Quote Originally Posted by brucelee View Post
I agree, it should have been a no contest had Barrera decided to quit. However, Barrera did not quit because he wanted to take the risk. Probably thinking that he could TKO khan. Khan did not give him the chance to do that so I give credits to Khan.

Had Barrera incidentally TKoed Khan with a lucky shot, the story would have been different. People would praise him for it and he will be back in the game again. Unfortunately for him, the tide did not go with him. Barrera took the risk and must suffer for it. Credit should be given to Khan.
It's not about quitting it's about looking after the health interests of the fighter. Barrera never quit, he doesn't have that in him, but it should have been stopped by those officiating and his corner should have pulled him out. There was no way the blood could be stopped and his performance suffered immensely because of it.

You are just trying to twist things, using words like quit.

How can Khan be given credit for that victory? I give him credit for winning rounds against a fighter cut as badly as can possibly be. But Khan hasn't proven anything with that empty win. Of course, Barrera would have been given credit if he managed to stop Khan after that butt, it would have shown a win in the face of terrible adversity. Khan wins by technicality only and even then it should have been a void fight.

Barrera took the risk and must suffer for it? What kind of talk is that? We have no idea what was said by the doctor in round 4. For all we know the doctor might have said Barrera would lose by tko if he couldn't continue, we don't know the full situation. At the end of the day that fight was not managed professionally and what should have been a fun fight got tarnished, I'm ashamed by how the fight was managed.