Marco Antonio Barrera
I know I will get crucified for not knowing this, but when and why?
He fought Sammy Ventura in China?
Was there a lot of money involved or...
Anyone help?
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Marco Antonio Barrera
I know I will get crucified for not knowing this, but when and why?
He fought Sammy Ventura in China?
Was there a lot of money involved or...
Anyone help?
Yeah he fought on that Don King card over in China earlier this month (same one with Golota/Austin and Mike Mollo/Jameel McCline.)
I think it got overshadowed by the fact that everyone was questioning whether Golota was really injured or faking it.
Oh right...yeah I did remember that. Yeah that seriously got overshadowed!
Long gone are the days when Barrera sneezed and it was news!
I've never even heard of the guy he fought so I wasnt really excited about it. More disappointed that he chose to come out of retirement.
i wouldnt mind seeing a mab jmm rematch at 135.
also never had a clue this happened
How the fuck can a legend like MAB be fighting over in china when their are still big fights for him to be had??
He is a shadow of his former self,i think Don King is just using him as a circus act.
Saw it, to me he looked pretty soft actually, like not in good shape and carrying to much bodyfat to be a lightweight. The guy he fought was a total journeyman as well, I didn't really pay a lot of attention to the fight but he certainly didn't look rejuvinated or anything.
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Originally Posted by BubbleBox
Bud you've enlightened me, I missed it too ... So if it's ok with you, Ill get crucified with ya .. :lolololol:
:badass::badass::badass:
Wow ... that is sooooooooooooo not like the caring, generous, kind, & warm hearted giver of love & riches untold....Quote:
Originally Posted by littlebif
God I hate him, I really do & ya very prob right bud !!!
:badass::badass::badass:
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Originally Posted by hattonthehammer
It was just a public workout for him. It wasnt a big fight so It didnt make headlines. He actually weighed in as a lightwelter and I agree he did look soft at that weight
On the contrary to people who think he didnt look rejuvinated , I was quite pleased with Marcos approach . He was fighting a guy with a decent KO ratio at lightwelter and Barrera took the fight to him . He was boxing like the old aggressive Marco rather than the polised counter puncher weve seen in recent years. He cut off the ring well and stopped his man with body shots in the 4th .
We cant judge him on that performance but I think he needed a break. Too many 12 round fights agaionst top fghters at his age took its toll. Now he is rediscovering his passion and Don King is the guy who can make big fights happen . He is already ranked number 1 contender for Campbells title and the fight will happen next April . That will be the real Barrera comeback . This was just a warm up . Also if Marquez cant get a Hatton or Pac fight then who better to fight than Barrera ? Unsettled business and Marco will be well rested by then.
If I am not mistaking, Don was in China on business and he was trying to promote boxing in that country but I personally think Don is a canibal and he was in China eating chinese people :o I can just picture him now picking his teeth with a toothpick and waving a chinese flag all the while saying only in China, only in China ;D
i miss it too. i also missed this thread. :p
WTF? If most of us never heard about it..it must be an underground match.;D
http://www.fightnews.com/barrerachinawins.jpg
Barrera boxed well. He was rarely caught and got a K.O win.
Don King is being smart here, China is an untapped market for boxing. They have tons of money and gained some national pride in the sport since their boxing team had success in the Olympics (by their standards). While it is undoubtedly exploitive to use boxers in this manner, when is a major card not exploitive? Promoters do these things for money. I think that this got very little international exposure because it was geared almost entirely to the Chinese market. Plus after all the big name wars MAB has been in the opponent he was in with was a mere footnote.