Who do you want to win - Khan v MAB

[D-MAC]

Seems to be a lot of dissension on the Brit Forum regarding this fight.

It appears to be a case of "An ingrained respect for a modern boxing icon" (Barrera) v "An up and coming British prospect" (Khan)

Who are you backing in this fight?


Personally, I've been brought up on a diet of Barrera, so I'll be backing the Mexican to the hilt.

[TFFP]

I don't really care about nationalities except Vikings.

Barrera all the way based on fighting style and respect for a great fighter that shouldn't be going out with a loss like this.

[GazOC]

I don't know. Barrera doesn't deserve to go out to someone like Khan but, on the other hand, what will MAB achieve with a win? Another fight against a prospect who will KO him? At least Khan will have the chance (and I use that word carefully) to go on with with his career if he wins.

I'm abstaining.

[TFFP]

Stop being a Queen.

Nail your colours to the mast. Mexico vs. ****stan.

[kosaros]

I am split 50/50. I have reasons for wanting both fighters to win.

[GazOC]

Stop being a Queen.

Nail your colours to the mast. Mexico vs. ****stan.

:lol: I guess it would be nice for MAB to have one last hurrah but I can't see it happening.

[nulty]

Marco all the way.

[p.Townend]

I dont want to see Marco lose to Khan by anything other than a close decision.Im not a big Khan fan but the sport needs young fighters to take over from guys like Barrera who has been absolutley brilliant over the years.I just think that if the older end keep beating the young guys it wont be good for the sport in the long run.
I do have a feeling that its going to go horribly wrong for Khan on the night though.

[nulty]

I dont want to see Marco lose to Khan by anything other than a close decision.Im not a big Khan fan but the sport needs young fighters to take over from guys like Barrera who has been absolutley brilliant over the years.I just think that if the older end keep beating the young guys it wont be good for the sport in the long run.
I do have a feeling that its going to go horribly wrong for Khan on the night though.

Yes we need a new generation.

But they need to earn it, not just think they're entitled because fighter A is 30+

[BadJuju83]

Khan.

He's exciting, his weaknesses means he's always going to be vulnerable and involved in exciting fights. Even his dull fights pack more action and spills than most.

Also like the fact he fucked of to the States to put the work in after his defeat. Shows his hunger.

Think Fwank knows he's gonna get ditched eventually like Hatton/Calzaghe and with him having the Olympians and Brook, he being a bit more adventurous with his matchmaking than usual. Can only lead to good things.

[JonOli]

Khan

[Pug1list]

Khan

[Healy]

Mab

[Addie]

I'm British but that is not relevant. Barrera is my favorite fighter of all time, he should and will beat Khan. Amir does not deserve a name like his on his record.

[JonOli]

I'm British but that is not relevant. Barrera is my favorite fighter of all time, he should and will beat Khan. Amir does not deserve a name like his on his record.


Considering you believe that Barrera will beat him, if Khan beats him he does deserve that name on his record, and a little credit for the win, imo.

To paraphrase a few posters on here
"Barrera should and will beat him, but if Khan happens to win he doesn't deserve to and it doesn't count. Under no circumstances must Khan ever get any credit."

Fair enough if you think MAB is washed up before the fight, but it's a little unfair to back him to win and totally discredit Khan if he manages to turn the odds.


*and of cause Mab is nowhere near the great he was, before anyone starts saying I think he is*

[Addie]

Considering you believe that Barrera will beat him, if Khan beats him he does deserve that name on his record, and a little credit for the win, imo.

To paraphrase a few posters on here
"Barrera should and will beat him, but if Khan happens to win he doesn't deserve to and it doesn't count. Under no circumstances must Khan ever get any credit."

Fair enough if you think MAB is washed up before the fight, but it's a little unfair to back him to win and totally discredit Khan if he manages to turn the odds.


*and of cause Mab is nowhere near the great he was, before anyone starts saying I think he is*

Khan deserves credit if he wins the fight, but even that is limited. If you check my post that you quoted, I never said otherwise.

[Ilesey]

Barerra.

[Guy]

The chinless wonder. if he gets through any fight without been KO.D it's a incredible achievment.

[stuey]

i shall be backing Marco.

this is based on many things, one of them being that Marco is one of my top three favorite fighters of all time.

the other is Khans mouth, for a guy with a totally glass jaw he runs it off like he is undisputed champ,he has no respect and i frankly want to see him ktfo brutally. Again.

we have enough young talent in this country coming through to fuck the glass chinned prick off and concentrate on them...

