Barrera gets WBA world title fight in January!

The travesty of the Khan fight has been rectified to some extent as Barrera has not lost his high ranking. The cut caused by the headbutt has healed and now he is back where he belongs in world class.

He faces undefeated heavy hitting Paulus Moses in LA California. Barrera may be viewed as the stepping stone by some but he attempts to make history by becoming the first Mexican to win world titles in 4 different weights.

Marco Antonio Barrera vs Paulus Moses in January 2010? - Boxing News

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CANNOT WAIT FOR MY FAVOURITE FIGHTER OF ALL TIME TO RETURN !!

good news for barerra!

but i believe khan would of beaten him easily if he hadnt of been cut, & i dont even like writing this as i really like the guy:mad:

MAB has nothing left.

He was getting schooled by Khan and that is a fact. Cut or no cut, Khan was just to good for MAB, which proves MAB is no longer what he once was and everyone knows it including himself. Why is he fighting again? Why doesn't he fight Morales again? That is the hot ticket and since both want to continue fighting, why not fight the man you hate the most?

why? to be the first 4 weight mexican champ.

undefeated heavy hitting Paulus Moses

That's terrible news not good news.

Moses isn't the world champ. He has some shitty WBA version stripped off Marquez. Who regards him as champ? Come on now.. is he even top 10 Ring ranked?

Marquez is the 'super' champion.

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undefeated heavy hitting Paulus Moses

That's terrible news not good news.

Moses isn't the world champ. He has some shitty WBA version stripped off Marquez. Who regards him as champ? Come on now.. is he even top 10 Ring ranked?

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MAB is going to get sparked and it will be a sad thing to see. I doubt I even tune into this one.

I wasn't even able to see Tyson on Opera because they were breaking him down, so I just shut it off because that is not the kind of memory I want to be left with about Iron Mike. I was not even a huge fan of his but at the end of the day, he was feared in the ring before his life got flipped upside down.

I don't wanna see MAB fight on to be honest, he don't have the same guts and heart he once had.

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I don't wanna see MAB fight on to be honest, he don't have the same guts and heart he once had.

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um you saw the last fight?:-\

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Marquez is the 'super' champion.

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Marquez is the super but also "rightful" WBA champ.

It was Juan Diaz before the WBA decided to make him "super" champ. Obviously Marquez beat Diaz.

And obviously the WBA only split up the title to make more money out of it. So obviously it means shit. Like all alphabets.

Anyway.. Marquez is linear champ through beating Casamayor. So Barrera would need to beat him for "world champion" to mean anything.

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I don't wanna see MAB fight on to be honest, he don't have the same guts and heart he once had.

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um you saw the last fight?:-\

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The Kahn fight I saw

I'm curious to see how Barrera looks. It's been a long lay off. It's hard to say where he is right now though. The Khan fight didn't tell us anything and the few fights before that were against cab drivers.

Prior to that he did give Pacquiao his toughest fight in recent memory and gave Marquez a very good run for his money, in a weight class that Marquez fights more effectively at. He might well still have a bit in him, but we can only tell from him getting some rounds under his belt.

I've no issues with the fight. It's as good a warm up as you can expect.

Barrera comes back for a stunning knockout and proves why he is the greatest mexican fighter of all time!;)

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MAB has nothing left.

He was getting schooled by Khan and that is a fact. Cut or no cut, Khan was just to good for MAB, which proves MAB is no longer what he once was and everyone knows it including himself. Why is he fighting again? Why doesn't he fight Morales again? That is the hot ticket and since both want to continue fighting, why not fight the man you hate the most?

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The cut was in the first round, MAB shook Khan a couple times with one eye. Hard to say he was getting "schooled" when he was blind out there

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MAB has nothing left.

He was getting schooled by Khan and that is a fact. Cut or no cut, Khan was just to good for MAB, which proves MAB is no longer what he once was and everyone knows it including himself. Why is he fighting again? Why doesn't he fight Morales again? That is the hot ticket and since both want to continue fighting, why not fight the man you hate the most?

