Aamir Khan is currently getting sh*t from a portion of British fans for moving his training from England to the US, and for expressing his Pakistani and religious identities a bit too often. They claim that he has somehow betrayed his British fans by hiring an American trainer, training in LA and wanting to fight in the US. However, when Ricky Hatton did the same after losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr., nobody raised a similar concern. Khan himself has said that, had he been White, he would have been a superstar in Britain. This goes to show that there is a minority in the sport that would only support a Christian, White boxer, hence race and religion cannot be entirely separated from Boxing. The fact that most Muslims around the world supported Khan and most Jews supported Salita is just another story along the same lines. It had nothing to do with the fight itself, but had everything to do with the business of boxing.
However, despite this, he remains very popular in Britain overall. His biggest possible payday would be a fight with the ex-British hero, Ricky Hatton. Technically, Aamir Khan should be a favorite for that fight; he is quicker, stronger, has much better technique, can reach farther and has youth on his side. Almost all boxing experts would give Khan the knod to run over Hatton, barring some freak one-punch knockout. However, if and when the match occurs, I would be surprised if support of Khan is anywhere near the same as support for Hatton. Hatton has a hard-core following of fans in Britain; his style is very crowd pleasing, he has a lot of power in his punches, basically making him a brawler who boxes. The only two technically sound boxers he fought, he lost.