Barrera all the way:bart

[Betty Swollocks]

Barrera, bit time. Even though I don't like him.

[dan-b]

I want MAB to win. I severely dislike the grotesque way Khan has been inflicted on the public (I know it's not his fault before anyone says it) which is exacerbated by his cocky attitude. He courts the media and wants all the trappings of a champion without having yet proved himself.

While I'm on the subject of 'not proving it', it would have been nice to see him prove he was the best lightweight in the country by fighting his British compatriots. Instead we were just told he was the best.

Finally, MAB is a legend, a real humble guy who has given us some great nights over the years. My only fear is they may have done a Kindelan on him. Doubt it though, MAB is a warrior.

[icemax]

But they need to earn it, not just think they're entitled because fighter A is 30+

Why hasn't Khan earned it? What makes him different to Rojas or Ventura?

[mrbassie]

Barrera. I never want jumped up little hype jobs to beat over the hill legends

[dan-b]

Another thing I must add for all those people saying 'if Khan wins you can't say MAB was shot'. That's flawed logic. If MAB comes in and clearly looks shot ie not getting his shots off, looks slow and unable to absorb punches then clearly he is shot. You can't just gloss over those things just because a few people were predicting MAB to win.

[achillesthegreat]

It's REALLY bad that 50% of our forum want one of our silver medalists to lose.

[dan-b]

It's REALLY bad that 50% of our forum want one of our silver medalists to lose.

Or, if you wanted to put a positive spin on it, you could say it was good that people don't pick based on nationality. Alternatively you could say Khan has brought much of this on himself.

[ApatheticLeader]

WAR BARRERA!!!!

That is all.

[achillesthegreat]

Or, if you wanted to put a positive spin on it, you could say it was good that people don't pick based on nationality. Alternatively you could say Khan has brought much of this on himself.
We are patriotic people so for us not to be supporting him means something is up. I think the Khan hate has been too much. I'm still unaware how he 'brought much of this on himself'. I don't see what he did that is SO bad. Sure I'd rather did other things like fight Murray, Thaxton, not be so loud but he hasn't done anything that determines we shouldn't want a product of our amateur system to fail.

[BadJuju83]

Lot of people saying it's khan's mouth thats the reason they dont like him.

What makes Khan's ramblings any different to other young Boxers?

Degale,Groves,Fury have all recently talked about that theyre gonna do this and do that.

Isnt that what they are supposed to do.


How does Khan going on about how he could beat Pac any different to Jennings saying he can beat Cotto? Yet he gets praise for being confident and Khan gets called a cocky big mouth who's done nothing.


His worst crime as far as i can tell is being talented enough to win a silver medal at the age of 17 and signing for SN, making him a millionaire.

Who would have done anything different?

[dan-b]

We are patriotic people so for us not to be supporting him means something is up. I think the Khan hate has been too much. I'm still unaware how he 'brought much of this on himself'. I don't see what he did that is SO bad. Sure I'd rather did other things like fight Murray, Thaxton, not be so loud but he hasn't done anything that determines we shouldn't want a product of our amateur system to fail.

I disagree. I think those things epitomise exactly what is wrong with our domestic scene. Why do you think people want to see him fail then, if it's not those things? ******'s involvement obviously plays a part.

[ApatheticLeader]

Lot of people saying it's khan's mouth thats the reason they dont like him.

What makes Khan's ramblings any different to other young Boxers?

Degale,Groves,Fury have all recently talked about that theyre gonna do this and do that.

Isnt that what they are supposed to do.


How does Khan going on about how he could beat Pac any different to Jennings saying he can beat Cotto? Yet he gets praise for being confident and Khan gets called a cocky big mouth who's done nothing.


His worst crime as far as i can tell is being talented enough to win a silver medal at the age of 17 and signing for SN, making him a millionaire.

Who would have done anything different?
They have - and I hate them all.

[dan-b]

Lot of people saying it's khan's mouth thats the reason they dont like him.

What makes Khan's ramblings any different to other young Boxers?

Degale,Groves,Fury have all recently talked about that theyre gonna do this and do that.

Isnt that what they are supposed to do.


How does Khan going on about how he could beat Pac any different to Jennings saying he can beat Cotto? Yet he gets praise for being confident and Khan gets called a cocky big mouth who's done nothing.


