Shocking News: Khan vs Barrera!
January 15th, 2009
By Simon Hirst: Frank Warren seems to have pulled a rabbit out of the hat in landing Lightweight prospect Amir Khan a huge fight against former three-weight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera. This is a huge fight for a fighter coming off a shock first round knockout some six months ago.
The Mexican, who is scheduled to fight Nate Campbell later this year, has a wealth of experience after a trilogy with Erik Morales and his two fights with Manny Pacquaio. He is also famous for being the first man to beat Britain’s own Prince Naseem Hamed. Of course, he is not the same fighter as these wars have took a lot out of him, but he should still prove to be a tough opponent for Amir Khan.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Amir’s promoter Frank Warren said “This is a huge step up for Amir who had some serious thoughts about it. The discussions over the fight finished at 4am this morning.
“It’s a big fight for Amir who has been champing at the bit. This is the right fight for Amir at this stage of his career.
“I believe it will bring out the best in him. This puts him well and truly on the world stage.”
The fight could have come at a crucial time for Khan with Barrera aging, not being a big puncher and with trainer Freddie Roach, who also trains Pacquaio, they have the blue print on how to beat Barrera. Whether this would affect Barrera’s title challenge or simply be turned into an official elimator against Campbell remains to be seen.
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Bredis Prescott, why not fight him again?
LOLZ take that you haters. Khan destroyed Barerra!
Its either make or brake for khan… well i hope u make it… go get the kings crown boi
Like Nasseeem, the old warrior will give Amir a boxing lesson.To go the distance with the master will be hard work for Khan so i reckon a late finish but a win for Barrera .
If khan wins he’ll be the best thing ever. If he loses it’ll be against one of the greatest ever. Unless khan gets blasted out early he can’t lose. Its a gamble but i’ll take barrera tko late rounds or points. Khan will fade after 6 rounds he should’ve showed some heart and went back in with Prescott for a rematch instead of running like the lil girl he is.
man so meany ppl dislike khan is gr8 …i hope barrera TKO,S khan afther knockin him bout 4 5rd,s anthn khan should quick over rated bum
FAIR PLY KAHN STEPD UP AN TOCK THE FIGHT …HE STILL GUNNER LOSES BY KNOCK OUT
LOOK AT WHO HES FOUGHT NOBODYS
KAHN LOSES ON MARCH 14TH THY IS NO POINT HIM FIGHTIN ANY MORE ……..HOPE KAHN GET,S KNOCKED OUT IN UNDER 54…
Hi,
I hope Barerra knocks his BLOCK OFF – this is obviously a marketing excercise to try and get Khan up the ladder quickly by putting him the ring with one of the world greatest who everyone knows, is not his best anymore due to his age. I really hope Khan loses and then learns to get up the ranks like every other boxer. Go Barrera!
If Khan wins this Prince Naseem Ahmed will look stupid and Khan will get his name. But if he loses that will be his second loss n most probably hell look stupid
khan is agood fighter but ay good a nuf even now agenst barrera , barrera is in my books the best fighter eva livd if he was younger he would have beaten Pacquiao , khan youv got your work cut out for u good luk u will ned it
if a past his best michael gomez can give khan problems, a past his best barrea can
If khan gets hit he will lose and come on the chances of him getting hit are very high.
Khan is mad. He takes on a load of nobodys and then takes on one of the best boxers ever. He took on presscott and lost, who was prescott. Khan’s gonna get a good old fashioned beating and he’ll never get a chance at a title.
Berrera is gonna kill Khn.Battle tested or not.Berrera has taken alot of time off since those battles.Khan is no match.Berrera by TKO round 6.
Come on Kahn!
wow
i honestly didn’t expect this to be fair. i thought that khan would prehaps fight 2-3 “lower” opponents before taking a fight like this. can he win? i’m not sure. barrera is very ring wise but if he can pull it off then we should see khan challenging for a world title in the next year and would give him a huge confidence boost as well as much more. should be a great fight.
Cant critisce Khan for taking this one, even if Barrera ain’t what he once was. However Khan has to slow down the pace for this one, as Marco will always have his experience and he’s not the kind of fighter you want to get tired against. Still I just see him landing a few decent shots eventually and taking Khan out. Good fight for the fans though.