Marco Antonio Barrera lost his rematch with Manny Pacquiao by a 12-round unanimous decision on October 6th at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Unlike their first fight Pacquiao wasn't able to knockdown Barrera. Pacquiao was simply the quicker, stronger and busier fighter. However Barrera proved to still be a very resilient and tough fighter. Having lost two fights in a row Barrera stated that this was his last fight denouncing any rumors that he would fight one or two farewell bouts.
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Marco Antonio "Baby Faced Assassin" Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera having turned pro at the age of 15 has earned world titles in three weight classes from Super Bantamweight to Super Featherweight. Barrera received awards by Ring Magazine and others for his great fights including Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I - Ring Magazine Fight of the Year 2000, Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I Round 5 - Ring Magazine Round of the Year 2000, Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales III - Ring Magazine Fight of the Year 2004, Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales III - USA Today Fight of the Year 2004, Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales III Round 11 - Ring Magazine Round of the Year 2004 and Marco Antonio Barrera - Ring Magazine Come Back of the Year 2004.
Marco Antonio Barrera - Greatest Mexican Boxer
Ringside Los Angeles: Marco Antonio Barrera beat Rocky Juarez by a split decision in a 12 round fight at Staples Center in LA on June 20, 2006. Orginally the fight had been declared a draw with Judge Ken Morita's scorecard being announced as a 114-114 draw. About 15 minutes later after most of the fans had left the arena it was announced that the scores had been added wrong and that Morita's scorecard was actually 115-114 for Barrera giving Barrera the split decision victory.
Barrera made it clear on September 16, 2006 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in his rematch with Rocky Juarez that he was the best super featherweight as he skillfully dominated Juarez over 12 rounds. Barrera gave Juarez a boxing lesson controlling the fight with his stiff left jab as planned cruised to a unanimous decision.
Marco Antonio Barrera, coming off of two wins against Rocky Juarez lost his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez and his WBC super featherweight title on March 17, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. A dramatic fight coupled with a controversial round seven; a knockdown of Marquez by Barrera ruled a slip, a referee who didn't touch Barrera when Marquez went down then penalizing Barrera one point for hitting his opponent while down...definate rematch material.