His worst crime as far as i can tell is being talented enough to win a silver medal at the age of 17 and signing for SN, making him a millionaire.

Who would have done anything different?

There's one huge difference you shouldn't need me to highlight for you.

[Rebel-INS]

Barrera.

[BadJuju83]

There's one huge difference you shouldn't need me to highlight for you.


The fights actually happening, yes, but if Khan was facing pac and came out with i can beat him, do you honestly think on here he would be praised.


He's getting ripped for saying he can beat MAB.

[BadJuju83]

They have - and I hate them all.

Fair do's, at least you are consistent.

[dan-b]

The fights actually happening, yes, but if Khan was facing pac and came out with i can beat him, do you honestly think on here he would be praised.


He's getting ripped for saying he can beat MAB.

If he got to the point where he was in a position to challenge Pac then yes, I think he would be praised.

I've not seen anyone crtiticise him for saying he can beat MAB, it'd be shocking if he didn't say that. People want to see him lose for a variety of reasons, I think you just have to accept that.

[widdy]

u can't compare jennings/ cotto,to MAB/ khan,jennings has never in his life said in public that he will be world champ,beat everyone in the welters ,

ive never heard him say he would kick mayweathers butt have you,ive heard khan say he will beat every fucker out there,from pac to hatton:patschhave you,cos if you aint ,u need to listern a bit more

MAB by ko,no problem:bbb

[BadJuju83]

If he got to the point where he was in a position to challenge Pac then yes, I think he would be praised.

I've not seen anyone crtiticise him for saying he can beat MAB, it'd be shocking if he didn't say that. People want to see him lose for a variety of reasons, I think you just have to accept that.


Fair do's.

MAB's a legend, im not fussed folk want him to win, he's got a huge fanbase.

Some of those reasons folk are giving is what's fucked up and hypocritical.

[KCD]

MAB and i hope he wins big.

[BadJuju83]

u can't compare jennings/ cotto,to MAB/ khan,jennings has never in his life said in public that he will be world champ,beat everyone in the welters ,

ive never heard him say he would kick mayweathers butt have you,ive heard khan say he will beat every fucker out there,from pac to hatton:patschhave you,cos if you aint ,u need to listern a bit more

MAB by ko,no problem:bbb

I was using it as an example of what fighters say. They all do.

Good luck to the fighter that says "I'm shit, borderline euro-class, thats as far as i'll get, if im lucky, may aswell take some nightclasses and get a job, coz i couldnt box eggs, literaly everyone will beat me."


You have to remember the audience Khan speaks too when he's talking that pish. No-one but us would care about him calling out and saying he could beat Thaxton or Murray, that's not what the GP or newspapers want to hear.

[Grant1]

MAB.

I dont like the way Khan disrespects domestic rivals he has no intention of fighting.

[widdy]

I was using it as an example of what fighters say. They all do.

Good luck to the fighter that says "I'm shit, borderline euro-class, thats as far as i'll get, if im lucky, may aswell take some nightclasses and get a job, coz i couldnt box eggs, literaly everyone will beat me."


You have to remember the audience Khan speaks too when he's talking that pish. No-one but us would care about him calling out and saying he could beat Thaxton or Murray, that's not what the GP or newspapers want to hear.
but what people hate about khan is the fact he said he would beat everyone while having fook all,no belts not even 10 fights and he was saying he would beat everyfucker.
to me,he is still very amature in his way,streight one twos,with chin hung out,dident see much change in his last fight against the irish schoolteacher,gloves a bit higher,still has speed,but half decent world class boxers willl always expose his weakness,i think thaxton would twat him,but khan will wait for another 6 years and call thaxton out:hey

[El Cepillo]

Khan. By default. Khan is British, therefore he has my support, because I'm not particularly a fan of MAB. If I were a fan of MAB, then it wouldn't matter that Khan was British, I would support the guy that I'm a fan of. I.e I'm supporting Cotto not Jennings.

[abzmanc]

Khan for me. Always been a fan of MAB though, but Khan being the local lad gets my support on this occasion. Dont see him beating MAB though, but who knows..

[brown bomber]

There's one huge difference you shouldn't need me to highlight for you.
:lol: Owned.

[timber]

I like Barerra but like Khan more, also he's British!

[jc]

The thought of Khan receiving plaudits for beating old Barrera makes me ill.

I want MAB to win.

