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Amir Kahn will attempt to put last September’s fight against Breidis Prescott behind him once and for all in March when he takes on seven times world champion Marco Antonio Barrera. Kahn’s disappointing fight lst year resulted in a loss in just 54 seconds leading many to say that Kahn was over rated or trying to take on too much too soon.

He improved his performance in time to take on and beat Oisin Fagan (another person who sounds fictional but isn’t) in December although Barrera is likely to be a tougher opponent. Barrera hopes to become the first Mexican ever to win a title in 4 different weight divisions by taking the lightweight title.

Hopefully Kahn has learned from his mistakes against Prescott and will have worked on taking punces under presure. Perhaps he should do some training with Carl Froch who is much more steady on his feet. Online betting site bet365 have Kahn at 8/13 with Berrera at 6/5 on their sport betting page.

Chelsea put on a very poor performance at Manchester United yesterday loosing 3 nil in a match that will have been very embarrassing for Scolari. The blues had 1 shot on target compared to 11 by Man U. They also lost all ability to get within a meter of the ball when tackling perhaps due to frustration. They received six cautions which will mean a £25,000 fine to make things worse.

Ryan Giggs outplayed most of his team mates (including the over rated Berbatov) despite being 35. His speed and reliability was rewarded with the title of Man of the Match.

Ronaldo played well ignoring the chants regarding his recent car acident. Vidic scored a header on the retake after Man U’s first corner/ goal was disallowed. Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov also scored.

Online betting site bet365 had odds of 11/2 for a draw of either 0-0 or 1-1 on their football betting site.  For United to win 1-0 was 7/1 and the same score in Chelsea’s favour was 17/2. Anyone who correctly guessed the scoreline mush have done well. Maradona was reportedly to blame for the fire alarm which woke the Chelsea players the night before so maybe he is a fan of sport betting.

Last Saturday saw Carl Froch overcome Jean Pascal to take the title of WBC Super-Middleweight Champion of the world. A packed Trent Fm Arena in Nottingham (Froch’s home town) watched as he boxed 12 rounds in what is being called a classic fight. Like all good fights it was well balanced with both sides putting on a great show. Froch dominated more rounds than the French-Canadian Pascal but it was certainly not one-sided.

Froch’s jab eventually wore down Pascal who nevertheless remained standing and gave almost as good as he got. Despite being of a slighter build Froch took some massive hits but stayed steady.

“Carl’s the most exciting fighter in world boxing and he didn’t have to take risks like that. What he’s done is going to make him a marquee star because not only did he beat a brilliant challenger, he beat him in style.”

Mick Hennessy

Froch has said that he was injured in training prior to the fight but refused to postpone despite having a cracked rib and a perforated eardrum. His next aim (as it has been for years) is to take on Joe Calzaghe before he retires. Froch is confident that he can defeat the Welsh Dragon.

“They traded like old-fashioned gladiators. The first five rounds were thrilling, and after Froch appeared hurt in the fifth and sixth, a superb assault in the seventh round appeared to break the 26-year-old Pascal’s self-belief.”

Gareth A Davies

Froch’s odds on various sport betting and online gambling sites were around 4-9 to win which makes sense considering his record, unbeaten in 24 professional fights, with 19 knockouts. Video of the fight can be seen here.