KHAN A CUT ABOVE BARRERA

By Mark Harnell

Just seven months after being halted by Breidis Prescott at the MEN Arena, Amir Khan erased the painful memories of that night with a cuts win over Marco Antonio Barrera.

The Mexican was cut high on the forehead from an accidental clash of heads in the first round, and, with blood pouring from the nasty wound, referee Dave Parris eventually stopped the fight in the fifth.

Barrera's face was a mask of blood, and despite the best efforts of his corner, every time Khan landed with right hands, the claret sprayed from his head.

It wasn't the same cut that Barrera suffered in a warm up fight in January against Freudis Rojas, which was over his eye. read more