Khan v Barrera may become a title fight

[ClubberLang]

Prescott must be p***** off if Khan gets a title shot having blow him away in under a minute.

Had funeka of won on saturday night he would of still been unable to claim the championships he was fighting for because his opponent had failed to make the weight.

Not true, actually. Campbell officially vacated the belts by failing to make wait, but Funeka would have won those vacated belts had he won since he made weight. Since he lost, the titles remain vacant.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

I'm going to pray every night about this. IF it becomes a title fight, yes I'm a Barrera fan and want him to win but Christ on a bike, Khan has done nothing to deserve it. The man who beat him - where's he? The only positive thing to come from this is if he beats Barrera (please god no) then Khan gets to mix it with the big boys and knocked out in every meaningful fight that is left of his career.

There's even less chance of Khan fighting the big boys should he (FW) get hold of the WBO belt.

They'll get at least half-a-dozen defences as "world" champ out of it. Amongst the unknown no-name challengers there'll be a few Brit superfights with Alex Arthur (cert), Nicky Cook and Ricky Burns.

yeah, world class for sure

the one thing we have in our favour (& increases our chances of him being knocked out again) is his own amazing self confidence. He will believe he can beat them

[SweetPea]

The more we start ignoring sanctioning body belts, the better.

When Khan and Barrera step into the ring in March, there will only be one legit lightweight champ, and that's the winner of Marquez-Diaz, who will be the Ring/lineal champ.

[Myk_Myk]

I agree 100%.

[JazMerkin]

This is an obvious one, Warren was always going to have that WBO belt ready once the fight was on. Also to whoever said Barrera wasn't fancied, check out the Barrera v Khan thread that I think Missy started, Barrera is almost a 3 to 1 favourite amongst posters on here.

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AMIR KHAN is close to getting his crack at the world title — just four months after getting knocked out in 54 seconds.
Lightweight Khan’s career was at the crossroads when he was sparked by Breidis Prescott in Manchester last December.

But the Bolton boy, 22, gets an unexpected chance against Marco Antonio Barrera in Manchester on March 14 after Nate Campbell was stripped of his titles.

American Campbell could not make the nine-stone weight limit for his clash against Ali Funeka.

Saturday’s fight went ahead with Campbell winning on points — but at catchweight. He was forced to forfeit his WBA, IBF and WBO belts.

Promoter Frank Warren said: “Khan v Barrera might well become a title fight. I hope the WBO will sanction it.”

Where did you copy that artcile from ?

The amount of errors is amazing . The author should be sacked

[Kel]

Pffffft!!!!

[DatsiK]

The only good thing coming out of this I think is Campbell moving up a division. Who fancies the winner of pac man - hatton to take on Campbell?

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The only good thing coming out of this I think is Campbell moving up a division. Who fancies the winner of pac man - hatton to take on Campbell?

I dont think Nate will get his chance to crash teh big time at lightwelter cuz you have good fighters like Holt and Bradley ahead of him in the queue.

Shame really cuz I think Nate could have had a good scrap with Pac but his best chance at big fights was at lightweight and he blew it . All he had to do was make weight for a couple more fights and mega matches were waiting for him.

I see Barrera becoming the first ever 4 weight Mexican champion and Nate falling into obscurity

[Mark TKO]

yet more damage done to the sport if this happens - two undeserving , atg present, fighters getting a world title shot.

more damage to the alphabet boys mind which isn't such a bad thing from my point of view.

the more and more this happens the more weight it will give to the Ring belt - thats the only one that means anything to me now. I know who the best fighters are in each division.

Let the alphabet boys continue on their date with oblivion

[GAME]

yet more damage done to the sport if this happens - two undeserving , atg present, fighters getting a world title shot.

more damage to the alphabet boys mind which isn't such a bad thing from my point of view.

the more and more this happens the more weight it will give to the Ring belt - thats the only one that means anything to me now. I know who the best fighters are in each division.

Let the alphabet boys continue on their date with oblivion

Barrera undeserving? after his career ? what u been smoking ? its good sh*t whatever it is!

Erik got a shot at the WBC title after 3 straight losses ( 2 by ko ) and nobody said boo

[Mark TKO]

'at present' I said - let him whoop Khan then take it from there. I will be willing him to get there believe me. Yes he's beaten the best in the past and is a living legend and yes it helps you queue jump.

I said the same about Bruno when he got the McCall shot - I loved Bruno (not in that sense)

The winner of this fight doesn't deserve to call themselves the world champion do they.

[rjj tszyu]

oh god no


Amir Khan with a world title would be like giving free fireworks out to hoodie kids!!


You`ll never hear the fucking end of it

He has to beat Barrera first. No matter how old he is that will not be easy.

I also wouldn't be surprised if Warren did get the WBO to take this. He got them to let Calzaghe fight bums for years before he stepped it up. He always seems to have the WBO in tow!

[jon09]

Prescott must be p***** off if Khan gets a title shot having blow him away in under a minute.

I would be pissed off to. These alphabet boys are a joke. Barrera comes back takes on a couple nobodies and Khan is coming back off a 1st round blitz and they might get a crack at a title. What a shame.

[Spicoli]

Neither one deserves a title shot.Barrera is miles away from being the Champion he once was and Khan is equally distant from being the championship calibur phenom some proclaimed him to be....oh and he just got KTFO inside of one round.But the Warren factor rules the day .The winner should have to fight Prescott....in a phone booth.