both him needing to fight higher quality opponents but also the issue of not having a belt makes it difficult for him to attract those fighters as they all want a shot at Mayweather and a loss with scupper those chances.

Getting in the ring with Brook makes sense as if he wins he takes a title belt and fighters will be lining up to get in the ring with him

http://www.boxingnews24.com/2015/02/khan-targeting-bradley-cotto-or-marquez-for-next-fight/

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Be good if this fight happens



http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/32127160

Will believe it when I see it tbh. It is very easy to talk a good fight, but another thing altogether to actually get into the ring.


His PR has him pushed as if he is a boxer who has been beating the best out there, when the truth is quite different.

Posted some weeks back about how I felt Khan needs to be taking on a better calibre of fighter, and nothing has changed with my line of thinking.

What I said earlier in this threas was;

If Khan starts getting into the ring with top level or very close to it fighters and starts coming away with the W, then he will be in that league himself in my eyes.

But for as long as he avoids taking on top level guys, or keeps getting beat by them, then I see no way how he can be rated a top level guy himself.


Khan needs wins over the Garcias, Petersons and the like if he wants to prove he is a top level fighter. Tweeting about beating guys does nowt, and having promoters trying to hoodwink people into thinking a guy who beats no top guys is somehow a top guy himself carries no weight.


.But if he went and beat Matthysse, people will pay attention. Beat Garcia, or beat Peterson and people would be asking how this guy is not being put in against Mayweather and they would be asking for boxing reasons rather than because of hype.

My own take on Khan is that he will fall short of ever having broken into the top level simply because he will never have taken on and beaten guys at that level, but at 28 (29 this year) he still has time on his side to go after those guys and prove that he belongs at the top.


Will he do that? Who knows, but he needs to if he wants to be seen as more than a maybe man. If he retired in the morning then the sort of career he will have had is not going to have people taking about him in 10 or 20 years time, but if he spent the next 3 or 4 years taking out the better guys out there then his Pro boxing legacy could be far more than a massive bank balance.

I hope he does follow through on this though and takes on Brook as I think he can beat Brook and it would be a very valuable win as it would raise his profile further along with putting a strap around his waist. Actually if he met Brook this year I would fancy Khan to stop him, and that kind of win might be exactly what Khan needs to convince him to venture into rougher waters in terms of who he takes on.