Marco Antonio Barrera

Description: Sports: Boxing / Sport Topic: Boxers & Coaches / Mexican boxer

Newest Review: ... counter puncher, who wasn't a huge smack talker (with poor or no English), who finally got his shot against the living legend Marco Antonio Barrera. Marquez's counter punching won him a wide unanmouis points decision, with some saying Barrera should have been disqualified for hitting Marquez when he was down (though oddly it wasn't called a KD). Pac Man II-The swansong: The rematch with ... more

... Manny, that many had been calling for happened, and was actually the opening of this article. This time the fight went all 12 with Manny winning by points, and putting an end to Barrera's career, hopefully before Marco decides he'll be a smaller version of...more

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Marco Antonio Barrera: He went from El Terrible to Pacman (1749 words)
by - written on 04/12/07 (Very useful, 55 readings)
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The end? As Marco has all but retired after his second loss at the hands of the Phillipine buzzsaw Manny Pacquiao in October I've decided to do a reflective view on the career of the Baby Faced Assassin. The start: Unlike many sports personalities, especially boxers Marco himself is in fact a qualified lawyer from a middle class family in Guadalajara (yes it is a real place name) in Mexico. His parents were known to be pretty well off, so unlike many boxers who go into boxing to provide for their family, Barrera didn't need to, though the fact he seemed to enjoy it and have a passion for it probably helped further his career. Right the ... Read the complete review

The Best (Super) Bantamweight? (404 words)
by - written on 23/08/00 (Useful, 43 readings)
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Marco Antonio Barrera. One of the big names in the Super Bantamweight division. I've followed Naseem Hamed's career closely since he first appeared on the pro-boxing scene and as soon as he hit the big time, people said their were certain fighters he would have to beat to prove himself. One of the names mentioned was Marco Antonio Barrera. I'd never seen him fight and knew nothing about him. I still can't say I know much about him personally, but I have seen him fight and I believe that he could be the man to beat Naz. I've seen him fight once and it was the greatest fight I've ever seen. It was shown, live on Sky Sports, at about 3 in ... Read the complete review

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