Barrera-Khan surgery..... let look at the FACTS and OPINIONS

That was one of the fights I remember, even then he stunned him first and then finished him off (it wasn't a "100% one punch KO", even though I would say that Fana would probably have been gone from the first shot and Marco just put an exclamation mark on things).

Barrera can hurt Khan and stop him, of course...so could Ivan Calderon; I was just saying that Khan has to be seen as the puncher in the fight, ie: he throws a more powerful punch than Barrera. I don't think that can be argued with.

 

Fana fight:

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Stunned Fana with the right, then moved in and finished him with another right.

 

Now that I have had the time to think about the fight, Khan is going to go down in history as the man to retire MAB and maybe even stop him in the first half of the fight via a towel being thrown in the ring by the MAB camp when Khan gets him in a crazy fast combo.

 

Give Darni time Jeff, he'll have to wiki that name first to find out what you are talking about.

 

This is my worst fear. A shot to bits MAB being embarrassed by Khan but refusing to go down.

 

MAB is no Grover Wiley. Barrera is much better than Khan fighting part-time boxers like ***an.

 

The reason this fight was made is simple, Khan lost alot of credibility with the Prescott loss, mainly because of the hype machine going into overdrive on every outing Khan had. So to have this 'myth' machine destroyed in 54 seconds was like blowing up the Deathstar in Star Wars.



And so onto Barrera, at first glance it seemed a good and surprising match-up, but true boxing fans know that Barrera's best years are behind him, and the fight is being sold on the Barrera name hoping that will hide the fading talent that made him a legend in the sport.

Khan has a consistant boxing cv which consists of fighting boxers of lighter weight groups or 'named' fighters well past their best, if boxing is in decline it's because if these kinds of match-up's. I would much rather hear 'it should be a 50/50 fight as both boxers are in their prime', but that appears to be wishful thinking, while the word 'legend' is heard all to frequently to sell past champions to the point where they become stepping stones for boxers afraid to take the 'real' fights.

 

He's not comparing Barrera to Grover Wiley...if you know the backstory to the JCC - Wiley fight you should realise what Jeff is getting at.

 

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atsch He was referring to Wiley making an ancient JCC retire.

 

Sorry i have not seen that fight.

 

Its nothing special; not really worth a watch in itself (as a boxing spectacle), but a significant fight.

Julio Cesar Chavez (Mexican legend) was retired by Grover Wiley (a journeyman fighter).

What Jeff was trying to get at, I think, was that Khan will not get buckets of praise if he beats a Chavez-esque version of Barrera (another Mexican legend), just like Wiley doesn't for his victory (it was just a shot Chavez he fought - used to be a great fighter, but well past his best by that stage).