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WTF you on about? Barrera looked GOOD before the cut. Go and watch the first 1 an a half minutes of the first round - Barrera was NOT troubled by Khan. There needs 2 be a rematch but it won't happen because both Khan and Warren know they have gotten away with murder and are hiding behind media hype.
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Not robbed.
Everyone knows the cut stopped the fight, not Khan.
Thats just boxing.
Not sure why u have that sig of Khan getting hit. Makes u look like ur just biased.Comment
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Exactly.
Before the cut, Khan was looking good, but Barerra was still making rushes on the inside and hooking away to Khans body and head at times and you can see that he never really felt any of Khans punches so it irks me a bit when people keep suggesting that Khan was all over Barerra before the cut.
Only IMMEDIATELY AFTER the cut (having his head gashed open) did Barerra EVER go to the ropes and cover up, leaving Khan free to pile on flashy looking combos with no weight behind them and win the crowd over.
Just because a boxer says he wants to continue means absolutely NOTHING. Barerra couldn't see the cut. The ref and the doctor could see the cut.
The ref and doc are there to PROTECT boxers who shouldn't or cant continue to box and neither of them remembered to do their job and stop the fight (on a cut that the cornerman said he could see bone when he tried to close it) until 40 seconds after the fight could officially be given to Khan.........hrmmmm.......
Obviously a coincidence right?
Sure give him an extra round or two to try and go for the quick knockout or something, but make a respected warrior suffer with his pride (Barerra wouldn't quit himself, he needed them to do it for him.....he needed them to DO THEIR JOB) for almost half the fight with a cut that bad just so Khan could win?
That is pure bull**** any way you look at it.Last edited by GrizzleBoy; 03-17-2009, 04:45 AM.Comment
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People are complaining because the fight wasn't stopped before the 4th.
Correct me if i'm wrong but didn't Barrera say he wanted to continue when the ref stopped the action in the 4th round ?
The fight not being stopped before the 4th round is Barrera's fault.....no one elses.Comment
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Fighters pride. Do you know what that is?
Barerra wouldn't quit on his own, because this was a BIG fight for him and I know in his heart he would've been upset to end it on cuts.
At the end of the day, when you have one of the WORST CUTS most people have ever seen that is showing BONE, it's not up to the boxer, its up to the damn ref or doctor to do their job and protect the fighter.
Any kind of doc/ref with experience/a brain could see that the cut was not going to heal and should NEVER have gone five rounds, REGARDLESS of what the boxer says.
It's even ******ed that they even waiting so long as the fourth round to look at it again.Last edited by GrizzleBoy; 03-17-2009, 04:50 AM.Comment
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But the whole half a minute between the forth round an when the fight was stopped changed Barreras mind? Not likey. Didnt Barrera say in the post fight interview it should have been stopped int he 1st?
Of course Barrera wanted to fight on, he, like everyone else who knows a hype job when they see it, knew he could beat Barrera. But the ref stopped it. And in the 5th when it couldnt be called a no contest. Sorry man but your statement is verging on sheer ignorance.Comment
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It's not even that man.
It doesn't matter what the boxer says, the ref and specifically the doc are there to protect a fighter who should no longer be in the ring.
If fights weren't stopped because the fighter says he wants to go on even when it's obvious he shouldn't, there would be no such thing as a technical knockout.
Neither the ref, nor the doc did their job.
Straight up, end of.Comment
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