By Mark Vester
Former three division champion Marco Antonio Barrera says that his fight with Amir Khan should have been stopped in the first round. During the action in round one, a clash of heads opened up a huge gash on Barrera's head. Barrera says the cut was no better in the first than it was in the fifth. He couldn't see from the first round on. The fight was evantually stopped in the fifth, with Barrera losing a one-sided technical decision.
"We came ready to fight, I got caught with a headbutt in the first round and it was called by the ref as a headbutt but he did not stop the fight in the first round," Barrera said. "I don't know why because the cut was as big before as it is now. If I'd have had both my eyes the fight wouldn't have ended this way. I couldn't see the guy from the first round, the blood was in my eye and I just couldn't see with it."
Khan was battering Barrera with punches from the start of the fight, but Barrera says the punches had no pop. He doesn't think Khan's punches have any real power.
"I didn't even feel his punches," Barrera said. "He's got fast hands but his punches did nothing to me, I didn't feel them. I just went a little crazy because I wanted to try to fight before they stopped it. I am just going to talk to my family," he said/ I feel good tonight, it was just because of the cut that I lost. I'll discuss it with my family, discuss it with Don King Promotions and we'll take it from there. But I am going to take a little break now."
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