Khan or MAB Last Chance Official Prediction Thread Poll!

[DrewWoodside]

Khan will take this. WTF was barrera thinking, training for just 15 days.

He didn't just train 15 days. He misunderstood the question and the interviewer didn't follow up. He'd been doing 15 days of mountain training. He's been in camp for 2 months.

[andrewcuff]

He didn't just train 15 days. He misunderstood the question and the interviewer didn't follow up. He'd been doing 15 days of mountain training. He's been in camp for 2 months.

I originally picked Barrera because I don't think Khan's china chin will hold up under any sort of decent shot, but the closer it is to fight night, I'm more undecided. Khan is younger, stronger, bigger, faster and with Roach in his corner, you can bet his defence will be much improved for this fight. I just don't know if Khan can go for long without getting tagged.

[DrewWoodside]

I originally picked Barrera because I don't think Khan's china chin will hold up under any sort of decent shot, but the closer it is to fight night, I'm more undecided. Khan is younger, stronger, bigger, faster and with Roach in his corner, you can bet his defence will be much improved for this fight. I just don't know if Khan can go for long without getting tagged.

As we learned all through 2008.. Putting all your eggs in the basket of "He's too old" doesn't frequently work out so well. Apparently these old men have a way of giving one last hurrah when on the big stage in a major fight. If Khan is simply banking on being younger then he's fucd if Barrera comes into the ring not completely shot. The strategy of Youth goes out the window if the old guy decides not too be old, and you can bet Khan is going into deep waters if that's the case. This is an awesome matchup.

[andrewcuff]

As we learned all through 2008.. Putting all your eggs in the basket of "He's too old" doesn't frequently work out so well. Apparently these old men have a way of giving one last hurrah when on the big stage in a major fight. If Khan is simply banking on being younger then he's fucd if Barrera comes into the ring not completely shot. The strategy of Youth goes out the window if the old guy decides not too be old, and you can bet Khan is going into deep waters if that's the case. This is an awesome matchup.

Yeah good analysis. On the face of it, Khan should win this fight. He has pretty much all of the advantages if Roach has instilled any sort of defence into his boxing. If Khan doesn't leave himself open, I can't see Barrera winning by decision. But there's always the chance that Khan will leave his chin hanging out to dry. It's going to be very interesting on Saturday. Got Man Utd vs Liverpool on 12:45, Wales vs Italy at 3:00 then the boxing. Going to be a good weekend I think!

[MANGLER]

MAB can take him.

[DrewWoodside]

Yeah good analysis. On the face of it, Khan should win this fight. He has pretty much all of the advantages if Roach has instilled any sort of defence into his boxing. If Khan doesn't leave himself open, I can't see Barrera winning by decision. But there's always the chance that Khan will leave his chin hanging out to dry. It's going to be very interesting on Saturday. Got Man Utd vs Liverpool on 12:45, Wales vs Italy at 3:00 then the boxing. Going to be a good weekend I think!

I won't be able to watch this one live.. It's St. Patrick's day all weekend. I wish they'd just show it in the bars. I just hope i dont' get a txt msg telling me MAB won via KO2. I reallly hope it's a good fight where both guys walk away leaving good impressions.

[DrewWoodside]

Yeah good analysis. On the face of it, Khan should win this fight. He has pretty much all of the advantages if Roach has instilled any sort of defence into his boxing. If Khan doesn't leave himself open, I can't see Barrera winning by decision. But there's always the chance that Khan will leave his chin hanging out to dry. It's going to be very interesting on Saturday. Got Man Utd vs Liverpool on 12:45, Wales vs Italy at 3:00 then the boxing. Going to be a good weekend I think!

You've got your day laid out perfectly! Weekend needs to get here already.

[Welter_Skelter]

I originally picked Barrera because I don't think Khan's china chin will hold up under any sort of decent shot, but the closer it is to fight night, I'm more undecided. Khan is younger, stronger, bigger, faster and with Roach in his corner, you can bet his defence will be much improved for this fight. I just don't know if Khan can go for long without getting tagged.

Skill wise at this stage, in each guy's career, You can't help thinking That Khan will be too much for MAB..He has the advantage in almost every department.. Except Chin and experience..

And because of that you also can't help thinking that like you say, You can't see Khan going the WHOLE night without getting tagged.. and it's obvious now.. you just need to land Flush...

SO can MAB land.. before Khan beats the **** out of him too much????

I am almost certain MAB can..

[DrewWoodside]

Skill wise at this stage, in each guy's career, You can't help thinking That Khan will be too much for MAB..He has the advantage in almost every department.. Except Chin and experience..

And because of that you also can't help thinking that like you say, You can't see Khan going the WHOLE night without getting tagged.. and it's obvious now.. you just need to land Flush...

SO can MAB land.. before Khan beats the **** out of him too much????

I am almost certain MAB can..

I hope Khan realizes that in order to win he may need to fight near perfection to the utmost of his ability for every second every round. The moment he gets lazy, MAB will look to capitalize. Any mental lapses and it could be lights out.

[Sparked_1985]

I hope Khan realizes that in order to win he may need to fight near perfection to the utmost of his ability for every second every round. The moment he gets lazy, MAB will look to capitalize. Any mental lapses and it could be lights out.

I might be the only person who thinks Barrera won't be able to turn Khan's lights out with a single punch.

Sure he could knock him down, but I doubt he ends it. Prescott didn't end it with one punch even if he did wobble him with a jab.

Khan' recovery is actually pretty good, if he learned some survival tactics in the gym he can get his legs back under him. Khan is a superbly conditioned athlete at the very least.

If Barrera puts him away it's because he beats him down over a period of time. I agree with the thread questioning Barrera as a concusive puncher at lightweight but then again Willie Limond was a complete non-puncher but that was when Khan thought it was against the rules for the other guy to counterpunch.

If Khan keeps it long, I honestly can't see how he can lose this, the more I think about it.