Should the Khan/Barrera fight have been called a no contest?

[Gandalf]

This is a decent piece that sums up this travesty well...

SportingNews.com - The Sporting Blog

[Howlin Mad Missy]

This is a decent piece that sums up this travesty well...

SportingNews.com - The Sporting Blog

on the money article.

the press won't slam anything to do with warren in case he doesn't let them play & they would have to pay for ticket to watch boxing.

[Fenster]

This is a decent piece that sums up this travesty well...

SportingNews.com - The Sporting Blog

on the money article.

the press won't slam anything to do with warren in case he doesn't let them play & they would have to pay for ticket to watch boxing.

That's true.. but many sports writers seem genuinely happy the guy representing Britain won. I too find the lack of refrences to the cut ruining the fight jarring.

That "Sporting Blog" article is OK but it's easy with hindsight to say what SHOULD have happened. Stopping the fight so early may have caused a RIOT. Barrera might have knocked him spark-out after being allowed to carry on. Barrera might have said he was OK to continue then we would have threads saying they fixed it to SAVE Khan from a KO

[Bomp]

I think that article was spot on, give them a round to stop the flow, then stop the fight in the second when it was abundantly clear that it was severely impairing his vision. I'm also disgusted with the press (and Khan) for declaring it such a victory, and have lost all respect I had for Jim Watts commentating - he's usually one that goes overboard in describing how even minor cuts can impair a man's performance but sucked up to the box office bullshit. How could such a legend be treated so shabbily?