Khan vs. Barrera - Official Protest is Filed By Don King

[mathed]

That punch looked like it hurt too, I think he came close to knocking himself out. Hahahaha, I think Tyson furry will end up koing himself one of these days and making himself look like a bigger joke then tye fields. It clearly shows that if you block his punches, he might accidently slide off your gloves and KO himself.

Yeah , I saw it and thought it was quite a funny gif,especially sice it is a real scene and not something fabricated...good stuff!

[Dave Rado]

I'm making assumptions but then so are you. And mine are backed up by events on the night. While no doubt hampered, I saw enough to see exactly why Warren put Khan in with Barrera - he knew.

I have made no assumptions whatsoever - did you even read my post??? I think Khan would probably have won and I bet almost all my points on him winning, but the fact is, you can't possibly say you know what would have happened if the injury hadn't happened, based on less that one round. Lots of pressure fighters have lost the first few rounds against a faster fighter by a big margin but gone on to win the fight.

The fact is, we don't know any more now than we knew before the fight took place (other than the fact that Khan has clearly improved a lot under Roach). To pretend otherwise is delusional.

Khan needs to pass the sort of test that an uninjured Barrera could have given him over 12 rounds, at this stage of his career; so a rematch would be good for him in the long run.

And it should clearly have been a NC, so Barrera deserves a rematch.

[Pullcounter]

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.—Promoter Don King has filed a protest with the British Boxing Board of Control, World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association on behalf of Marco Antonio Barrera claiming his accidental clash of heads with Amir Khan during the first round of their match should have resulted in the fight being ruled no contest. [details]

this is all for show and part of promoting Mab post-Khan.

he's doing this to give Mab some credibiility.

[mrbigshot]

Also, fans in the UK are lucky to have Ian Darke and Jim Watt on Sky.

WHY????

they are the worst commentators ever i would rather have HBO or SHOWTIME

darke and watt and setanta commentators ruin my enjoyment of boxing seriously?????

thats why i download the HBO versions or showtime versions i just cant stand them

[alembic]

@mrbigshot, I don't think Darke and Watt have any less bias than other tandems in America but they present a good blend of excitement and analytical content.

In America, I like Al Bernstein for his straight up analysis and (believe it or not) Larry Merchant for not being a yes-man to his colleagues. He's also willing to ask tough questions after the fights.

What puts you off about Darke and Watt?

[mrlopez]

Khan won because of a ref and doctor who never done their job properly, simple as that. If it was Khans fists that made the cut there would be no argument. Barrera got stitched up.



Plenty of brits also thought it was a joke! Myself included.

I admit that Khan was winning the fight, my thing is the quality and timing of the stoppage....

[SceneSpectator!]

If the decision is to stop the fight, it should had been stopped as early as when the cut got by barrera, not in he 5th round to where the public blasting the decision by intentionaly favoring Khan, or not in the 4th round to avoid speculations of just salvaging barrera's defeat by intentionally not going to 5th round. But if you were the doctor knowing that barrera wont die on that cut but would be possibly enough to stop the fight, and asked the opinion of the boxer concerned, and he think and felt he could still fight and does not want to stop the fight, would you dare stopping the fight considering that you know how important this fight to both fighters? The kind of Barrera would blame you to the utmost by boasting he would have been win on the fight if not being stopped in the very first round! and don king would sue you the same because of this premature stopping!

[jetgeomcx]

fragile

I vehemently agree that the fyt should have been stopped early. But that is moot and academic now. They can order a rematch but Barrera can get cut again, by legitimate punches. He gets cut easily now he can be labeled “Fragile – handle with care”. For the nth time I’d say Marco Antonio “Baby Faced Assassin” Barrera should hang those gloves up. Thank you for your contributions to the sport. The boxing world salutes you! You are one of a kind, we admire your bravery. Don’t let Don King use you more..…..it’s not worth it.

[BOLLOCKS]

What's with all the fuzz about this little thing ?