Marco Antonio Barrera-Amir Khan Set For March 14

[hookoutofhell]

i watched frank warren on setanta sports boxing hour, he was on there with steve bunce. he was saying that khan was going to face a real legend and was was going to be in a huge fight soon. that made sense to me as sky have stuck their neck out for khan only for him to be KTFO by a relative unknown.

MAB is a well known fighter and someone that sky PPV will have been interested in having on the show.

i think even at this stage of his career MAB has too much he knows he only needs to land one good flush shot.

[cosmichorn]

This is paper talk, its never going to happen

It's confirmed on Frank Warren's website.

hehe looks like you got proved wrong my friend

http://www.frankwarren.tv/drill/News/Articles/2009/01/15/3139123.html

[BetterCallSaul]

I'm actually a khan fan and have stuck up for him the last two years on this forum...

...but I'm not too keen on this fight. Yes Barrera is a Hall of Famer and a modern great, but he is past his best and by quite a distance.

Yeah but even past his best he is still better than Khan. For Khan to win he has to put the work in, and carry on improving his defence. If Khan could stop Barrera (something Pac could not do in Barrera's 2nd last fight) I would give him major rep. A win would be a major acheivement for Khan.

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Marco Antonio Barrera-Amir Khan Set For March 14

Amir Khan will fight Mexican legend and former multi-weight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera on March 14 in the UK, it was confirmed by promoter Frank Warren today. [details]

[TRAVI$]

This a HUGE risk.

[BetterCallSaul]

This a HUGE risk.

Damn right. When Amir wins he wins early. Barrera has only been stopped once by Manny. Even if Amir improves his defence, unless the stops Barrera(which is unlikely) he has to contend with 12 rounds of constant pressure.

This would be a big win for Khan.

[beecherhq]

I can't friggin wait for this match.

[cosmichorn]

is this the sort of calzaghe-Lacy matchup in terms of warren?

[Southpaw16BF]

Wow, pretty shocked at this fight being made. Really out the blue. I think Warren is now looking at Barrera being a old fighter who's seen better days, but i still think he may just have to to much for Amir, i also thought they would bring Khan back slowy, Barrera is a very tough cookie, a vetran who fought the best of his era.Should be interesting.

[elgaringo]

I don't see any relation between the two whatsoever.

They don't fight alike, and Naz had actually achieved something in the sport.

I agree, naz did achieve a lot you cant compare the 2 in that respect. I think he meant the result but in my eyes he'll do khan inside the distance!