khan v Barrera rematch poll

[Pugilistic™]

I feel with or without the cut Khan is simply too big and too fast for Barrera at this stage.

Without the cut though it would of increased Barreras chances in the fight.

[Sir Tom Jones]

If there was a rematch i have got Khan by late stoppage.

Khan would adopt his strategy of keeping on the move and hitting, eventually wearing down Barrera.

Khan would just have to worry about not getting too ****y late on and thinking he could trade with Barrera.

[Mugwump]

No disrespect intended, but I hate this cliché.

For me, it's not the fact that he beat a one-eyed, ancient fighter, nor is it the fact that he might have still won even if the cut hadn't occurred, it's how he boasted to the press afterward about "proving everybody wrong", gloating about his "win". Anyone who isn't biased can see he about performing in England again. The only way I would be prepared to do such a thing is if I could call the shots, choose the referee and judges, etc. Unfortunately, I don't think Barrera is in any kind of position to do this.

As a boxing fan and a long-time Barrera fan, I do not appreciate how he was used as fodder for a young, up-and-coming prospect to feast on in order to build a name for himself. It's a meaningless "win" and it hasn't gained Khan any respect.

As for Khan the boxer, no doubt he has talent, but in my opinion, people are putting way too much stock into someone who lacks one absolutely crucial ingredient -- a chin. I have no doubt that he will be knocked out by any decent lightweight pretty much as quickly as he is being hyped by the media and casual fans of the sport.

Not a hate post. Just callng it how I see it.

I don't think you are giving the kid a fair crack of the whip. Let us not forget that on the night of the fight Khan was no better than even money to win. Several bookmakers actually had Barerra as favourite. For an up-and-coming fighter on home soil those odds are pretty astonishing. And it wasn't just the bookies who were sceptical. Many journalists didn't fancy his chances either. Practically no one in here thought he had a prayer.

With the above in mind I think he has *every right* to claim he proved a few people wrong.

Barerra was a good opponent for someone at Khan's stage of development. I'm not going to suggest he was anywhere near the peak of his abilities. That would be ******. But he did retain a massive area of advantage that Khan couldn't similarly call upon: experience.

Experience counts for a hell of a lot in a boxing ring. Especially top-level experience in the face of someone who has little of such.

I'm not going to get involved in a long and tedious debate over the fairness of boxing officials in Britain or any other country. Bad decisions happen - everywhere.