barrera vs khan

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I am aware that Gomez has pretty much always fought at 130, but that doesn't take away from the fact that he does & has generally always had good 1 punch power, whilst IMO Barrera hasn't demonstrated world class power above 126. True about the JMM punch, I'd forgotten about that but it was never a situation where I thought JMM would get stopped. Can't say I ever thought he did anything to Pacquiao as much as I was hoping for it at the time.

to be fair Gomez wasn't really fighting in the same league as Barrera/JMM?

Let's be realistic, Khan has natural size and handspeed and the fitness of youth going for him. What else?

Barrera has the better boxing skills and all the experience in the world.

The fight for me rests on one thing and one thing only. Barrera's fitness. If he's fit IMO he wins.

BTW I added the extra poll option just for Fenster

Yeah I was NEVER suggesting that Gomez was anywhere near JMM or Barrera, I'd have to have been sniffin a lot of glue to come out with that one.

The point about the tune-up fights is not even necessarily how long it took, it's the rust & sluggishness that Barrera showed that makes me doubt whether he's still got it. Like you say it's his fitness & I just don't believe he's still got it anymore.

I also don't think that Warren would take as great a risk as this with his cash cow after the Prescott fight unless he was sure that it would be a winner, hope it will be a great fight though

Do you think that Barrera was trying his hardest to look good in that fight or do you think he was doing what an experienced pro does which is to get some rounds under his belt, go through the motions, try some moves out and try to shed the ring rust?

I think its defo the latter . It would have done Barrera no good if he tried to blast Rojas out of there . If anything this has lulled Khan into a false sense of security. Its not the 1st time Barrera has looked flat. over 10 years ago he was written off after the Jones fight but he knows what he is doing. Yes he is past his best but he didnt show everything that he has left vs Rojas . Who does show everything when they fight a bum? Nobody