Khan promotions? would you sign for them?

[Jayme718]

Its come to my attention recently that Amir Khan has his own promotions company. While i cant knock the guy for wanting to branch out, what interests me is if anyone would actually sign for Khan promotions?

 

To me if i was in a position where i needed a promoter, i doubt id go sign with them. Not when you have people like Frank Warren, Eddie Hearn, Ricky Hatton or even Mick Hennessy who all have good proven records as a promoter. Ok maybe not so much Hennessy.

 

Then you have the Major players in Toprank or Goldenboy if you become somewhat of a name. Maybe even Don king...... Ok not Don king.

 

My reasoning other than the money and exposure of above promotional companies is.... I just Dont think id like to fight for a guy like Khan. As a fighter he seems Petty, childish and just bitter and stupid 90% of the time he opens his mouth.

 

When something doesn't go his way he always has someone to blame. for example After he got stopped by Breidis Presscott he blamed and sacked his trainer Jorge Rubio.

 

After the Peterson loss he blamed pretty much everything humanly possible. Ok Peterson might have cheated, then again he might have being telling the truth. My point is before the news of Peterson failing a test he blamed everyone or anything he could and practically begged for his titles back. To me this is not the reaction of a guy id want to effectively be my boss.

 

Anyway all that aside Khan is still a big name in boxing, and like Ricky

Hatton before him could make a few waves as a promoter on the back of his Olympic medal and world titles and general fame and fan base. It worked for De La Hoya. So in theory Khan could do well on that side of the fence on his name alone.

 

My question is this.

 

IF you were a pro or about to turn Pro Would you/Could you fight fight for Khan promotions? and what would be your reasons?

[gavpowell]

I imagine Khan Promotions is akin to Brad Pitt Productions or whatever - a company set up to funnel tax and other payments, rather than Khan dealing directly.

 

I wouldn't sign for Khan Promotions because I wouldn't trust his father not to be involved, and I don't like the fickleness of Khan himself.

[WelshDevilRob]

I'd suspect that there would be too many fingers in the pie.

 

If I was lucky enough then I would sign for a more established promoter.

[Jayme718]

I could see how an unknown fighter looking to go pro or name a bit of a name might sign for him, Maybe....

 

That said im sure there are more than enough established promoters out there who would be happy to give you a fight by fight contract to test the waters or something like at least.

 

Call my cynical but i can see Khan promotions working the Pakistani/Muslim angle instead and snapping up all the young Asian lads looking to go pro maybe. I dont mean that in a racist sense either, just think it could be a good angle for him to work from a business perspective.

 

You never know where you might find the next Naz.

 

To be honest i dont see Khan promotions lasting any longer than his own career. I say thins because every man and his dog are setting up there own promotional company at the moment. I saw Sergio Martinez has, Miguel Cotto did a while back.

Mayweather and 50 have TMT now, which out of them all is the only one i can see becoming a big name to compete with the likes of Goldenboy or Top Rank.

 

I can just see the rest becoming their respective nationalities version of Mick Hennessy haha....

[Ton]

It's all a family business ain't it. Khan isn't exactly a bright kid, and he has his dad and other family members as his managers/advisors and I don't think they have any professionals outside of the family keeping an eye on things.

 

Obviously the likes of Warren, Maloney and Hennessy are businessmen, clever people who are good with money etc. Hatton and De La Hoya were successful fighters and have teams of people around them to run the business (probably both family and non family members). As mentioned above a lot of the big name fighters appear to be creating their own promotions company, obviously as a way to keep the purse they make themselves rather than paying out to a promotor. Didn't Calzaghe do this for his last few fights after he left Warren. I thought Hatton was doing it for that reason but he's actually signed some decent fighters and is turning into a key player in the British promotors. Same with David Haye's Hayemaker promotions.

 

The likes of Mayweather, Cotto and Khan seem to have created their own company to fund themselves rather than create a stable of fighters.

 

I might be wrong in that. They may have some low key fighters all signed up, but I am not aware if that is the case or not.

 

If Khan is looking to sign up some fighters, then that's an interesting take about only signing the Pakistani/Muslim fighters. I suppose I didn't follow boxing so closely before Khan's Olympic glory, but since he's become a household name I have noticed a lot of British Asian/Muslim boxers on undercards and a few of them looking pretty decent. I am not sure if that was always the case, and Amir has been the major success of recent times though?

 

You could see the appeal of these boxers signing up with Khan promotions, due to Khan's success and him being an inspiration for British Muslims getting involved in the sport etc. However, it would not be welcomed with open arms, with all the racism brigade we have over here. There are employment laws about diversity and I am not sure if an "only asian" policy would be allowed.

