Amir Khan: Yesterday he was misquoted, today he's telling the truth!

WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is disputing the comments that were recently published in The Daily Telegraph, which quoted the British boxer as stating that he planned to advise stablemate Manny Pacquiao to retire after watching the Filipino superstar struggle in his recent fight with Juan Manuel Marquez. Khan, who wanted to clear the air on the story,told BoxingScene.com - "I don't remember saying that." Both Khan and Pacquiao are trained by Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, California.

"I don't remember saying that. Manny has a lot more fights left in him. He didn't take much punishment or get hurt in the fight. He took a lot of shots but that's boxing for you. If you're going to go in the shower, you're going to get wet, and in boxing you're going to get hit. Manny has a lot more fights left in him. I'm always there as a fan and I'm a big fan of Manny Pacquiao. That last fight, we expect too much of Manny Pacquiao. It was a good fight. It was a strong fight. And the best man still won the fight," Khan told BoxingScene.com.

alma wrote:Think he's been advised to say that, either that or it's an unbelievable volte face. His comments during the fight were surely spontaneous (ie that Pacquiao lost)

Valero's Conscience wrote:It's just Khan being Khan.

One of the biggest things which annoys me with him is him stating something and then quickly back tracking.

If any of you watched the Pac/JMM fight he definitely thought JMM won.......wait a day or two and what do you know, he's changed his mind. He roughly put on twitter "watched the fight again and Pac won the fight by 1 or 2 rounds"!!!! WTF!

The guy has no guts to him, he consistently says things and when there is a bit of attention he backs down like little girl.

Huge talent but what a nob!

BALTIMORA wrote:

Valero's Conscience wrote:It's just Khan being Khan.

One of the biggest things which annoys me with him is him stating something and then quickly back tracking.

If any of you watched the Pac/JMM fight he definitely thought JMM won.......wait a day or two and what do you know, he's changed his mind. He roughly put on twitter "watched the fight again and Pac won the fight by 1 or 2 rounds"!!!! WTF!

The guy has no guts to him, he consistently says things and when there is a bit of attention he backs down like little girl.

Huge talent but what a nob!

Have to agree with this. Whether or not his retractions are due to him being instructed to make them, he demonstrates what can be easily perceived as a lack of integrity. I'd respect him more if he stood by a poorly-considered but honest statement, than I do currently with his spineless approach.

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prettyboykev wrote:I liked that Scott. Nothing more was needed to be said. I don't think Bradley realised the camera was on them though or he would have said something back.

Scottrf wrote:Khan dwarves him doesn't he.

Dazstarr wrote:

Scottrf wrote:Khan dwarves him doesn't he.

Big time! Bradley looked tiny!

Valero's Conscience wrote:It's just Khan being Khan.

One of the biggest things which annoys me with him is him stating something and then quickly back tracking.

If any of you watched the Pac/JMM fight he definitely thought JMM won.......wait a day or two and what do you know, he's changed his mind. He roughly put on twitter "watched the fight again and Pac won the fight by 1 or 2 rounds"!!!! WTF!

The guy has no guts to him, he consistently says things and when there is a bit of attention he backs down like little girl.

Huge talent but what a nob!

huw wrote:

Valero's Conscience wrote:It's just Khan being Khan.

One of the biggest things which annoys me with him is him stating something and then quickly back tracking.

If any of you watched the Pac/JMM fight he definitely thought JMM won.......wait a day or two and what do you know, he's changed his mind. He roughly put on twitter "watched the fight again and Pac won the fight by 1 or 2 rounds"!!!! WTF!

The guy has no guts to him, he consistently says things and when there is a bit of attention he backs down like little girl.

Huge talent but what a nob!

Maybe he did watch it a second time and scored it different?

Pacman is his mate, maybe the first time he watched it he was noticing some mistakes and taking more notice of those than the things he was doing well. If I had a good friend who was boxing in a close fight I'd probably score it more in favour of the other guy as everytime your friend gets hit you'd feel a little of the pain.

I'm still convinced Benn won both Eubank fights and most people disagree with me, especially about the first one.

Sugar Boy Sweetie wrote:Yep. As the ref jumped in to save a gassed Benn from any further battering I remember thinking "ROBBERY!".

emancipator wrote:SBS, I'm sure Huw made that statement with a sense of irony, ie, we can all have distorted views when it comes to our friends/favourites.

emancipator wrote:SBS, I'm sure Huw made that statement with a sense of irony, ie, we can all have distorted views when it comes to our friends/favourites.