Marco Antonio Barrera-Amir Khan To Still Go Forward

[Heru]

I think Khan should skip MAB and wait for a serious opponent to open up their diary - Campbell, Marquez, Juan Diaz, Casamayor, Katsidis, etc.

Maybe even a Prescott rematch if the latter still manages to look good against whoever he's facing next (although I hope he gets exposed because I fookin hate the bastage!)

Or even consider a move to LWW. He's bulked up before, and Pac/Floyd/others have done it.

So you think he should move to the elite of the division when he's obviously not ready for it. A word of advice, if you ever get offered a matchmaking job to bring up prospects and what not, turn it down; you'd drive any promoter bankrupt.

What's daft about it - when, then? Who does he have to face until he can be considered 'elite' enough to hang with the big (little) boys? If he faces MAB, he gets ****. If he faces a non-top10 LW, he gets ****. What does the lad have to do?

Yeah, some smart-arse could say "Just retire and get out". But then, you could apply to any boxer someone doesn't like. They all have to start somewhere and try to move up. Why else are they there?

So, more Willy Limonds and Graham Earls it is then. Very seasoned.

Maybe, I don't know, how about the guy who knocked him out in the first round, Prescott?

He's not in the elite of the lightweights and rightfully so. You want Khan to get handed a title shot against at a titleholder when he hasn't beaten anyone to deserve a shot. You know? That little thing called earning. You have to fight other prospects and high ranking contenders to do that. MAB is the #1 ranked WBO contender at lightweight; 15,000 tickets were sold in mere days and he'll probably get a share of the biggest ppv profit he's made to date.

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

Good. Khan will UD Barrera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Dave Rado]

So, more Willy Limonds and Graham Earls it is then. Very seasoned.

That's even more daft than your previous statement, and makes you sound ignorant about boxing. Since when did anyone's boxing education mean going straight from fighting no-hopers to fighting world class fighters with nothing in between? A good match-maker would gradually improve his fighter's level of competition, and have him fight a wide range of different styles, so that the fighter experiences and learns to cope with a wide range of styles and faces gradually tougher tests as time goes on. Even a faded Barrera fighting above his best weight is still a big jump up in class from ***an, will force Khan to fight smart, and to think, and will be very good for Khan's boxing education, provided he can win (and he'll have to fight his best and his smartest in order to win).

For goodness sakes, the guy has only recently been slaughtered by Prescott, and then teamed up with one of the world's three most respected trainers. Roach honestly believes he can take Khan to the very top, but that it will take him at least a year, maybe two.

[Fighting Cougar]

Cant wait for this one.

[PittyPat]

Don't be daft, Khan is nowhere near ready for any of those fighters.

What's daft about it - when, then? Who does he have to face until he can be considered 'elite' enough to hang with the big (little) boys? If he faces MAB, he gets ****. If he faces a non-top10 LW, he gets ****. What does the lad have to do?

Yeah, some smart-arse could say "Just retire and get out". But then, you could apply to any boxer someone doesn't like. They all have to start somewhere and try to move up. Why else are they there?

So, more Willy Limonds and Graham Earls it is then. Very seasoned.

[Ido]

Don't be daft, Khan is nowhere near ready for any of those fighters.

I agree Khan needs to develop and mature before he can take out seasoned vets.

[Dave Rado]

I think Khan should skip MAB and wait for a serious opponent to open up their diary - Campbell, Marquez, Juan Diaz, Casamayor, Katsidis, etc.

Maybe even a Prescott rematch if the latter still manages to look good against whoever he's facing next (although I hope he gets exposed because I fookin hate the bastage!)

Don't be daft, Khan is nowhere near ready for any of those fighters.

[Dave Rado]

A report in The Times of London quotes Frank Warren as follows:

“I did not want this fight in Mexico to happen, but I think there was pressure on him to go ahead with it. If the worst comes to the worst, we will have to push it back a couple of weeks, but we don't want to do that.” Barrera, 35, who has won world titles at super-bantamweight, featherweight and super-featherweight, is to fly to Florida today to see a specialist before deciding if he will be fit to box.

So is he going to see a specialist before deciding, as reported by The Times, or is the fight definitely on, as reported by The Daily Star? I know which newspaper I would usually trust more!

[BOLLOCKS]

Not if he fights like he did on Saturday he won't. Khan wouldn't have needed his head to open up a gash on MAB's bonce - his fast handspeed alone could've done it.

Don't worry about it. Because he won't! Trust me, I know Barrera better than you do.

[PittyPat]

Barrera will school/KO Khan.

Not if he fights like he did on Saturday he won't. Khan wouldn't have needed his head to open up a gash on MAB's bonce - his fast handspeed alone could've done it.