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The cut was in the first round, MAB shook Khan a couple times with one eye. Hard to say he was getting "schooled" when he was blind out there

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What the hell do you expect when you can only see out of one eye due to the endless flow of blood.

Khan beat him up that night that was clear for all to see. But barrera was handicapped big time and we`ll always be left wondering what would of happened had that cut not come into play!

Cannot wait MAB my hero,
noone really knows how the Khan fight would have ended, he was cut in the first and as someone else said he wobbled Khan fighting with one eye.

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Originally Posted by Howlin Mad Missy

Marquez is the 'super' champion.

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Marquez is the super but also "rightful" WBA champ.

It was Juan Diaz before the WBA decided to make him "super" champ. Obviously Marquez beat Diaz.

And obviously the WBA only split up the title to make more money out of it. So obviously it means shit. Like all alphabets.

Anyway.. Marquez is linear champ through beating Casamayor. So Barrera would need to beat him for "world champion" to mean anything.

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How many guys get a title shot by fighting and beating the top guys 1 through 10? I have no question that the 'super' title is a load of crap but I don't think it's fair to suggest that other boxers don't work the system.

MAb may not be the fighter he once was as age and time served takes its toll, but he has as much heart as any man who steps in the ring. I don't know how much longer that will carry him, but it has to be respected. Would love to see him leave on a winning note.

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Originally Posted by Howlin Mad Missy

Marquez is the 'super' champion.

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Marquez is the super but also "rightful" WBA champ.

It was Juan Diaz before the WBA decided to make him "super" champ. Obviously Marquez beat Diaz.

And obviously the WBA only split up the title to make more money out of it. So obviously it means shit. Like all alphabets.

Anyway.. Marquez is linear champ through beating Casamayor. So Barrera would need to beat him for "world champion" to mean anything.

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How many guys get a title shot by fighting and beating the top guys 1 through 10? I have no question that the 'super' title is a load of crap but I don't think it's fair to suggest that other boxers don't work the system.

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I have no problem with Barrera getting a shot at Moses. Just I wouldn't class him as THE world lightweight champion if he won. Obviously he would be A "world" champion though. Just like Khan is "world" champion for beating Kotelnik.

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Originally Posted by Howlin Mad Missy

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Originally Posted by Fenster

Marquez is the super but also "rightful" WBA champ.

It was Juan Diaz before the WBA decided to make him "super" champ. Obviously Marquez beat Diaz.

And obviously the WBA only split up the title to make more money out of it. So obviously it means shit. Like all alphabets.

Anyway.. Marquez is linear champ through beating Casamayor. So Barrera would need to beat him for "world champion" to mean anything.

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How many guys get a title shot by fighting and beating the top guys 1 through 10? I have no question that the 'super' title is a load of crap but I don't think it's fair to suggest that other boxers don't work the system.

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I have no problem with Barrera getting a shot at Moses. Just I wouldn't class him as THE world lightweight champion if he won. Obviously he would be A "world" champion though. Just like Khan is "world" champion for beating Kotelnik.

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there's a lot of world champions about:cool:

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undefeated heavy hitting Paulus Moses

That's terrible news not good news.

Moses isn't the world champ. He has some shitty WBA version stripped off Marquez. Who regards him as champ? Come on now.. is he even top 10 Ring ranked?

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The Ring has him at 7
The belt he got don't mean :censored: but he is becoming an impressive lightweight
Fast jab-nice work rate-solid power & works the body well
Love Barrera-but Moses is a jive dude
The Hitman should dominate

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Originally Posted by Fenster

undefeated heavy hitting Paulus Moses

That's terrible news not good news.

Moses isn't the world champ. He has some shitty WBA version stripped off Marquez. Who regards him as champ? Come on now.. is he even top 10 Ring ranked?

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The Ring has him at 7
The belt he got don't mean :censored: but he is becoming an impressive lightweight
Fast jab-nice work rate-solid power & works the body well
Love Barrera-but Moses is a jive dude
The Hitman should dominate

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I admit I haven't seen him fight but I would say at this stage if he comes forward and looks to fight that is favourable to Barrera (& possibly to moses but like I say I've not seen him) rather than a runner he has to cut off.

