Barrera vs. Khan Could Become WBO Title Fight

[Steak]

ha, I saw this coming after Nate lost his titles. and if I had to guess who would do it, I wouldve picked the WBO. the worst belt of them all.

its likely that Funeka will get another title shot with the IBF. hopefully they will have a worthy opponent for him.

what a joke.

[NakiFan]

My god, Khan could be champion.

[KostyaTszyu44]

yeah, smash him marco

[v.cassiusali@ya]

a title shot after fighting an unknown?

why not?

[-Antonio-]

This is criminal. I cant believe they can do this ****. I mean has there ever been two more undeserving challengers for a belt? Wow.

[Dave Rado]

SMH........ I just knew some bull**** opportunity like this would pop-up for Khan

The Times has a more detailed article than The Sun does.

Warren's a complete prick. The only hope is that Marquez and Diaz are ranked #2 and #3 by the WBO, so let's hope the WBO sees sense and makes that fight a title fight instead - and that they make Funeka the first mandatory.

It would be more a curse than an opportunity for Khan in the long term - it would backfire on him, because even if Khan is ready for Barrera, he's sure as hell not ready yet for any of The Ring's top 10 lightweights, and certainly isn't ready for Funeka. So he'd lose his title pretty quick if he won it that way, which would be very bad for his confidence long term - unless the WBO gave him a series of bums to fight, in which case he'd quickly lose what popularity he has, and his earning power would disappear with it.

Ranking Barrera at #1 when he's never fought at the weight was incredibly ****** of the WBO, but let's hope they don't compound the felony, and that they make the Marquez-Diaz fight into a title fight instead. Not holding my breath though.

[KnockoutTheFat]

I knew Amir Khan could be world champion...

[Dave Rado]

This is great news!

Why??

[FLYBOY]

ahaha. a slap in the face of the haters

[Dave Rado]

For Khan? If anything this is Don King's crooked attempt to get Barrera a title at 135 which would make him the first Mexican born fighter to win a title in four weight classes.

Warren is lobbying for it to be made a title fight, not just King. I can understand King doing it, but for Warren to do it stinks, as it's not even in Khan's long term interests. Khan is an intelligent kid, and I'd have thought that he would realise a world title fight won that way is corrupt, especially if he then gets bums as mandatories (and if he gets a meaningful mandatory, he isn't ready for that level of opposition yet).