Barrera-Khan Showdown is a Red Hot Event in The UK

[weekender101]

Got my ringside seat all paid for, looking forward to seeing Khan gettin a good clump

[superscience]

this is not a great time for amir khan. coming off a knockout loss then training in the same gym with possibly the most popular boxer today. what could get any worse? pacman going up against hitman who was way bigger in the UK than he is and we're talking about a huge shove into the sidelines.

[Dave Rado]

Not seen anything about it in the mainstream media.

See here .

[Dave Rado]

Problem for Barrera here is that he is against a number of people that know him very well .. and Manny as well who will be hanging around the Wild Card in the build up i m sure....

Manny will be doing some sparring with Khan.

[weekender101]

That twitchy ****, Freddie Roach, has got his work cut out..

[Dave Rado]

Of course not, you live in Blackpool.

People want to see Khan get KO'd again.

Speak for yourself. I don't and IMO no-one who genuinely cares about British boxing does.

[Dave Rado]

this is not a great time for amir khan. coming off a knockout loss then training in the same gym with possibly the most popular boxer today. what could get any worse? pacman going up against hitman who was way bigger in the UK than he is and we're talking about a huge shove into the sidelines.

Since when was sparring with the no. 1 P4P fighter, and being trained by one of the world's three most respected trainers, bad for your boxing education? Get real!

[hammerhiem]

See here .

I Can do a google search on Aardvark mating patterns and turn up Uk news articles on it, the fact of the matter is that other than 1 article on tthe BBC website in small print that wasn't talked about on either 5 live or the main news, nobody is reporting on the fight.

None of my regular boxing contacts in the Uk are interested in this fight other than to complain he yet again has avoided the top 3 UK LW fighters to fight an old Super Bantumweight.

No matter how good Barrera is, he's still an Old Super Bantumweight.

Khan is Massive for a Lightweight and yet seems to be scared to fight anyone but people from divisions below him, Maybe it's because Frank Warren knows he has a glass chin just like the rest of us.

The bbc Boxing page doesn't even mention the fight.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/default.stm

[Dave Rado]

I Can do a google search on Aardvark mating patterns and turn up Uk news articles on it

Yeah right.

the fact of the matter is that other than 1 article on tthe BBC website in small print that wasn't talked about on either 5 live or the main news, nobody is reporting on the fight.

It was covered in every major newspaper. BBC news programmes very rarely cover boxing, especially just to announce a fight is going to happen.

No matter how good Barrera is, he's still an Old Super Bantamweight.

In his rematch against Pacquiao he was a super featherweight; and although he lost, he didn't look "very old" in that fight, he fought quite well. That's an ignorant comment.

The bbc Boxing page doesn't even mention the fight.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/default.stm

It does, try putting your glasses on:

"Can Barrera turn back time?
Mike Costello looks ahead to Amir Khan v Marco Antonio Barrera"

[iBox]

Tickets have sold, yeah..that dosen't automatically mean it's a "red hot event". All Khan's fights sell out, but they aren't boxing fans, just Khan fans/kids.