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Updated: March 26, 2009, 11:21 AM ET
King: Fight should've been no contest
LONDON -- Promoter Don King filed a protest over Marco Antonio Barrera's loss to Amir Khan, saying the lightweight bout should have been declared a no-contest after their accidental early clash of heads.
Khan won the March 14 fight in Manchester after the ring doctor stopped the contest in the fifth round.
"Amir Khan is in possession of a tainted victory," King said Thursday in a statement. "The referee and doctor should have stopped the fight immediately after that incredible, accidental clash of heads."
Barrera sustained a huge cut on the left side of his head during the second minute of the fight when the two boxers ****** heads. Blood spilled into his left eye through the remaining rounds.
Had the fight been stopped in the fourth round it would have been declared a no-contest, triggering a rematch.
King filed his complaint with the British Boxing Board of Control, World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association.
"That they allowed the fight to continue with Barrera competing at a huge disadvantage goes against everything that's designed to protect the health and safety of boxers, the good of the sport and uphold the traditions emanating from the Marquis of Queensbury rules," King said.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
King: Fight should've been no contest
LONDON -- Promoter Don King filed a protest over Marco Antonio Barrera's loss to Amir Khan, saying the lightweight bout should have been declared a no-contest after their accidental early clash of heads.
Khan won the March 14 fight in Manchester after the ring doctor stopped the contest in the fifth round.
"Amir Khan is in possession of a tainted victory," King said Thursday in a statement. "The referee and doctor should have stopped the fight immediately after that incredible, accidental clash of heads."
Barrera sustained a huge cut on the left side of his head during the second minute of the fight when the two boxers ****** heads. Blood spilled into his left eye through the remaining rounds.
Had the fight been stopped in the fourth round it would have been declared a no-contest, triggering a rematch.
King filed his complaint with the British Boxing Board of Control, World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association.
"That they allowed the fight to continue with Barrera competing at a huge disadvantage goes against everything that's designed to protect the health and safety of boxers, the good of the sport and uphold the traditions emanating from the Marquis of Queensbury rules," King said.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
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