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Barrera?s Beautiful Mind
By Bart Barry, 15rounds.com, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
It really was Marco Antonio Barrera?s last fight. After an early career marked by reckless exchanges with all comers and a late career marked by careful exchanges with well-selected comers, sometime in the last month Barrera decided he could do it no longer. He was bored with the routine and finishe Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao Changes Speeds to Retire Barrera
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
Conventional wisdom suggested that for Marco Antonio Barrera to upset Manny Pacquiao that he would have to box and counterpunch the hard charging, frenetic Filipino. Barrera was expecting Pacquiao to come at him high and hard wi Read Full Story >>> Farewell, Marco
Bad Left Hook, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
2007 has been the final year of a lot of phenomenal boxing careers. Generational heroes Erik Morales and Arturo Gatti went out on their shields in weight classes they didn't belong in, just trying to stay above water. Both fought valiantly and gave us something to cheer for -- Gatti was just outgun Read Full Story >>> ?Fighting Words? ? Pacquiao-Barrera 2: Pacman and the Ghost of a Warrior?s Past
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
The final bell tolled before the opening bell rang. Before Marco Antonio Barrera stepped into the ring for his rematch with Manny Pacquiao, he said he would retire after what had been a long and legendary career. But revenge would h Read Full Story >>> Edwin Valero Exclusive Interview: ?I Am Ready For Pacquiao, I Want Pacquiao?
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
Las Vegas -- During Saturday night's post-fight press conference, Marco Antonio Barrera admitted that Manny Pacquiao is a great fighter and at the same time mentioned that there is a fighter who has the abilities to dethrone the Filipino featherweight. That fighter is Edwin Valero, who was introduce Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao helps his argument
By Norm Frauenheim, AZCentral.com, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
Marco Antonio Barrera's last dance was surprising only because of a few new steps from Manny Pacquiao, who is hard to typecast and harder to beat.
There were lots of explanations for Pacquiao's measured performance in a one-sided decision Saturday night against Barrera, who promised to retire aft Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Dominates and Ends the Career of Marco Antonio Barrera
By Dan Hernandez, RingsideReport.com, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
?I was sad because I lost the fight, but he never really hurt me?I didn?t even think he landed that many punches.? -- Marco Antonio Barrera
Last night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Manny Pacquiao, 45-3-2, 34 KO?s, defeated Marco Antonio Barrera, 63-6, 42 KO?s, over the Read Full Story >>> While Barrera says farewell to boxing, Pacquiao ready for new challenges
The Canadian Press, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS - Marco Antonio Barrera quietly signed autographs for eager fans, holding a pen in his left hand and his youngest daughter in his right arm.
Barrera's daughter curiously poked at the still-fresh cut on her daddy's right eye, fiddling away until the Mexican champion flinched ever so slig Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao retires Barrera
By Victor Perea, FightNews.com, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
The highly-anticipated rematch, four years in the waiting, between Filipino national icon Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao, and legendary Mexican champion Marco Antonio Bar Read Full Story >>> Battered Mexican hangs up gloves
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS -- Legendary Mexican fighter Marco Antonio Barrera announced his retirement Sunday moments after his unanimous decision loss at the hands of Filipino champion Manny Pacquiao at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
?This is my last fight,? he told the media at the post-fight press conference, Read Full Story >>> An Assassin?s Swan Song
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
This is the way a warrior?s carreer ends: not with euphoria, not with a whimper, but in a defiant effort arising from a last stab at glory.
Marco Antonio Barrera?s career is a majestic tapestry of what pugili Read Full Story >>> FARENAS MAKES IMPRESSIVE US DEBUT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
Featherweight Michael Farenas made an impressive US debut scoring a second round TKO victory over Mexican Arturo Valenzuela in the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao- Marco Antonio Barrera rematch in Las Vegas.
The 23 year old southpaw who is a prot?g? of WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao wants to move to lightweight division
By PNA, news.balita.ph, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
A possible rematch between Manny Pacquiao versus another Mexican, reigning WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, may no longer push through as boxing fans hoping to see in the future.
Wakee Salud, a long-time confidant of the Filipino ring sensation, revealed on Sunday a plan for Read Full Story >>> Manny?s reputation intact, says analyst
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS ? Legendary Kronk Gym owner and Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward said yesterday Manny Pacquiao?s failure to knock out Marco Antonio Barrera has no effect on his marketability as one of the world?s most exciting fighters.
Steward, who served as analyst on the HBO pay-per-view comment Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao - Barrera Fails To Ignite
By Matthew Hurley, EastSideBoxing.com, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
In a long anticipated rematch between Marco Antonio Barrera and Manny Pacquiao the early fireworks many expected fizzled out fast. Instead of explosions the bout provided intermittent periods of combustion enveloped in a rather dull tactical match that saw a wary Barrera try to stay on the outside a Read Full Story >>> Still Pacman
Manny Pacquiao sends Marco Antonio Barrera to retirement. Next up? Possibly Juan Manuel Marquez
By Dennis Principe, Business Mirror, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
IT was a different, more physically fit Marco Antonio Barrera that fought Manny Pacquiao Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay.
The end result, however, was the same as the first time they met, as Pacquiao defeated Barrera, this time scoring a convincing 12-round unanimous decision in a bout that w Read Full Story >>> Too fast, too furious
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao proved faster and stronger as he outclassed a Marco Antonio Barrera that wasn?t ready to go down yesterday, putting a closure on the Mexican?s storied career with a unanimous decision.
Back home, President Arroyo led the nation in celebrating Pacquiao?s victory, saying Read Full Story >>> SHOULD MARCO HAVE EVEN BEEN ALLOWED IN RING WITH MANNY?
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
REASONS FOR NON-KNOCKOUT & UD 12
Las Vegas, NV- When I was prodding the knowledgeable people within my boxing circle this week on the Manny Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch, all but one had predicted a Pacquiao KO. The lone holdout, Hector Martinez, one-time manager of Roberto Duran, and Read Full Story >>> Milan wins belt after round 5 TKO
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
MILAN Milendo kept the WBO minimum-weight Asia-Pacific minimum-weight title at the folds of the ALA Gym following a four-round TKO win over Nuapayak Sakkririn of Thailand last night in the first ever WBO title fight at the Mindanao Polytechnic Gym in Cagayan de Oro City, last Saturday night.
ALA Read Full Story >>> What Would Or Should Manny Pacquaio Do Next? Michael Marley Made His Own List!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 08 Oct 2007
WWJD. You know, that one. What would Jesus do? I have no special insight in what He could or should do except that I know that you know that He knows whenver we skip Mass on Sunday. From what Grandma Marion told me, He marks it down in His Book when you?re absent also.
My subject today is strictl Read Full Story >>>
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