Khan vs Barrera

By Jim Dower: In news that doesn’t shock me one bit, British lightweight Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KOs) isn’t interested in fighting Marco Antonio Barrera (65-7, 43 KOs) again. This after beating the former super featherweight champion Barrera by a 5th round technical decision on March 14th, a fight in which Barrera was cut badly [...]

By Zubair Ali: Commonwealth lightweight champion Amir Khan is not resting on his laurels after his fifth round technical decision victory over Marco Antonio Barrera. A deep cut suffered by Barrera caused the referee to bring proceedings to a halt. The fight went to the judge’s scorecards where Khan was unanimously declared the winner.

By Chris Williams: Lightweight Amir Khan’s (20-1, 15 KOs) 5th round stoppage victory over former boxing great Marco Antonio Barrera (65-7, 43 KOs) on March 14th at the M.E.N Arena on March 14 in Manchester, England, is looking more and more tainted by the day. Though Khan won apparently in a convincing manner, Barrera was [...]

By William Mackay: Freddie Roach still sees lightweight Amir Khan as a future champion, but it looks as if he’s going to take a slower approach and wait two or three fights before possibly throwing Khan to the wolves and putting him in with a top fighter in a world title fight. In the meantime, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Maybe I’m one of the few writers that see Amir Khan’s (20-1, 16 KOs) 5th round stoppage win over the cut up Marco Antonio Barrera (65-7, 43 KOs) as being an empty one, because the victory was an empty gesture. Khan was faster and better than Barrera, showing that he could beat [...]

12 Rounds – WBA International & WBO Inter–Continental Lightweight Titles AMIR KHAN, Bolton, England, 19-1 (15 KOs), 134 ½ lbs. vs. “Baby Faced Assassin” MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA, Mexico City, Mexico, 65-6 (42 KOs), 135 lbs.

By Sean McDaniel: Whether lightweight Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) realizes it or not, he probably stands more to lose if things go wrong for him on Saturday night against Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs). After all, Khan is 22, at the start of his career and still is hoping to make a name [...]

One of Britain’s most popular fighters, Jamie Moore, mounted a supercharged performance this past Friday, taking the vacant European light middleweight title in riveting fashion with a third round knockout of former IBF welterweight champion Michele Piccirillo at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on a Frank Maloney promotion televised live by Sky Sports.

Boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter and 2008 Fighter of the Year MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO will be honored and celebrated by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the southern California Filipino community Tomorrow! Saturday, March 7 in Historic Filipino Town (3200 Temple Street, Los Angeles, Calif. 90026 – at Temple and Robinson Streets). Mayor Villaraigosa is [...]

The 12-round main event March 14th between 22-year-old lightweight prospect Amir Khan and Hall of Fame bound multiple world champion, “The Baby Faced Assassin” Marco Antonio Barrera, shapes up as a potential classic at The M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Integrated Sports will distribute a world-class pay-per-view card, headlined by Amir Khan versus “The Baby Faced Assassin” Marco Antonio Barrera, Saturday, March 14 live from The M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom.

By 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 [...]

By 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 [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Lightweight Amir Khan’s fight March 14th fight with seven-time world champion Marco Antonio Barrera is selling incredibly well, fans already having purchased two-thirds of the 20,000 tickets in just a few days for the that’s to take place at the M.E.N. Arena in Lancashire. It’s rather surprising given Khan’s disastrous failure in [...]

Lightweight boxer Jon Thaxton has described Amir Khan’s upcoming bout against seven time world champion Marco Antonio Barrera as “a fantastic bit of match making”. Khan takes on Barrera at Manchester’s MEN Arena on Saturday 14th March. But Thaxton questioned what Khan had done to get such a high profile opponent. Speaking to Steve Bunce [...]