Barrera v Khan - My Thoughts

[The Surgeon]

Khans taking him out, around the 7th or 8th, Barrera is world class at this point but NOT a pound for pounder like he used to be, less tenacious and so on, at 35 after all the things he's accomplished he CANT want it as bad as Khan, physically i make Khan the fitter, stronger, faster, taller, younger, better conditioned and the puncher, although Marco runs him close on a few of those and has FAR the better chin.

Khan will use his reach and speed to bag a few rounds while Barrera plays the waiting game, waiting for Amir to make a mistake and BAM he has em! But that wont happen it will be Khan who explodes a flurry on Barrera and puts him down

[Carlton Banks]

Willing to take bets up to 900k. I'm banned though. SO you'll have to wait until I get unbanned.

[The Surgeon]

Willing to take bets up to 900k. I'm banned though. SO you'll have to wait until I get unbanned.

Who are u like?

[Carlton Banks]

Who are u like?

[STEELHEAD]

check out my betting prop on this one if you like:

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252466

[The Surgeon]

Ah all becomes clear! lol

[Hard Chaw]

Khans taking him out, around the 7th or 8th, Barrera is world class at this point but NOT a pound for pounder like he used to be, less tenacious and so on, at 35 after all the things he's accomplished he CANT want it as bad as Khan, physically i make Khan the fitter, stronger, faster, taller, younger, better conditioned and the puncher, although Marco runs him close on a few of those and has FAR the better chin.

Khan will use his reach and speed to bag a few rounds while Barrera plays the waiting game, waiting for Amir to make a mistake and BAM he has em! But that wont happen it will be Khan who explodes a flurry on Barrera and puts him down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUD8TLRV9zY here's kahn taking out the heavy handed Willie Limond around round 7 lol

[The Surgeon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUD8TLRV9zY here's kahn taking out the heavy handed Willie Limond around round 7 lol

I know his chin is **** but the timeing is Perfect

[fight_professor]

My analysis…

Khan

He’s younger, faster, fitter and bigger but on the other hand has far less experience and can’t take a punch to save his life. He was seriously shook by a jab (the softest punch in boxing) in his 2nd to last fight and then completely knocked out 30 seconds later. Knocked out by a guy that nobody had ever heard of and still has hardly heard of since he knocked Khan out. Since that fight he’s started training with Freddy Roach, Manny Pacquiaos trainer in LA. He does look better since training with Roach but has only fought an absolute nobody in Oiseen ***en since then so we can’t really judge how much better seeing as he’s only been in the ring with a bum.

Barrera

Barrera is widely regarded as one of the best boxers of the past 20 years and ranks # 43 on ESPN's 50 Greatest Boxers Of All Time, a list Khan will never even get near. For all of you that have never heard of him he’s the guy who gave Prince Naseem Hamed his first and only ever loss and ultimately ended his career. He’s a 3 weight, 7 time world champion where as Khan has never even fought at European level, never mind world level. Barrera has lost 2 fights since 2007. These fights were against Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez who are currently 1st and 3rd on the top ten P4P list (they are regarded as the 1st and 3rd best boxers in the world at any weight). He has had 53 more fights than Khan and had his first professional fight when Khan was only 2 years old.

Conclusion

Although Khan is a good boxer he receives far too much attention for beating people nobody has ever heard of. He’s never fought anybody worth noting where as Barrera has been fighting the very best in the world for the past ten years. Even though Barrera is 35 and obviously coming towards the end of his career he should still be far too good for Khan seeing as Khan has never been in the ring with anybody even half as good as him. He’s knocked out more than twice as many people as Khan has fought!

If Barrera is even 50% as good as he was when he was younger then it should be enough to beat Khan. He’s a better boxer, smarter, more durable, more experienced and simply won’t make the mistakes that the rest of Khans lower level opponents make. He will also capitalize on every single mistake Khan makes. Add that to the fact that Khan can’t take a punch and very often leaves himself open I can only see one outcome.

Barrera to win by KO.

I hope Khan wins, but opted for MAB in the picks thread. I waged 5k on Khan more out of hope then conscious thinking. This isnt real money ofcourse, so its easy to bet on a wing and a prayer.

[The Surgeon]

I hope Khan wins, but opted for MAB in the picks thread. I waged 5k on Khan more out of hope then conscious thinking. This isnt real money ofcourse, so its easy to bet on a wing and a prayer.

Imma drop £30 on Khan and considering how unbelievably broke i am thats big bucks lol