Barrera-Khan fight may be in jeopardy

by CRAZEDANG1280 on Feb 1, 2009 5:55 PM EST

Barrera suffered a serious cut in his fight last night:

Ring legend Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs) won by third round disqualification over emergency replacement Freudis Rojas (1-8-1) on Saturday night at the Auditorio Telmex de la UG in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Rojas was DQ’d for a headbutt which left Barrera with a bad gash over his left eye. The cut could jeopardize Barrera’s scheduled March 14 clash against Amir Khan in Manchester, England. Barrera was originally slated to face John Nolasco on Saturday night, but Nolasco didn’t show up at the weigh-in, so Marco Antonio was pressed into facing Rojas, whom he knew absolutely nothing about.

HT: Fight News

UPDATE by SC:

The Daily Mail reports that Khan has "been assured" his fight with Barrera is still on, though I don't know how you could guarantee that right now:

Amir Khan has been assured his fight against Marco Antonio Barrera on March 14 is still on despite the Mexican suffering a cut above his left eye on Saturday.

Barrera was butted by Freudis Rojas in a non-title bout in Mexico and initial reports said the cut would need stitches, ruling out a clash with Khan in Manchester next month.

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Watching Manny Pacquiao fight live--great...
Watching Manny Pacquiao shadow boxing on the roof of an abandoned building--priceless

by CRAZEDANG1280 on Feb 1, 2009 1:31 PM EST reply actions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8HQcdyVY4g&eurl=http://queensberry-rules.com/&feature=player_embedded

Watching Manny Pacquiao fight live--great...
Watching Manny Pacquiao shadow boxing on the roof of an abandoned building--priceless

by CRAZEDANG1280 on Feb 1, 2009 1:31 PM EST up reply actions

First of all, once Barrera got the Khan fight signed, he shouldn’t have been fighting on January 31 to begin with. He shouldn’t have been fighting Nolasco, and he sure as hell shouldn’t have been fighting a guy with a 1-8-1 record. Secondly, Nolasco’s a chump. Third, Rojas is a bigger chump.

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"I was trying to rob him. And he took my gun from me. And the gun was full of blanks. And he shot a blank into my eye. And now I cannot see from this eye ever again, the doctors say."

"Well to be honest it sounds like it's all your fault."

by Scott Christ on Feb 1, 2009 3:23 PM EST reply actions

To be honest.....

As a Barrera fan, I was glad he was fighting so soon before the Khan fight, simply because it gave him, in my opinion, a better chance of being in absolute top condition. I’ll be mightilty pissed if some chump butting him has cost him the chance to school Khan, but even with hindsight, I’d rather he took the fight than didn’t.

Does the fact a boxer doesn't switch weight divisions during their career detract from their overall P4P ranking?

Cos I'd take Hagler over most heavies in history, P4P, and also over "6 weight world champion" Oscar De La Hoya, and Marvellous Marvin never really messed about with his weight, did he?

by Chaos100 on Feb 2, 2009 10:44 AM EST up reply actions

6 weeks

is long enough for a gash to heal surely?

by strike4A on Feb 1, 2009 3:43 PM EST reply actions

maybe

Depending on the severity, you also have to spar and risk getting it cut back open.

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Camden Chat

"I was trying to rob him. And he took my gun from me. And the gun was full of blanks. And he shot a blank into my eye. And now I cannot see from this eye ever again, the doctors say."

"Well to be honest it sounds like it's all your fault."

by Scott Christ on Feb 1, 2009 4:06 PM EST up reply actions