At first glance Barrera by KO was my first thought. However, after thinking about it, it must have been Roach that instigated this one. No way would Warren have risked it unless he had been assured by Roach that Khan would win. So on second thoughts, Khan wide UD and a brilliant marketing strategy to get a future HOF name on his resume.
I cant see any other outcome than Khan getting battered, unless the khan camp knows something that the rest of us dont. Khan is gonna be much bigger but Barrera wont crumble. I am gonna say Barrera by 8th round KO after dominating.
Roach must be confident that he has improved Khan's defence sufficiently so that he doesn't get hit flush. He can use his speed to avoid punches as well as throwing them. Roach obviously believes that MAB can't hit him. Still a bit of a risk thought. If he loses this he's lumped into the Fraudley category.
wow barrera is getting old now, but if he has anything left in the tank he will KO Khan. barrera's skills are superb Its a 50/50 fight as of now just because barrera is getting old..
Too much too soon for Amir! Plain and simple. Yes...he should do alright under freddie but he hasn't been with Freddie long enough to have everything he needed to work on STICK. Many people are writting off MAB for no good reason at all. He IMO beat JMM...and if you think otherwise there is no question the fight was VERY close. I like Amir...I think he has a great future, BUT WHY move him into a fight with Marco after is first KO loss?:huh Warran has got to be one of the worse promoters in the history of the sport. MAB ends this fight for Kahn early. i just hope we see Amir show some improvments from his prior fights.
why are some people slating khan saying he'll get battered. he won't, not sayin he'll win tho. barrera is older, and has been in a lot of wars and khan has only been in one half war. at least he's fighting a name, it shows balls instead of fighting people like the guy he beat in his last fight. give both guys some credit and anticipate a great fight!
Will be competitive early on as Mab is aged, slower and smaller than Khan, but Mab is too accurate not to catch Khan at some point and Amir's lack of resilience will cost him dear. Real sink or swim fight for Khan and a good fight for boxing fans.
I pick Khan by decision. I feel Khan's defense and recklessness must have been at least a little fixed by now, enough so a fight of his does not end by ko in first round at least. If this problem is fixed as I think it is I favor Khan mostly on youth and speed. Barrera is still a highly skilled boxer but after watching Pac buzz around him in their last fight I feel Barrera has no answer for high speed boxing, although Khan is a lot more orthodox in his attack. Khan at his best should win this pretty easily. Khan at his worst, well, we've all seen that too. I'm hoping this kid has learned from his Prescott experience not to be such a cocky ******* and to take his time.
There is NOTHING Roach can do for Khan's abysmal Glass Jaw. Not a damn thing. Khan is going to get brutally KOed again.
i think this will be khans night 1 hes faster than barrera 2 hes more powerful than barrera 3 hes got a longer reach than barrera 4 barrera last stoppage 2005 5 Roach and pacman know his style inside out 6 at 34 hes seen better days 7 khans a bigger frame so barrera aint gonna back khan up