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undefeated heavy hitting Paulus Moses

That's terrible news not good news.

Moses isn't the world champ. He has some shitty WBA version stripped off Marquez. Who regards him as champ? Come on now.. is he even top 10 Ring ranked?

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The Ring has him at 7
The belt he got don't mean :censored: but he is becoming an impressive lightweight
Fast jab-nice work rate-solid power & works the body well
Love Barrera-but Moses is a jive dude
The Hitman should dominate

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I admit I haven't seen him fight but I would say at this stage if he comes forward and looks to fight that is favourable to Barrera (& possibly to moses but like I say I've not seen him) rather than a runner he has to cut off.

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Barreras a warrior & won't come off as some jive ass punk
Moses might be just hitting his peak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5yF0AI9TQs

what's with all the jive talk Shaft?

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what's with all the jive talk Shaft?

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Just keeping it real sister:cool:

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How many guys get a title shot by fighting and beating the top guys 1 through 10? I have no question that the 'super' title is a load of crap but I don't think it's fair to suggest that other boxers don't work the system.

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I have no problem with Barrera getting a shot at Moses. Just I wouldn't class him as THE world lightweight champion if he won. Obviously he would be A "world" champion though. Just like Khan is "world" champion for beating Kotelnik.

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there's a lot of world champions about:cool:

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A lot of "world" champions. Sadly for the sport of boxing only a handful can claim to be THE genuine WORLD champion.

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undefeated heavy hitting Paulus Moses

That's terrible news not good news.

Moses isn't the world champ. He has some shitty WBA version stripped off Marquez. Who regards him as champ? Come on now.. is he even top 10 Ring ranked?

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The Ring has him at 7
The belt he got don't mean :censored: but he is becoming an impressive lightweight
Fast jab-nice work rate-solid power & works the body well
Love Barrera-but Moses is a jive dude
The Hitman should dominate

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That says it all. The world champion is rated the 7th best fighter in his divison by the Ring. Saddo Ratings don't even have him in the top 10. Only a handful of hardcore boxing fans on this site would have seen him fight. The world champion :beat:

(note: the wanky smiley is for the world champion moniker not for the boxer Paulus Moses)

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Originally Posted by Fenster

undefeated heavy hitting Paulus Moses

That's terrible news not good news.

Moses isn't the world champ. He has some shitty WBA version stripped off Marquez. Who regards him as champ? Come on now.. is he even top 10 Ring ranked?

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The Ring has him at 7
The belt he got don't mean :censored: but he is becoming an impressive lightweight
Fast jab-nice work rate-solid power & works the body well
Love Barrera-but Moses is a jive dude
The Hitman should dominate

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That says it all. The world champion is rated the 7th best fighter in his divison by the Ring. Saddo Ratings don't even have him in the top 10. Only a handful of hardcore boxing fans on this site would have seen him fight. The world champion :beat:

(note: the wanky smiley is for the world champion moniker not for the boxer Paulus Moses)

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I saw Moses' last fight with Shimoda I think it was
The dude is pretty good
I think if this fight gets on TV
He'll impress a lot of these cats

Marco is an intelligent fighter with great skills...so i don't see him embarrassing himself in the ring. That being said...his best is behind him. He has fought for so long and been part of so many great fights...he should retire with pride. But boxers rarely ever do that.

Barrera is way past it.

He should retire.

I think Barrera can pull it off.
Barrera is one of the toughest SOBs in the sport and with the heart he has and a little desire he can do it.
Lets go MAB.

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I think Barrera can pull it off.
Barrera is one of the toughest SOBs in the sport and with the heart he has and a little desire he can do it.
Lets go MAB.

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Lets hope so

Dont wanna see MAB take another hammering from a guy who 2-3 years back he would of whopped (just like khan)

Would love to see barrera do a Bhop and just keep on going, though the lower down divisions you go the more unlikely that is of happening due to the endurance factor!!

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I think Barrera can pull it off.
Barrera is one of the toughest SOBs in the sport and with the heart he has and a little desire he can do it.
Lets go MAB.

