Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao May 2 MGM Grand Las Vegas

i don't get all the khan haters, yeah he's not that good but that doesn't mean he shouldn't try.

put it this way he's probably achieved a lot more than any of you ever could and if you were in his shoes and you were given a chance to fight mayweather, mike tyson in his prime, muhammed ali, etc, would you honestly say no, i'm going to get beaten badly, i'd rather just sit at home on my pc posting on overclockers?

if everyone thought like that then Buster Douglas would never of been world champion, anything can happen, one lucky punch, or even an accidental headbutt or elbow could decide the fight if it cuts the opponent badly.

i'm not saying khan is going to win or even has a good chance, but i'm not going to slate the guy for trying. it's a once in a lifetime opportunity for him and i'm betting a lot of people probably millions of boxers out there would love to be in his shoes.

i'm going for a mayweather win in the 5th round

Suarez7 said:
that's without the millions he'll bet on himself to win the fight.
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surely that is illegal?

also the odds of him winning will be so high that he would need to bank his entire fortune on it to get like a fiver back.

also if he did get found doing this he would have his license suspended maybe even banned for life to set a precedent as well as hugely fined.

now would you risk another 7 x £50 million (he's lined up a deal for a shedload of fights over the next year or two) as well as your reputation and career, as well as being fined hugely and being dragged through mud to win a fiver at the bookies when your worth so much?

i don't think so
 
iamtheoneneo said:
Its not that hes not good - he is terrible and should not be fighting against a top tier boxer like Mayweather ever. Its just absurd this is still going ahead from a sport perspective.

Obviously its all about the money now.
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Surely if he was terrible he wouldn't be a 2 time world champion?

Or won more than 90% of his pro fights?

I know what your saying though in regard to him not being in the same class as mayweather but the fact is boxing has a huge gulf in talent between the very top and the guy's below it's pretty much a dying sport.

There simply is only a few fights Mayweather can make that people want to see and this is one of them otherwise they wouldn't of done the deal.

It's a huge mismatch but how many boxers are there out there that wouldn't be?

Mayweather has comfortably beaten everyone he has faced bar a couple of boxers. He ruined Hatton for instance.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
surely that is illegal?

also the odds of him winning will be so high that he would need to bank his entire fortune on it to get like a fiver back.

also if he did get found doing this he would have his license suspended maybe even banned for life to set a precedent as well as hugely fined.

now would you risk another 7 x £50 million (he's lined up a deal for a shedload of fights over the next year or two) as well as your reputation and career, as well as being fined hugely and being dragged through mud to win a fiver at the bookies when your worth so much?

i don't think so
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Nope, not illegal to bet on yourself, you just can't bet on your opponent for obvious reasons.

Even if his odds are 1/10 a million earns him 100k but he puts more on than that, I read somewhere he's put 10 million dollars on Denver to win the superbowl.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
i don't get all the khan haters, yeah he's not that good but that doesn't mean he shouldn't try.

put it this way he's probably achieved a lot more than any of you ever could and if you were in his shoes and you were given a chance to fight mayweather, mike tyson in his prime, muhammed ali, etc, would you honestly say no, i'm going to get beaten badly, i'd rather just sit at home on my pc posting on overclockers?
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This old chestnut, goes without saying really...

Technically Khan has great hand speed & good accuracy, he isn't an intelligent fighter however and gets drawn into brawls. Unfortunately he doesn't have a great chin either. The vast majority of his opponents have been very well picked, facing opponents with no punching power or guys that have just gone over the hill.

I've had the unfortunate experience of witnessing the guy first hand spouting the old "Do you know who I am?" routine, not long after his Olympic success.

The guy is a grade A **** and I enjoy watching him get put on his arse.
 
Aye I've heard he's a bit of a ****. Lad I know from Bolton said he'd drive around the place thinking he owned it and most of his friends were always involved with fights in the towncentre on weekends.

Of course he's achieved more than most of us, so have millions of others, doesn't make them a better person though does it.
 
Suarez7 said:
Nope, not illegal to bet on yourself, you just can't bet on your opponent for obvious reasons.

Even if his odds are 1/10 a million earns him 100k but he puts more on than that, I read somewhere he's put 10 million dollars on Denver to win the superbowl.
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are you sure?

it's completely against FA rules over here for a footballer to bet on any match they are involved in, whether if it's on themselves or the other team, etc.

in fact i think it's against their rules to even bet on any match if your a footballer.

i would hope that the boxing associations would have similar rules, as he could pay khan to take a dive then bet on himself.

have you got any sources to when he has bet on himself in the past?

betting on another sport means nothing as that wouldn't be against the rules.
 
Suarez7 said:
Aye I've heard he's a bit of a ****. Lad I know from Bolton said he'd drive around the place thinking he owned it and most of his friends were always involved with fights in the towncentre on weekends.
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How do you drive somewhere thinking you own the place. That sounds like petty jealousy tbh that he's probbaly driving a flash car.

As for his supposed mates being involved in fights, that's got nothing to do with him personally does it? Even then it could have been anybody involved in the fights, unless he was there with them, and if he was then surely it would have been in the papers?

At least the other poster say's he witnessed something first hand, at least that is credible unlike the above.
 
Driving around like a nob, tailgating, speeding etc etc. His mates do have something to do with him, people you choose to hang around with reflect on yourself unfortunately. It's credible as my mate witnessed it first hand, just the same as the above poster saying he witnessed it first hand.

Football betting is completely different rules to boxing betting. He bets on himself by laying most of the money down setting up the fight himself, if he loses he'd be heavily out of pocket.
 
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Psycho Sonny said:
At least the other poster say's he witnessed something first hand, at least that is credible unlike the above.
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Don't get me wrong, he's likely grown up a bit since.. and I can only speak for one instance. Unfortunately my lasting impression will always be of him hanging out the window of a blacked out 4x4 giving the old 'do you know who I am?', accompanied by a right bunch of goons with a similar attitude.

I can't blame him for taking the fight, it's likely going to be his highest profile fight and biggest payday. If he gets obliterated, no big deal it's what everyone expected, if he does well though can you imagine what I'll do for his faltering career?
 
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