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Amir Khan condemns the “risky” chase of Manny Pacquiao against Mario Barrios, questions Barrios’s merits and is self -introducing himself to the return plans

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1 year ago

May 13, 2025

Image: Amir Khan Condemns Manny Pacquiao's 'Risky' World Title Pursuit Against Mario Barrios, Disputes Barrios' Merit, and Selfishly Inserts Himself Into Comeback Plans

Amir Khan says that the 46 -year -old manny Pacquiao should not face the WBC WBC HEADE Master Mario Barrios in his fight for the return of July 19. Khan believes that this is a “challenging fight” for Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KO) due to his age and inactivity and because he fights with much younger 29-year-old Barrios (29-2-1, 19 KO). 38 -year -old Khan suggests that Pacquiao should fight Barrio instead, because then the clash would be more equal because both are in retirement.

WBC attracted Heat this week with a decision about the inactive pacquiao ranking No. 5 in welterweight. He has not fought from 2021, and his last win was in 2019. Fans perceive this as a crime so that WBC will give Pacquiao ranking No. 5 after four years of inaction and losing to Yordenis Ugas. Manny took the performance of Rohan Polanco and Eimantas Stanionis. These two warriors would probably destroy what was left of Pacquiao.

“Barrios” deserves “?

“This is a fantastic fight for Mario, it needs a great fight. Will receive a good payment And fighting a legend such as Manny Pacquiao, “said Amir Khan Sky sports boxing Pacquiao is fighting for Mario Barrios.

Barrios will earn a lot of money and he may even lose. In his last fight with Abel, Ramirez looked infernal and was never an impressive warrior. His losses from Gervonta Davis and Rustict Keith Thurman showed that he is below the average.

“Mario deserves this fight because every warrior wants this great day. I don’t know how much manny remained in him,” said Khan. “If they were at the top, at the top, I would say Many Pacquiao all day. But it could be a challenging fight for Pacquiao.”

I don’t know about Barrio deserving to fight Pacquiao. Where in his career Mario did something special that makes him deserve a gigantic payment against the former world champion with the eighth Pacquiao? Barrios’s CV is quite empty.

Barriosa wins the best

– Yordenis Ugas – 37 at that time, bringing a knockout loss with Errol Spence
– Botirzhon Akhmedov
– Fabian Maidana
– Devis Boschiero
– Santiago

Barrios is a textbook definition of a paper master. He was raised to his status WBC Wytetreteright Waklethight, and then fought with a dubious draw against the journeyman Abel Ramos in a fight, which according to fans should lose. Now he is going to fight Pacquiao. Khan says that Barrios deserves Pacman’s fight, but I don’t see him deserve anything other than deprived.

Khan’s first move?

“I am sure that he will want to win this fight because it can change his life,” said Khan about Barrios. “If I advised Manny, I wouldn’t say to come back. You should go back to someone who is already retired, someone like me.”

Pay attention to Khan’s selfish tactic in the fact that he puts his own name in Pacquiao lottery. Khan should be elated with Barrios that he will get such a great payment against the still popular retired 46-year-old Pacquiao, instead of trying to justify him fighting him. Khan’s impoverished results at the end of his career make him not suitable for Pacquiao. Before retiring, he lost two of the last three fights. Pacquiao has nothing to get from the fight with Khan because he is looking for world titles to add to his heritage. The fight against the washed 38-year-old Khan, who has not fought since 2022.

Last updated 05/13/2025

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Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyus Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News

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2 hours ago

November 7, 2026

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"Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyu's Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News"

Tim Tszyu seeks to become Australia’s third multi-divisional boxing world champion when he competes for Erislandy Lara’s WBA middleweight title next month, and ahead of the action, trainer Robert Garcia has offered his thoughts on the fight.

Tszyu lost his WBO super-welterweight title in a defeat to Sebastian Fundora back in 2024 and twice failed to reclaim 154lb honours, both against Bakhram Murtazaliev and in a rematch with Fundora.

Since then, the Aussie has stepped up to middleweight and scored a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr earlier this yearand now, the 32-year-old could join lead trainer Jeff Fenech and Liam Paro as his nation’s third two-weight world champion, if he can trump 43-year-old.

Speaking with ProBox TVRobert Garcia, who trains a potential future Tszyu opponent in Vergil Ortiz, admitted that he is leaning towards the home fighter, but noted that Lara will not be phased by competing in the challenger’s backyard.

“We can probably lean towards Tim Tsyzu because he is fighting at home, in front of his hometown, but Lara is not the fighter that brings in a lot of fans following him.

“He doesn’t have a following, he is not one that is going to sell out arenas, so even if it is in the United States, it is likely that most of the people are going to be [there] for Tim Tszyu because Australians do travel and Tim Tszyu has a lot of fans.

“For Lara, going to Australia is like going to Las Vegas or going to New York because he never has that following anyways. Anywhere he goes, he is going to be against the crowd. So, I think for him it is going to be one of those performances where it doesn’t make a difference if he is going to Tim Tsyzu’s hometown.”

Tszyu-Lara takes place at the Cbus Super Stadium in Queensland, Australia on Sunday 13 December.

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Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight

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November 7, 2026

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"Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight"

Deontay Wilder’s former head coach Malik Scott has delivered a knockout prediction for the American’s upcoming showdown with Jai Opetaia.

The pair will square off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 11, with Opetaia making his heavyweight debut on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua.

Despite him being the naturally smaller man, many are favouring the Australian – a former two-time world cruiserweight champion – to defeat his 10-years-older opponent.

It is, after all, generally accepted that Wilder has declined significantly since his trilogy bout with Furywho survived two knockdowns and scored an 11th-round knockout in their 2021 encounter.

Back then, Wilder had just joined forces with Scott, his former opponent, and the pair maintained their fighter-trainer relationship through subsequent defeats against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.

With Wilder now operating under different coaches, though, Scott has shared a balanced view of the Opetaia fight with Seconds Out.

“The fight’s got dynamite written all over it. Jai Opetaia is very dangerous, but he’s a smaller man that’s been hurt by smaller men than Deontay, slower men than Deontay.

“I’ve never seen Opetaia get hit by nobody like Deontay; I’ve seen Deontay get hit by bigger punchers than Opetaia. [But] one thing we can expect in this fight is a knockout.

“The name of the fight is ‘bad intentions’ – at least that’s what I’m calling it, because that’s what they share in common. What they share in common is mentality – they both are trying to hurt you.”

While he stopped short of predicting a winner, it is perhaps telling that Scott, despite his relationship with Wilder, has not explicitly favoured him to win by knockout.