[SouthpawSlayer]

barrera

[achillesthegreat]

I disagree. I think those things epitomise exactly what is wrong with our domestic scene. Why do you think people want to see him fail then, if it's not those things? ******'s involvement obviously plays a part.
Khan is a product of our country, our amature boxing system and his success helps Britain in a number of ways.

Sure, Khan isn't fighting every single person we want but neither is anybody else. Because Khan is the silver medalist he is being held to a different standard. People are forgetting that domestically he beat the English champion, Commonwealth champion and former Brit/C'wealth/Euro champ. Even his journeyman competition had some good records, more than I can say for other 'prospects'.

****** is Khans downfall. It is because of him that Khan hasn't faced Murray or Thaxton. Khan fought on the amateur scene to a VERY high level and chose to rematch Kindelan before going pro. He is now about to face Barrera. I cant believe this man is scared of Murray or Thaxton. I can believe his promoter has misguided him.

[icemax]

The thought of Khan receiving plaudits for beating old Barrera makes me ill.

I want MAB to win.

If thats the case then the old Mexican should retire without taking the payday.

[icemax]

People want to see him lose for a variety of reasons, I think you just have to accept that.


I would truly love to know what the variety of reasons are

[icemax]

Any Brit that chooses Barrera is a traitor and should be treated like one.

^^^^^^^^^^:deal

[icemax]

He's a ****stani who was born in Britain,

Which obviously makes him British, you cock :good

[izmat]

Stop being a Queen.

Nail your colours to the mast. Mexico vs. Britain.


corrected for you

[D-MAC]

Lets not turn this into a race thread you British fuckers, oppressors of the the Irish for hundreds of years and stealers of our beloved potato crop:smooch

[Primadonna Kool]

Amir Khan vire..

Voilent beat down.....

[Guy]

Not really because a lot of people wouldn't consider Khan to be British. He's a ****stani who was born in Britain, I don't see any reason to support him just because he was born here.

Are you BNP ? Just terrible.,

[cupid]

34 vs 34 lol ummm so till now its equal voting.

[brown bomber]

Lets not turn this into a race thread you British fuckers, oppressors of the the Irish for hundreds of years and stealers of our beloved potato crop:smooch
:deal

[rooq]

i'm on the fence - i just want to see a good fight.

whatever happens i'd like to see a good performance from khan as some of the GF predictions of him losing by ko in the first 10 seconds are a bit annoying.

[D-MAC]

Jesus! The Brit Forum really is split on this one.

35 for Barrera
35 for Khan

At the moment.

[SP THE GHOST]

MAB- would like to see the old warrior pull out one last great performance:good

[El Cepillo]

Not really because a lot of people wouldn't consider Khan to be British. He's a ****stani who was born in Britain, I don't see any reason to support him just because he was born here.

Yeah, racist, poorly educated people.

[ishy]

Not really because a lot of people wouldn't consider Khan to be British. He's a ****stani who was born in Britain, I don't see any reason to support him just because he was born here.

:patsch

What a load of cock

[scunny slugger]

barerra without a doubt,khans a prik but all this has been said before about him,so not gonna rant!

[9Ball]

I want Khan to win. I think he has bags of talent and will be even more improved following more time with Freddy.

And he IS British, not ****stani. The correct thing to say is that he is British of ****stani descent.

Either way that doesn't mean shit to me, he is a boxer I enjoy watching end of.

[icemax]

Lets not turn this into a race thread you British fuckers, oppressors of the the Irish for hundreds of years and stealers of our beloved potato crop:smooch

More of a pasta man myself :deal

[D-MAC]

More of a pasta man myself :deal

Yeah right..............pasta mixed with potatoes you robbing fucker.:twisted::twisted::twisted:

[NJ1979]

Khan. I've been impressed with how he's dealt with the Prescott defeat. Some of the nonsense that'll be flying about if he does win will be very annoying, though.

[Chinny]

I want MAB to win. I severely dislike the grotesque way Khan has been inflicted on the public (I know it's not his fault before anyone says it) which is exacerbated by his cocky attitude. He courts the media and wants all the trappings of a champion without having yet proved himself.

While I'm on the subject of 'not proving it', it would have been nice to see him prove he was the best lightweight in the country by fighting his British compatriots. Instead we were just told he was the best.

Finally, MAB is a legend, a real humble guy who has given us some great nights over the years. My only fear is they may have done a Kindelan on him. Doubt it though, MAB is a warrior.

Agree with every word :good

[Chinny]

Who will Naz want to win?

Who will hatton want to win?