Khan Earns 5th Round Technical Decision Over Barrera

Amir Khan overcame Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera by a technical decison in the fifth round after the fight was stopped following a accidental clashh of heads in the 1st round

Khan, who is hoping for a shot at the WBO lightweight world title, had the upper-hand from the beginning after an accidental collision left Barrera covered in blood and clearly hampered. However, the 35-year-old Mexican, a seven times world champion at three weights, fought on bravely at Manchester’s MEN Arena against the younger, faster and sharper Khan.

The 22-year-old from Bolton, who suffered a small cut to the left eye, was fighting for redemption after his loss at the hands of Breidis Prescott six months ago in the same ring and it is fair to say the Olympic silver medallist is back with a bang. The pressure was always on Barrera as Khan used a succession of fast jabs, along with hook combinations, to keep him on the defence, but at no point did Barrera look troubled.

Throughout the fight Khan appeared to be too fast and too quick footed for the 35 Barrera, even without the cut – Barrea would have struggled to cope with hand speed shown by Khan in the 5 rounds that the fight lasted. Teaming up with Roach has undoubted improved Khan as a fight and helped to gaurd against his “glass Jaw” by working on his defensive still. Khan promoter – Frank Warren has now said that he will look to secure Khan a world title shot by the end of the year.

While having Barrera’s name on your CV is impressive, fan of Khan should not get too carried away. Barrera is 35 and fought for most of his career at the lower weight, while Barrera was unable to test Khan – because he could not catch up with. We still need to know if Khan and aviod and take the puches of a fully blown Lightweight.

Khan – Barrera Fight To Go Ahead Despite Cut

Amir Khan’s bout with Marco Antonio Barrera will go ahead as planned on 14 March, says promoter Frank Warren. There had been concerns that the fight was in jeopardy after the Mexican suffered a cut in a warm-up contest against Freudis Rojas on Saturday night. But former three-weight world champion Barrera, 35, has undergone a thorough medical examination and been given the all clear to take on Bolton’s Amir Khan on the co main event on the Manchester card. The Manchester fight could be make or break for Khan, follow his set back in losing to unknown Prescott in 1 round last year.

Barrera Cut Put Khan Fight In Doubt

Amir Khan’s planned fight with Marco Antonio Barrera is in doubt after the Mexican great suffered a cut in a warm-up bout on Saturday.You have to question the idea of having a warm up bout when the fight with Khan is only siz weeks away.The Former three-weight world champion was butted by late substitute Freudis Rojas in his home town of Jalisco, before Rojas was disqualified. So far more than 15,000 tickets have been sold for the show which is headlined by Khan and Barrera in Manchester on 14 March.

Barrera will see a doctor on Monday before deciding if he can box. “I spoke to Don King [Barrera's promoter] and he told me that hopefully it will be OK,” Khan’s promoter Frank Warren told The Times. “At the moment, we just don’t know. I am told it was a vertical gash, but we will find out more on Monday. “I did not want this fight in Mexico to happen, but I think there was pressure on him to go ahead with it. If the worst comes to the worst, we will have to push it back a couple of weeks, but we don’t want to do that.”

Amir Khan Vs Marco Antonio Barrera 14 March at Manchester’s MEN Arena

It has been annouched that Amir Khan will meet seven-time world champion and Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera on 14 March at Manchester’s MEN Arena.The 34-year-old Mexican is a former champion at three weights and has won 64 of his 71 fights. Even though Barrera has only recently moved up to this weight and look less than impressive in this previous fight. This could proved a very hard fight for Khan. Khan showed against Fagen that his gym work with Roach in the US has paid off, with a higher guard and tighter defense alround. But Barrera, even a 34 year old one is no Fagen, and if former featherweight Micheal Gomez was able to trouble Khan, then surely we can expect Barrera to really test Khan if he is able to deal with Amir’s quick and powerful attacks.

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