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The fight was a big thing for both parties.
For Khan, it was an opportunity to show the world if he had the ability to stand up to someone who knows the ring like the back of his hand.
For Barerra it was an opportunity to show the world that he can still fight.
However NEITHER fighter was able to prove ANYTHING AT ALL!
NOTHING!
We saw nothing in that fight. Okay yes was saw hand speed, but Khan has had that since forever. What's new that we didn't know? Seriously, ask yourselves some questions here when we look at the outcome of the fight.
Did Khan break Barerra down till he couldn't hold his hands up any longer and the ref had to stop the fight? No.
Did Khan beat Barerra so bad he was knocked out? No.
Did Khan consistently hurt Barerra at any time in the fight? No. (Even the commentators who thought Khan hurt Barerra had to correct themselves and say it was the clash that Barerra was wincing over).
Did Khan beat Barerras face so bad he got a serious cut that ended the fight? No.
So someone tell me what Khan achieved that is so monumental? The fight was a load of ****. NO REAL boxing fan should be happy about the way that fight went, only fanboys, which is what you'd expect. Can you imagine what people would say if it was Khan who got that cut? They would have NEVER let it go on for 5 rounds.
Now...to those who say the cut meant nothing because Khan was dominating Barerra etc.
When the ref/doc tells you they might stop the fight because of a cut you got from a clash of heads in round ONE, where do you go from there? Where does your strategy go?
Barerra was the smaller, shorter armed guy who really NEEDED to get inside to get to work on Khan. When you have a cut that is ALREADY so bad that the fight could be stopped, getting inside is suicide.
You cant go in first with your head because any rub/knock on a glove/arm/chest could **** your cut up even more and with the gash that Barerra had, getting inside would've shortened the time he had in the ring even more. (You can see evidence of this at the time when the fight was actually stopped as barerra had his head inside and was in khans arms. When he emerged with blood all over his face, the ref became weary and called him over to the doc and the fight was stopped.)
Instead he opted to try and stay outside and box/potshot from the outside against a faster, longer armed, taller opponent..............all with only his right eye to see out of for 90% of the fight......
Noone should be surprised that it didn't work .
The thing that really sickens me, is not the fighters (you can't blame either boxer for the cut that stopped the fight), but the commentators and peoples attitude towards it.
They were talking like Khan pulled off a really big win. Yes he looked good (against someone with one eye for 90% of the time lol), but what part of that contributed to his win? Not one part of his effort in training, or in the ring contributed to it.
It sickens me that people are looking at this like Khan pulled a number on Barerra. I'm hardly a big fan of either fighter (so don't bother with the sour g****s arguement), but I knew there was potential for a real big fight and I was extremely excited about viewing it, but it never happened.
If I was Khan, there's no way I'd be fully satisfied with that win.
As a boxer, there's no way I'd be fully satisfied with that win.
As a boxing fan, there's no way I'd be fully satisfied with that win, and I'm not.
That is all.
Wow lots of words lol.
For Khan, it was an opportunity to show the world if he had the ability to stand up to someone who knows the ring like the back of his hand.
For Barerra it was an opportunity to show the world that he can still fight.
However NEITHER fighter was able to prove ANYTHING AT ALL!
NOTHING!
We saw nothing in that fight. Okay yes was saw hand speed, but Khan has had that since forever. What's new that we didn't know? Seriously, ask yourselves some questions here when we look at the outcome of the fight.
Did Khan break Barerra down till he couldn't hold his hands up any longer and the ref had to stop the fight? No.
Did Khan beat Barerra so bad he was knocked out? No.
Did Khan consistently hurt Barerra at any time in the fight? No. (Even the commentators who thought Khan hurt Barerra had to correct themselves and say it was the clash that Barerra was wincing over).
Did Khan beat Barerras face so bad he got a serious cut that ended the fight? No.
So someone tell me what Khan achieved that is so monumental? The fight was a load of ****. NO REAL boxing fan should be happy about the way that fight went, only fanboys, which is what you'd expect. Can you imagine what people would say if it was Khan who got that cut? They would have NEVER let it go on for 5 rounds.
Now...to those who say the cut meant nothing because Khan was dominating Barerra etc.
When the ref/doc tells you they might stop the fight because of a cut you got from a clash of heads in round ONE, where do you go from there? Where does your strategy go?
Barerra was the smaller, shorter armed guy who really NEEDED to get inside to get to work on Khan. When you have a cut that is ALREADY so bad that the fight could be stopped, getting inside is suicide.
You cant go in first with your head because any rub/knock on a glove/arm/chest could **** your cut up even more and with the gash that Barerra had, getting inside would've shortened the time he had in the ring even more. (You can see evidence of this at the time when the fight was actually stopped as barerra had his head inside and was in khans arms. When he emerged with blood all over his face, the ref became weary and called him over to the doc and the fight was stopped.)
Instead he opted to try and stay outside and box/potshot from the outside against a faster, longer armed, taller opponent..............all with only his right eye to see out of for 90% of the fight......
Noone should be surprised that it didn't work .
The thing that really sickens me, is not the fighters (you can't blame either boxer for the cut that stopped the fight), but the commentators and peoples attitude towards it.
They were talking like Khan pulled off a really big win. Yes he looked good (against someone with one eye for 90% of the time lol), but what part of that contributed to his win? Not one part of his effort in training, or in the ring contributed to it.
It sickens me that people are looking at this like Khan pulled a number on Barerra. I'm hardly a big fan of either fighter (so don't bother with the sour g****s arguement), but I knew there was potential for a real big fight and I was extremely excited about viewing it, but it never happened.
If I was Khan, there's no way I'd be fully satisfied with that win.
As a boxer, there's no way I'd be fully satisfied with that win.
As a boxing fan, there's no way I'd be fully satisfied with that win, and I'm not.
That is all.
Wow lots of words lol.
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