Quote Originally Posted by miles

Round 7 almost killed me. Just as you were yelling for Marquez, I was hollering for Barrera. I swear that the 7th round has taken a year off of my life!!! What drama!! Barrera was taking serious punishment and Marquez was hailing punches all over the place. That was SOOO difficult for me to endure. My hands were practically pulling the hair from my head!! And then the punch that Barrera clocked Marquez with for the knock down!! What a peach!!! Clearly a knock down and suddenly Barrera was back in it!!

I still cannot believe the Knock down wasnt called. A MAJOR mistake. I agree with you Mick that Barrera was lucky not to have been disqualified for that uppercut whilst Marquez was down. Im a huge Barrera fan but in no way will I defend him releasing that uppercut!! It was wrong. I couldnt believe what I was seeing when he did that!
Well I know that when the saddo awards come around for the 2007 year then you'll be hard pressed to find a better round of boxing than that Round 7. It had everything in one small package, including the coffee maker, with JMM bossing it with some huge shots, Barrera looking as if he was done, then that huge desperation right as Marquez came in clocking him, and 95% of fighters would have been finished right there. Then there was the controversy, where it looked as though the ref either called a slip, or just decided to dish out some justice after the late shot. Absolutely cracking stuff and well worth staying up for!