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Lets hope so

Dont wanna see MAB take another hammering from a guy who 2-3 years back he would of whopped (just like khan)

Would love to see barrera do a Bhop and just keep on going, though the lower down divisions you go the more unlikely that is of happening due to the endurance factor!!

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As long as Barrera doesnt get nutted seconds into the 1st round then he wont.

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I think Barrera can pull it off.
Barrera is one of the toughest SOBs in the sport and with the heart he has and a little desire he can do it.
Lets go MAB.

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Lets hope so

Dont wanna see MAB take another hammering from a guy who 2-3 years back he would of whopped (just like khan)

Would love to see barrera do a Bhop and just keep on going, though the lower down divisions you go the more unlikely that is of happening due to the endurance factor!!

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As long as Barrera doesnt get nutted seconds into the 1st round then he wont.

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And theres a competent enough ref to realise the intent and disqualify the other man!!

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Lets hope so

Dont wanna see MAB take another hammering from a guy who 2-3 years back he would of whopped (just like khan)

Would love to see barrera do a Bhop and just keep on going, though the lower down divisions you go the more unlikely that is of happening due to the endurance factor!!

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As long as Barrera doesnt get nutted seconds into the 1st round then he wont.

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And theres a competent enough ref to realise the intent and disqualify the other man!!

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Are you seriously trying to suggest Khan headbutted Barrera intentionally??

And are you really complaining about Dave Parris allowing the home fighter to use his head??

Oh the irony.

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As long as Barrera doesnt get nutted seconds into the 1st round then he wont.

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And theres a competent enough ref to realise the intent and disqualify the other man!!

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Are you seriously trying to suggest Khan headbutted Barrera intentionally??

And are you really complaining about Dave Parris allowing the home fighter to use his head??

Oh the irony.

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I don't care if that butt was intentional or not. It was horrible and the fight should have been over there and then.

Barrera fought blind for multiple rounds and was being pot shotted by a damn amateur who still got shakey legs.

As long as there are no heads early Barrera can win this one.

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Originally Posted by Howlin Mad Missy

Marquez is the 'super' champion.

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Marquez is the super but also "rightful" WBA champ.

It was Juan Diaz before the WBA decided to make him "super" champ. Obviously Marquez beat Diaz.

And obviously the WBA only split up the title to make more money out of it. So obviously it means shit. Like all alphabets.

Anyway.. Marquez is linear champ through beating Casamayor. So Barrera would need to beat him for "world champion" to mean anything.

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Actually, Moses was WBA champion when they decided to make the Marquez vs. Diaz fight for the vacant WBA 'Super' Title purely because the vacant WBO belt was on the line. Marquez is only WBA champion because that organisation is full of shit.

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I don't care if that butt was intentional or not. It was horrible and the fight should have been over there and then.

Barrera fought blind for multiple rounds and was being pot shotted by a damn amateur who still got shakey legs.

As long as there are no heads early Barrera can win this one.

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I don't disagree, but it was clearly NOT intentional & a Hatton fan is in no position to complain about Parris allowing the home fighter to use his head.

i seriously think some people on here are thinking of the Barrera of yesteryear, cause IMO he's looked pretty much done since his comeback, i don't wanna see the guy take a beating cause he's one of the recent ATG's, and it'd be a damn tragedy if he was to be seriously injured due to last hopes of being in the spotlight

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i seriously think some people on here are thinking of the Barrera of yesteryear, cause IMO he's looked pretty much done since his comeback, i don't wanna see the guy take a beating cause he's one of the recent ATG's, and it'd be a damn tragedy if he was to be seriously injured due to last hopes of being in the spotlight

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I'm with ElTerrible on this one. I don't see how Barrera is going to beat a fighter in his prime right now. Barrera looked like crap against Khan. With or without the cut, I didn't see the outcome being any different. He couldn't deal with the speed from the first bell. Can't stand Barrera anyway. The guy is a sore loser and has never taken a defeat like a man. I respect his accomplishments but I dislike him as a person.

As for this 1st Mexican to win 4 world titles in different weightclasses, if they hadn't robbed Morales against Diaz this wouldn't even be a discussion anymore.