 

There's even outrage about such things as advertisements for accommodation lettings. Where some landlord owners of property want only certain races, gender or religions to be tenants. I don't have a problem with that kind of thing, but many people can be outraged at such things.

[Jayme718]

Its not something I've ever given much thought to really the housing/landlord thing, but i can see how it would bet some peoples backs up as its a little unfair to specify a select race only. Personally its not something i would be too bothered about myself as I've lived with people from all over the world at various points in my life..

 

With regards to Khan signing up only Asians i wasn't meaning only them, more make that the basis for his talent pool.

 

I agree with what you say about fighters setting up for their own benefit rather than to sign up other fighters. Cotto i think is a prime example of this, as i cant say i know of or have heard of one named fighter i know he has signed up.

 

Sergio Martinez has just signed Kiko Martinez, Javier Fortuna, Alexander Brand, Hector Saldivia and Gabriel Campillo from what ive read. Not a huge statement, but a start if nothing else.

 

As for Mayweather and 50cents TMT they have signed up some top names in Yuriorkis Gambo, Billy Dib, Andre Berto, Andre Dirrell, Celestine Caballero, Zab Judah and i think quite obviously Floyd himself will now be fighting under their TMT banner.

 

So for now it looks quite like Sergio and Floyd/50 look to be doing a little more than setting up for purse purposes. However i think that was Floyds plan originally under the Mayweather promotions banner.

 

With Khan promotions i think its just as you say a little bit purse related and a little bit of Mayweather emulation. But then its pretty clear Floyd is much smarter than Amir in all aspects of boxing....

 

Apart from how to lose your titles by bad knockout..... (to soon??)

 

Nah ..... lol

[Skav]

Without accusing, the accusations that he stole contract papers from his own nutritionist to get himself out of trouble would put me off enough from signing with them.

[Jayme718]

I never actually heard or that, but yeah it would put me off too.

[Meathead]

Without accusing, the accusations that he stole contract papers from his own nutritionist to get himself out of trouble would put me off enough from signing with them.

 

Said nutritionist did come out after they had kissed and made up to say that despite the contract going missing, he had likely lost it himself rather than it being taken.

 

That story was just him trying smear Khan and Roach because he had fallen out with them.

[gavpowell]

Ariza is an absolute dickhead - he gave an interview a while back telling everyone that "Marquez is working with Angel Hernandez/Heradia, who is a convicted and self-confessed steroid dealer and who also coaches Usain Bolt. No wonder Marquez is bulking up"

 

It turns out, Hernandez/Heradia has absolutely nothing to do with Usain Bolt, so Ariza linking him to steroids was not only out of order, it was libellous.

[Jayme718]

A dickhead he might well be, but he makes high quality milkshakes........

[gavpowell]

A dickhead he might well be, but he makes high quality milkshakes........

 

So do the staff at Ed's Diner in London, but I wouldn't trust them with my career either ;)

[davemurphy]

I think whoever mentioned that it's strictly for tax purposes, and thus only going to deal with the one fighter (Amir), is probably on target. Although you never know, perhaps they'll change their name to Weak Chin Warriors and adopt the slogan, "we'll maximize profits for those with minimal chins", that seems to be Khan's greatest attribute beyond whining.

[brooklynbrawler]

It is just a tax front...whatever Khan is saying he gets as a purse - you can probably quadruple that at least, and that will be closer to what he's actually getting.

If he's smart, he'll be able to live off the company takings over the past few years, for years to come.

I don't think he's got many fights left, if any, at the top of the tree, after back to back losses.

[Skav]

A dickhead he might well be, but he makes high quality milkshakes........

 

So do the staff at Ed's Diner in London, but I wouldn't trust them with my career either ;)

 

The one near Euston station? Been in there a few times recently.

[gavpowell]

A dickhead he might well be, but he makes high quality milkshakes........

 

So do the staff at Ed's Diner in London, but I wouldn't trust them with my career either ;)

 

The one near Euston station? Been in there a few times recently.

 

For me it's the one at Trocadero or the one round the corner from Hard Rock Cafe - I navigate using the gigantic Mama Mia billboard, so if that show ever closes, I'm screwed!

 

Chocolate malts from Ed's are like crack.

[Ton]

It is just a tax front...whatever Khan is saying he gets as a purse - you can probably quadruple that at least, and that will be closer to what he's actually getting.

If he's smart, he'll be able to live off the company takings over the past few years, for years to come.

I don't think he's got many fights left, if any, at the top of the tree, after back to back losses.

 

That's where the problem lies! He's thick as shit!