Khan and Goldenboy- wise man or ungrateful prick?

[MrMagoo1986]

So now that khan has left ******, is this a move that shows khan wanting to fight the best? Khan has made no secret that he wants to be a star in the states and wants to fight in the states next, does this show he is fed up of being fed the fagans of the boxing world and now is showing the desire to fight the best.

Or is the alternate view the more valid, that khan is an ungrateful little shit who has kicked ****** in the teeth after ****** managed to do what no other promoter could have possibly done with khan after the prescott defeat, getting him a title shot 3 fights later.

[Henke67]

Nging him back after the Prescott debacle but that doesn't mean Khan is indebted to him for life. I think this shows a lot of ambition on Khans part - ****** is obviously the top promoter in Britain but if you want to make it in America, there's no place better to be than Golden Boy.

Given their relationship with HBO and all their guaranteed tv dates, this pretty much guarantees Khan a lot of exposure over in the US. It also means he'll have to fight a healthy level of competition because HBO won't buy fights against nobodies.

A great move for Khans career as far as I'm concerned. Given all of ******'s mis-deeds, I'm never going to feel sorry for him.

[El Cepillo]

I think Khan might have been better sticking with ****** for another year or so. Fight a few more Salita's, get some more money in the bank before Khan meets his inevitable Waterloo at the hands of some elite fighter.

[Mazallan]

Khan wants to fight the best. He is a warrior and does not want to be another Calzaghe fighting bums in his back garden for years. Khan will go onto be the greatest boxer Britain has ever produced....he is a twat though.

[Henke67]

If I remember correctly, Hattons main objection to fighting Khan was his association with ******, so this could turn out to be beneficial in the short-term too.

[LP_1985]

i khan wants to ge conquer america good luck to him and im getting behind him. fed up of nob head yanks not rating our fighting when were only the size of some of there states.

[servo]

I do back him. ****** might have brought him back after the Prescott defeat, but he was the one who landed him in the mess .. it took Roach and Co. to bring him up to his current level of boxing. He listens to them and they all want him to fight in the states... Listen to Freddie in the post-fight interview in his last fight.

Course he is going to go to America .. seems very logical as he can become more succesful and earn more money.

[xoborp]

Khan wants to fight the best. He is a warrior and does not want to be another Calzaghe fighting bums in his back garden for years. Khan will go onto be the greatest boxer Britain has ever produced....he is a twat though.

:lol::lol::lol:

[PaddyD1983]

No such thing as loyalty in the fight game.

Fighters have a short career. He needs to earn as much money as possible in a short space of time and try to win as many titles and beat as many top quality boxers as possible. He has more chance of doing all that with GBP than FW.

[threethirteen]

It comes down to money. Khan can make more and have more control over his career without ******.

He's got a good family around him, his father's obviously calmed him down, and he clearly loves Freddy Roach. Being around all those tough fighters in the Wild Card must make him want to be be like them. That means tough fights and big challenges.

I think he wants control because he trusts Freddy to pick the right opponents for him, and he knows his dad and business advisers will keep him right. He doesn't need ****** anymore.

[Imperfect Recor]

So how many fights at top level does Khan have in him? I'm sure Golden Boy will take care of him by feeding him a few fights (the usual suspects will be making their interest known already). However and as I've mentioned previously, why take risks with the top contenders if this is really only about top dollar PPV in the US.

Does this mean that if ****** isn't involved and all fights are in the middle of the morning that Sky will give us them for SFA? But only once the bank balance has been increased by feeding him Hatton in Manchester and Malanagi in Las Vegas. Then the profile will have been lifted and all concerned will have had a little slice of the cake... GB might feed him one or two more easier bouts just to make sure their investment is sound then time for the more dangerous guys - Holt or even Ortiz.

I'm not sure if I feel sorry for ******. Actually don't want to think about it...

[GazOC]

I wouldn't call Khan "ungrateful", its a short career and he must do what he thinks is best, its his call. ****** did a good job of promoting Khan but he would have also earned a decent amount of money in the process so I'm not going to be getting too upset on his behalf.

[HMSTempleGarden]

personally he deserves respect. His last statement on SSN stated that he wanted to fight anybody, anywhere.

Now that was up for debate witht he rumours going around that he would vacte his belt so he wouldn't have to fight Maidana. Roach has now come and stated that, yes he wanted him to face Malignaggi in his 1st fight in America, but no way was he going to pressure him to vacate, as he said "that belt mean the world to him"

So, yes a very wise move by Khan, he gets more exposure in the States and will get the big fights.

I really hope he trys to unify the division, I have a lot of respect for guys that can unify their divisions.

[KCD]

Again i cant see how ****** never saw this coming.

All through his promoting of Khan you always heard what ****** wanted to do with Amir and what Team Khan wanted nearly always contradicted each other.

[20a87]

Good on him If he's doing what he wants to do to achieve his dreams in the US then thats great

[modestbiggles]

wise man or ungrateful prick?

Probably both.

[lolb]

Smart move

He will get the oportunity to fight top class opponents on a regular basis.

Marquez, Hatton, Diaz, Campbell, Ortiz, Maidana etc will now be easy fights to make.

[toffeejack]

Good luck to him.

Any boxing fan should be glad he's made the move. At least we're more likely to see him in some good and competitive fights.