Let's put Barrera v Marquez into perspective.....

[pete shonan]

Simply put..he knows he can KO Marquez plus i don't think he was in very good shape
Age could be a big factor in that i suppose and i feel losing out on the KO will drive someone like Barrera to victory next time out.
He may (as you say) simply turn it in,maybe he should call it a day in all fairness to him.

CC

What do you man about the shape ? Do you know something I dont . Its also sus that a flood of money went on JMM late and then he got wide scores

Thats not suss at all. It's called smart money.

From when it was priced up, win or lose, Marquez looked worth a punt in a 50/50 contest

if you look at the picks made for the prediction contest you'll see that the early picks were on barerra and the lates were on marquez... and thats got nothing to do with money.

i thought barerra looked funny right from the ring entrance. i commentetd to my brother on how he seemed subdued and pasty with bags under his eyes. now i know barerra is calm and calculated, but he usually has an determined allertness to him that wasn't there from the start in my opinion. he fought well over the first few rounds, but then seemed to lay back over 4, 5 & 6 and was really just pulling the stops out to steal the round at the 20 second mark... so while i though barerra was being given the decision, i can see how marquez won rounds where barerra sat back and let come forward. and they always say the vegas judges like aggression.