Barrera“I will beat Khan, I’m still a much better fighter than he is".

He won't be first old fighter to overestimate how much he has left in the tank.

 

http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,13841_5008908,00.html

This was a pleasing read. Hopefully Barrera really is looking good in sparring and is motivated. If so Khan is in a lot of trouble.

 

I still fancy Khan early but the fight I can't get out of my head is how Gomez managed to weather the storm, get to Khan and had him in real trouble. If Gomez can do it, you'd have to think even an on the slide MAB can do it.

 

Thanks for the link :good

I initially picked Khan but as we get closer to the fight I'm leaning more and more towards Barrera. He seems focussed and really wants to win this.

 

We're going to have to have a "Nail your colours to the mast" type thread on this nearer fight time. Every ****ers hedging their picks like crazy (inc me!!!).

 

ill make my final prediction come fight night.
Right now im going with khan.

 

barrera all the way!!

nah, khan will **** on him. Then unify all the belts

 

You da man Baileys.

 

when i first heard of this match-up i thought someone was spinning the press,,,,and then as it became reality ,all 'prescott' thoughts vanished!!
when he disposes of barrera,and i seriously feel he can,(,right time for him to face a fading barrera):yep
that is the easier part of the deal,
may god be with him when he steps in against marquez in his supposed next fight !!!!!!--he will find out about himself then.....

 

I will be gutted if Barrera is the 1st Mexican born fighter to win 4 titles in 4 different weights, especially after Morales being denied the honour when he beat Diaz, I hope Kahn wins this one big but I think Barrera might still be too much for him, hard one to call.
If Kahn wins, it will surely deny MAB a shot vs one of these very beatable LWT champions (Marquez not included.)

 

So many things which can change the outcome of this fight. Many have already said 'MAB could be shot/on the slide', is Amir's defence going to have improved enough to stay away from MAB's power shots for long enough??
To be honest as long as Khan doesn't stick his chin out and his head back like in the Prescott/Limond/Gomes fights he should be ok chin wise. You could see an immediate improvement in the ***in fight and that should be improved further still.

I see a cautious start from both with Khan just taking the early rounds before things start to open up a bit. Then what happens next is dependant on the 'intagiables' - Khans defence and MAB's fitness etc...very difficult to predict but I am going to go for a MAB win by TKO in the 9th Round of a pulsating fight.

Can't foooking wait!!

 

I'll go for Kahn, but there's no way I'm discounting Barrera. In fact I think Barrera might win.

 

:good Yup, thats what I'm talking about....

 

I can't wait for this fight ..it's a 55-45 fight IMO
Khan being a slight favourite

 

I had a dream last night that barrera gets a little shaken in the first before stopping khan on a cut at the end of the second after badly shaking him!