![]() ![]() I’ve always been against it and I’ve always spoken the truth.” When people bring religion or racism into something I think it’s all bollocks. I’ve got a Jewish brother here, an Indian brother here and a Pakistani brother here. All nations should respect each other and be together. “If another Asian had made those remarks, some other Asians may have taken it the wrong way and wanted to start a fight. “I’m glad I’m a fighter and I can pack a punch and have a little go if I have to,” Khan said from his home in Bolton. After the terrorist attacks in London in 2005, he chose to speak out and stress that his allegiance lay with Britain and remind people he had been born and raised in Bolton. Khan remembered how his own ethnicity, as a young British boxer with strong family roots in Pakistan, was often attacked. ![]() But you still have to take it easy on those things.” If Amir Khan has done it, being Asian and living on chapatis all his life and eating curries, we can do it. But if we see someone doing it, like if they’ve seen me do it, maybe that can inspire and motivate them. But not many Asians become sportsmen and women because we don’t have the diet. “But obviously I changed my way of living. If you put us against a lot of English fighters their diet is a lot better. It’s not the right diet to be a champion. We’re not supposed to be good sportsmen and women. “Look, us Asians are not really meant to be fighters. Asians, when we can’t to a certain extent, give up. There are no Asian footballers but guess what they all say? ‘We won’t get picked because we’re Asian.’ I think that’s a fucking load of bullshit, really. We’re not going to be picked.’ It’s an excuse that all Asians use – that we’re never going to be picked. ![]() People used to say: ‘We are Muslim, we are Asian, we can’t make it in boxing. “It’s an amazing platform for them to see what I’ve done and that it’s possible for them to do the same and achieve what I’ve achieved. ![]()
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