Thread: Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Kennedy Mckinney

GREAT FIGHT!

Check it out on Youtube!

The 6th round is one for the ages.

Never seen this.....I'll check it out and post back. Cheers for that.

Originally Posted by Jimboogie

GREAT FIGHT!

Check it out on Youtube!

Yes, that was when Barrera was a serious brawler.

He could take it and dish out either way.

A quality fight. Ive not watched this in a long time I will have to go and watch it.

Frickin amazing fight! Almost as good as Barrera Morales 1!
Jimboogie have a coolclick my man I LOVED that!

I saw this shit live at the Great Western Forum. Best fight I ever seen in person. It was actually the first fight ever for HBO Boxing After Dark

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

I saw this shit live at the Great Western Forum. Best fight I ever seen in person. It was actually the first fight ever for HBO Boxing After Dark

Must have been a massive buzz being there VD. Lucky bugger

One of my favourite fights. A war. VD,you are one lucky man to have seen this live!

Fantastic fight. Round 8 sums up what Barrera is all about...Mckinney seems to have control of the fight, jabbing well....and boom...Barrera strikes and nearly finishes him. The man has been involved in some classics. A legend.

Originally Posted by Kel

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

I saw this shit live at the Great Western Forum. Best fight I ever seen in person. It was actually the first fight ever for HBO Boxing After Dark

Must have been a massive buzz being there VD. Lucky bugger

The buzz was incredible. It was almost drug like. There was a lot of animosity too. Barrera and Mckinney had both talked a lot of shit before the fight. I felt bad for Mckinney. He took a beating. The body shots Barrera hit him with were sick. I've never heard body shots that loud. Over and over. I wouldn't doubt if Mckinney pissed blood for month after the shots he took. I give him credit. He had heart. His big right hand kept him in the fight through out the night. But it wasn't enough.

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

Originally Posted by Kel

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

I saw this shit live at the Great Western Forum. Best fight I ever seen in person. It was actually the first fight ever for HBO Boxing After Dark

Must have been a massive buzz being there VD. Lucky bugger

The buzz was incredible. It was almost drug like. There was a lot of animosity too. Barrera and Mckinney had both talked a lot of shit before the fight. I felt bad for Mckinney. He took a beating. The body shots Barrera hit him with were sick. I've never heard body shots that loud. Over and over. I wouldn't doubt if Mckinney pissed blood for month after the shots he took. I give him credit. He had heart. His big right hand kept him in the fight through out the night. But it wasn't enough.

Sounds like you had decent seating too if you could hear the body shots like that. If I ever get to see a fight like this i'd be one happy chappy I tell ya.

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

I saw this S*** live at the Great Western Forum. Best fight I ever seen in person. It was actually the first fight ever for HBO Boxing After Dark

Awesome, being there I mean. I was going to say it was the premire of boxing after dark but you covered that.
Did you go to other shows at the Forum. I recorded all the forum shows on what was then Prime network(Now fox ). I really miss the shows now.

Originally Posted by Kel

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

Originally Posted by Kel

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

I saw this shit live at the Great Western Forum. Best fight I ever seen in person. It was actually the first fight ever for HBO Boxing After Dark

Must have been a massive buzz being there VD. Lucky bugger

The buzz was incredible. It was almost drug like. There was a lot of animosity too. Barrera and Mckinney had both talked a lot of shit before the fight. I felt bad for Mckinney. He took a beating. The body shots Barrera hit him with were sick. I've never heard body shots that loud. Over and over. I wouldn't doubt if Mckinney pissed blood for month after the shots he took. I give him credit. He had heart. His big right hand kept him in the fight through out the night. But it wasn't enough.

Sounds like you had decent seating too if you could hear the body shots like that. If I ever get to see a fight like this i'd be one happy chappy I tell ya.

They were $100 dollar seats. They weren't ringside but they were good seats. But I don't think the seating matter. Those body shots were that fuckin loud. I think everybody heard them

Originally Posted by ghoster

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

I saw this S*** live at the Great Western Forum. Best fight I ever seen in person. It was actually the first fight ever for HBO Boxing After Dark

Awesome, being there I mean. I was going to say it was the premire of boxing after dark but you covered that.
Did you go to other shows at the Forum. I recorded all the forum shows on what was then Prime network(Now fox ). I really miss the shows now.

I went to a couple of shows at the Great Western Forum. I saw two Barrera fights there. The Mckinney fight and when he destroyed Maui Diaz in about a round. The Marquez bothers coming up fought there. I saw some of there fights. I saw the 2nd fight between Daniel Zaragoza and Paul Banke. Which was an outstanding fight. Barrera, Zaragoza and the Marquez brothers had a lot of followers. So the place would get full. But nobody packed the Forum up like Jorge Paez. When he fought. The place would get packed. I saw 3 of his fights there. Yeah I miss them forum fights. My uncle would always be up in there. He's the one I use to roll with there.

Originally Posted by ghoster

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

I saw this S*** live at the Great Western Forum. Best fight I ever seen in person. It was actually the first fight ever for HBO Boxing After Dark

Awesome, being there I mean. I was going to say it was the premire of boxing after dark but you covered that.
Did you go to other shows at the Forum. I recorded all the forum shows on what was then Prime network(Now fox ). I really miss the shows now.

I went to a couple of shows at the Great Western Forum. I saw two Barrera fights there. The Mckinney fight and when he destroyed Maui Diaz in about a round. The Marquez bothers coming up fought there. I saw some of there fights. I saw the 2nd fight between Daniel Zaragoza and Paul Banke. Which was an outstanding fight. Barrera, Zaragoza and the Marquez brothers had a lot of followers. So the place would get full. But nobody packed the Forum up like Jorge Paez. When he fought. The place would get packed. I saw 3 of his fights there. Yeah I miss them forum fights. My uncle would always be up in there. He's the one I use to roll with there.

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I remember those(recorded all that). Marquez and Barrera both came up there. I don't know if you remember, but the Forum used to have those tourneys by weight class, best tournaments ever in my book.

That Zaragoza/Banke fight was good, too bad about Banke! It was sad how his story panned out.

Did anyone see the final press conference for this fight ?

Mckinney was doing a speech and Barrera was standing beside him , then all of a sudden Barrera punched Mckinney square in the face It was just like what he did to Morales

Barrera is a legend for doing that and still get a reputation for a dignified classy fighter which he is .

Ive seen the fight countless time. This is why Barrera is the best fighter of his era . No question !