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knockout wrote:Come on Boys, dont be NAIVE....
Everyone at the show (doctors, refs etc) knows who pays the bills.....

Barrera was an utter farce...

go back to the Hatton/Thaxton/Rowlands fights too for more of the same!!!!

That's my point - it's not just the referee people need to look at. The Doctor in the Khan fight could have stepped in, looked at the cut between rounds, and said that the fight should be stopped. Instead he kept on asking Barrerea if he could continue, and it was clear, even without understanding the language, that Barrera was saying he couldn't see shit, so why did the doctor allow it to continue?

Khan and Barrera was a big PPV.

The overwhelming majority of the people in the stadiums were Barrera fans, and were British, who were booing Khan.

They paid to see Barrera.

Everybody wanted it to go on, however the Doc asked Barrera if he wanted to go on or not, BARRERA SAID YES.


If they stopped it, i'm pretty sure everyone would have made some stupid excuses into blaming Khan and the red for stopping it to "protect khan" or some other nonesense

observer1 wrote:Khan and Barrera was a big PPV.

The overwhelming majority of the people in the stadiums were Barrera fans, and were British, who were booing Khan.

They paid to see Barrera.

Everybody wanted it to go on, however the Doc asked Barrera if he wanted to go on or not, BARRERA SAID YES.


If they stopped it, i'm pretty sure everyone would have made some stupid excuses into blaming Khan and the red for stopping it to "protect khan" or some other nonesense

Barrera would have lost if he said "no", so what else could he do? The point is that the fight should have been stopped before it would go to the scorecards. It should have been a 'No Contest'. They could always have had a rematch once Barrera's cut was better.

observer1 wrote:
The overwhelming majority of the people in the stadiums were Barrera fans, and were British, who were booing Khan.

They paid to see Barrera.

nonsense. You don't know the personal motivations of 18 thousand people going to a boxing match. It's true I went down to witness an ATG, I just wanted to see a competitive fight and hoped that Barrera hadn't "shot it". Which he hadn't, he was against the ropes 3 or 4 times while Khan flurried but he remained composed and for me was in trouble at no point in the fight. The cut robbed us of possibly a Barrera comeback but we'll never find out now.
I am also a Khan fan....if Barrera had got in the ring and started mercilessly battering Khan about I would have been rooting for the Boltoner to turn it around. He's a super, young, British prospect people should get behind.
As for the majority booing Khan......don't know what part of the Arena you were sat in mate.

NorthEastBoxingFan wrote:

observer1 wrote:
The overwhelming majority of the people in the stadiums were Barrera fans, and were British, who were booing Khan.

They paid to see Barrera.

nonsense. You don't know the personal motivations of 18 thousand people going to a boxing match. It's true I went down to witness an ATG, I just wanted to see a competitive fight and hoped that Barrera hadn't "shot it". Which he hadn't, he was against the ropes 3 or 4 times while Khan flurried but he remained composed and for me was in trouble at no point in the fight. The cut robbed us of possibly a Barrera comeback but we'll never find out now.
I am also a Khan fan....if Barrera had got in the ring and started mercilessly battering Khan about I would have been rooting for the Boltoner to turn it around. He's a super, young, British prospect people should get behind.
As for the majority booing Khan......don't know what part of the Arena you were sat in mate.

i was in a pub and every1 was watching for barrerra there i dont know about the actual place but when the DJ shouted wo wants khan to win almost every1 booed the who wants abrrera to win every1 cheered -myself included

I dont see why the BBBofC dont let Micky Vann ref he was one of the best ref's Britian has had and just because he's over 65 hes not allowed he could easily still ref it should be up to him when he stops hes much better than Parris IMO

alexpaterson wrote:I dont see why the BBBofC dont let Micky Vann ref he was one of the best ref's Britian has had and just because he's over 65 hes not allowed he could easily still ref it should be up to him when he stops hes much better than Parris IMO

u lot live sad lives tell u what who gives a flying fornicate who refs the match really fellas come on whos really botherd who refs boring topic tel u wat i hopw tinky winky out of the teletubbies refs it shjould make it interesting.

leeharding wrote:

alexpaterson wrote:I dont see why the BBBofC dont let Micky Vann ref he was one of the best ref's Britian has had and just because he's over 65 hes not allowed he could easily still ref it should be up to him when he stops hes much better than Parris IMO

u lot live sad lives tell u what who gives a flying eff who refs the match really fellas come on whos really botherd who refs boring topic tel u wat i hopw tinky winky out of the teletubbies refs it shjould make it interesting.

because we want to see a fair fight with no fvuk ups

leeharding wrote:u lot live sad lives tell u what who gives a flying eff who refs the match really fellas come on whos really botherd who refs boring topic tel u wat i hopw tinky winky out of the teletubbies refs it shjould make it interesting.

You don't realise that the referee can have a huge affect on the outcome of the fight?

leeharding wrote:

alexpaterson wrote:I dont see why the BBBofC dont let Micky Vann ref he was one of the best ref's Britian has had and just because he's over 65 hes not allowed he could easily still ref it should be up to him when he stops hes much better than Parris IMO

u lot live sad lives tell u what who gives a flying eff who refs the match really fellas come on whos really botherd who refs boring topic tel u wat i hopw tinky winky out of the teletubbies refs it shjould make it interesting.

This is because ref's(esp Parris) has had a big impact on the results of recent fights

observer1 wrote:Khan and Barrera was a big PPV.

The overwhelming majority of the people in the stadiums were Barrera fans, and were British, who were booing Khan.

They paid to see Barrera.

Everybody wanted it to go on, however the Doc asked Barrera if he wanted to go on or not, BARRERA SAID YES.


If they stopped it, i'm pretty sure everyone would have made some stupid excuses into blaming Khan and the red for stopping it to "protect khan" or some other nonesense

You haven't a clue what you're on about mate.

It isn't the doctors job to canvas the fighter about whether or not he is fit to continue, no more than a doctor would ask a patient if they were fine to walk on two broken legs.

The doctor should have taken control of the situation and said that Barrera's vision was impaired, and that therefore he was not fit to continue, not ask him if he was alright to carry on when there is blood gushing down his face and into his eye. Barrera was clearly gesturing to indicate that he couldn't see out of the affected eye, yet the doctor did absolutely jack all. Unforgivable.

Observer... it was very daft for the doctor to ask that question, well either daft or very clever.

Barrera says "no" - He quits... Khan wins.

Barrera says "yes" - he goes on till the 5th - Khan wins.