Barrera vs. Khan

By Sean McDaniel: Yesterday, the British Boxing Board of Control and the WBO ruled that the results of March 14th bout between lightweights Amir Khan vs. Marco Antonio Barrera stands, which saw Khan win the fight by a 5th round technical decision. Barrera, 35, was cut high on his scalp near his hairline in the [...]

By Dave Lahr: As expected, boxing great Marco Antonio Barrera (65-7, 43 KOs) won’t be getting a rematch with British lightweight Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KOs) after the WBO rejected the protest that Barrera’s promoter Don King submitted to them following the defeat.

By Jim Dower: In looking back at least week’s lightweight clash between Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KOs) and Marco Antonio Barrera (65-7, 43 KOs) at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, it seems more than a little unfair to Barrera that the fight wasn’t stopped in the first two rounds after a huge cut was opened up [...]

By Zubair Ali: Mexico is a most proud nation with boxers seemingly born to fight. Marco Antonio Barrera is just one of many legendary fighters to have emerged from the country such as Salvador Sanchez, Ruben Olivares, Ricardo Lopez and of course the amazing Julio Cesar Chavez. As an amateur, Barrera amassed an impressive record [...]

By Zubair Ali: After his 5th round technical decision victory over modern day legend Marco Antonio Barrera, Amir Khan catapulted himself onto the world stage. In a fight that many believed was a genuine 50-50, Khan produced an exceptional performance against the ageing Barrera. Khan dominated from the opening bell, with a clash of heads [...]

By Matt Stein: Moments after Saturday’s fight between Amir Khan (20-1, 16 KOs) and Marco Antonio Barrera (65-7, 43 KOs) at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach said “He’s [Khan] maturing now; maturing more and more. He’ll be my next world champion for sure.” Khan, 22, had just finished dominating the 35-year-old [...]

By John Wight: One of the most exciting and compelling aspects to the sport of boxing is the manner in which one fight can completely change a fighter’s fortunes, turning an up and coming fighter with potential into a genuine contender or conversely ending the illustrious career of former world champions, legends even.

By Dave Lahr: Make no mistake about it, Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs) will be coming to fight hard on Saturday night and unless lightweight Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) brings his A-game, he might find himself on the canvas with his career in utter shambles. However, my guess is that Khan’s trainer Freddie [...]

By William Mackay: This Saturday night, Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) has a lot riding on the line when he meets up with former three time champion Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs) in a lightweight bout at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, Lancashire. At 22, Khan has a lot to lose in this fight, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Three-time world champion Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6. 43 KOs) is predicting not only that he’ll beat Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) this Saturday night at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, but it will be even easier than his victory over British boxing great Naseem Hamed, who Barrera defeated by a lopsided 12-round [...]

By Jason Sardelis: Marco Antonio Barrera “The Baby Faced Assassin” comes into this fight with as much to prove as any of his previous title fights. The motivation here is the title but with a little twist. Barrera wants Khan for no other reason except, Khan has a belt. Amir Khan 19-1, 15 Ko’s, the [...]

Marco “Captain” Huck (24-1, 19 KOs) will return to the ring in May to defend his European cruiserweight title against former world champion Firat Arslan (29-4, 18 KOs). Team Sauerland won today´s purse bid in Rome with an offer of 514,000 euros. “We are delighted that Marco will defend his title on a Sauerland show,” [...]

Amir Khan has been receiving tips on how to defeat Marco Antonio Barrera from Manny Pacquiao, he today revealed. Khan takes on Barrera at the MEN Arena in Manchester next weekend, and who better to turn to for advice than Pacquiao, who has defeated Barrera on two occasions. Speaking to Setanta Sports News Khan said:

Amir Khan has vowed to end the career of Marco Antonio Barrera on March 14 in Manchester. The legendary Mexican has claimed that Khan is nothing special – and has promised to school him like he did Naseem Hamed at the start of the Millennium.

By Dave Lahr: Normally, I wouldn’t advise two otherwise quality fighters to retire after a loss, but in this case one of them definitely needs to hang the gloves permanently. Heck, even with a win in this fight, the victor has a huge uphill climb if they ever want to win a title in the [...]

Light-middleweights Bradley Pryce and Matthew Hall have vowed to steal the show on March 14 at the M.E.N Arena. And although they are up against a blockbuster fight card featuring Khan-Barrera, Cook-Martinez and Maccarinelli-Afolabi, the 154-pound KO artists reckon they can do it.

By Eric Thomas: According to The Sun, promoter Frank Warren is hoping that the World Boxing Organization (WBO) will sanction the March 14th lightweight battle between Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) and Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs) and make the now vacant title be on the line on that night. Certainly, Barrera, who’s ranked [...]

By 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 [...]

By 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 [...]

By 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, [...]

By 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.

By Jason Kim: I really think Amir Khan is a great fighter and has loads of potential in boxing. But I question whether he has the chin to get the job done against former six-time champion Marco Antonio Barrera on March 14th at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, Lancashire. There’s a big difference from being [...]

By Chris Williams: While Amir Khan (19-01, 15 KOs) has caught quite a bit of flake lately for choosing to take on a fighter as accomplished as Marco Antonio Barrera (64-6, 43 KOs) for a bout on March 14th, the same question in reverse could be put to Barrera. What on Earth is he thinking [...]