Was Khan on his way to clearly beating Barrera?

[Drunk Punch]

Was on the way to being an easy win for Khan. Won every round.

[ShoulderRoll]

Have you seen the fight? If you have then you know the answer.

I saw highlights at the time it happened but intend to watch the whole thing at some point.

I know that MAB as recently as 2012 was moaning about wanting a rematch because he wasn't happy with how things went down. Felt he didn't really get a chance to get started.

[Spray_resistant]

Probably but it wouldn't be a credit to his resume if he ko'd Barrera since he was a shot FW fighting at 140.

[NEETzsche]

There is no reason to discredit Khan for those reasons when the blame lies solely with a referee and Doctor who conspired to keep the fight going long enough for Khan to win a decision when the fight would have been waved off and ruled a ND if it had happened anywhere with competent and even semi-impartial officials.

The cut was awful and clearly handicapped MAB from the opening round. It was a huge size mismatch with a guy who was a giant at 135 - and is now 147 - taking on a guy who was his best at 122, was beaten clearly in his fights at 130, and was fighting a non-stiff for the first and only time at 135.

In the end when the fight was stopped the cut was no worse than when it had opened. However enough time had lapsed for Khan to get an official W and the cut was suddenly a serious problem.

Calling the whole affair a fight is actually quite a stretch - it was more of a farce. As a boxing fan you had to feel bad to see a legend like MAB getting completely railroaded for the benefit of a guy like Khan who ultimately can't hold his jockstrap as a fighter.

well said.........

[Hitman932]

He has. on many occassions previously. Apparently, Kessler was "outclassed" - Yet Khan-Barrera should have been a NC

Oh, double standards..

Posts like this are why nobody on this entire site takes your ******ed ass seriously.

[Foreign Soil]

Khan loses a lot of rounds in the second half of the fight. Khan still has amateur endurance which is why Peterson was able to come back and beat him.

You mean having the ref on his side was what made Pederson able to beat Khan.