Can Rubio Score a Knockout Over Pavlik?

rubio432557By Dave Lahr: On February 21st, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (34-1, 30 KOs) will be facing a mirror image of himself in the form of Mexican challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (43-4-1, 37 KOs) at the Chevrolet Centre, in Youngstown, Ohio. Rubio, 28, is every bit as powerful as Pavlik, and holds the potential to stop Kelly with each hand. Though Rubio isn’t well known to many casual boxing fans, he’s very much a real threat to knock Pavlik unlike Bernard Hopkins who recently embarrassed Pavlik with a lopsided 12-round decision victory in October.

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Khan Holds All The Advantages Over Barrera

khan544677By Chris Williams: In looking over lightweight Amir Khan’s March 14th fight against veteran former champion Marco Antonio Barrera, I see the decked pretty much stacked against the 35-year-old Barrera, putting him in an almost no win situations. Certainly, Barrera has the advantage in experience over the young 22-year-old Khan, and a better chin than him, but that’s really about it.

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Barrera-Khan: Look For Marco To Get Cut Early, Causing A Stoppage

barrera3535By Scott Gilfoid: For the many boxing fans that are looking forward to the lightweight showdown between former super bantamweight, featherweight and super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs) and Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round lightweight bout on March 14th, they may have to settle for seeing a fight that has a good chance of ending early due to the bad cut that the 35-year-old Barrera received between his eyes on January 31st against little known Freudis Rojas in a fight in Mexico.

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Boxing News: Barrera-Khan Fight To Go Ahead On March 14th

barrera5745464By Simon Hirst: After much speculation as to whether he could compete in his fight with Amir Khan, Barrera has now been medically cleared to fight after passing a medical examination. It was unclear as to whether Barrera would actually be able to fight after taking a fight on in his home country a mere six weeks before he was scheduled to fight Britain’s Amir Khan.

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Barrera-Khan: Marco Might Not Be Ready To Fight Until May

barrera33334By Eric Thomas: According to an article from Esto, Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs) may have to postpone his fight with British lightweight Amir Khan until May due to a bad cut that the 35-year-old Barrera received over his left eye last Saturday against scrub opponent Freudis Rojas at the Auditorio Telmex de UG, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Barrera, easily beating the inexperienced Rojas through the first two rounds, was suddenly speared by him in the 3rd, causing a big cut above Barrera’s left eye.

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Barrera – Khan fight in Doubt

barrera5355337By Simon Hirst: It appears as if there is some doubt about the Khan-Barrera fight taking place now after Barrera suffered a cut in a warm up fight in Jalisco, Mexico. The Baby Faced Assassin picked the injury up in a low key fight that was title a ‘warm up’ bout for the Amir Khan fight. The fight was against Freudis Rojas, who actually came in as a late comer as Barrera’s original opponent John Nalasco failed to turn up to the weigh in.

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Warren Stays Optimistic the Barrera-Khan Bout Will Go On

khan5575734By Sam Gregory: Promoter Frank Warren remains hopeful that Marco Antonio Barrera will be completely recovered from the injury he suffered when he was deliberately head-butted by stand-in fighter Freudis Rojas in a warm-up fight in Mexico on Saturday night. The injury was a gash above the left eye which required two stitches.

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Barrera Defeats Rojas on 3rd round Disqualification, Receives Nasty Cut

barrera4645335By Manuel Perez: Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs) received a scare on Saturday night, beating the unknown Freudis Rojas (1-8-1, 1 KOs) by a 3rd round disqualification at the Auditorio Telmex de UG, Zapopan, in Jalisco, Mexico. The bout ended in the 3rd round after Rojas was Rojas DQ’d after rushing forward, lowering his head and ramming into the face of Barrera, opening up a big cut above the left eye of Barrera.

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Khan vs. Barrera – Age before Beauty?

khan6456By Alistair Tinsley: Many boxing fans will want to know what the hell Frank Warren is doing putting his baby-faced charge against such a formidable opponent as Marco Antonio Barerra? But is it as clear cut as a 3 weight world champion crushing an inexperienced journeyman? Khan is coming off an emphatic KO loss to Breidis Prescott and an emphatic win over Osin Fagan. Barerra is coming off a decision loss to Pacman and a TKO of Ventura.

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