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Barrera to Retire if He Loses to Pacquiao By Hermie Rivera PhilBoxing.com Sun, 26 Aug 2007 Nearly seven weeks before the celebrated rematch, Manny Pacquiao is outpacing Marco Barrera despite a late start at his new training pad. The Pacman is training for the Mexican assasin with intense energy and force induced by his gang of irrepressible sparmates. If Manny starts out with his usual dose of non-stop punching, then a shortened evening is in store for the gritty Mex who's in a deep grind himself sweating his butt off iat a Guadalalajara gym. Midway into their hectic workouts, I still can't see Barrera avenging his loss to Pacquiao in the October 6 return bout. Unless he has grown a third arm plus an extra leg to boot. Buoyed by the expert handling of his indespensable coach Freddie Roach and backstopped by Buboy Fernandez, the left-handed GenSan terror is on track to re-establish his dominance of the former three-time champ. At best, Barrera will find it discomfiting or at worst, difficult, as soon as Pacquiao opens up with his combos of stinging hooks and straights set-up by his wicked jabs. "Any fighter who leads off with the jab can execute the knockout drills perfected in the workouts," says Freddie. That goes for Marco I would think who's been looking for ways to surprise Manny in their acquaintance shindig at Vegas' Mandalay resort. In their thrilling slugfest some four months back, Manny's powerful stikes hurt Marco, thus forcing his corner to call it a night in the 11th round. He was bounced from a rain of mind-jarring blows in a run-away lift unleashed by the GenSan crackerjack. In the rematch, expect Marco to seek desperate ways of making things difficult for his co=rival. To put into play such plan, Barrera has to engage Pacquiao early and whack at every turn for maximum damage else he'll be sent to pasture early. Ironically, a defeat could revive Marco's stalled drive in becoming a lawyer someday. That dream was shelved by his Lone Star debacle at San Antonio's Alamodome. What the budding barrister confirmed at an Los Angeles presser was retirement if the Filipino boxing terror deals him another devastating setback. All the better if Sr. Barrera can put his mind back to his law books. If Barera gets blown out by Pacquiao again, perhaps an option would be to seek solace in the successional defense of his future clients. With Manny -- he's defenseless. While Barrera was consistent in winning most of his fights, there's something vital that Marco must do but didn't in their first war. An error he must avoid is to stand in front of Manny and get an abundance of weighty jolts sans the obligatory counterpoise. I'm sure Barrera's handlers know about this by now. While Marco scored little success in their first encounter nothing hair-raising dazed Manny save for a solitary hook or two. This is Manny's first fight since getting clobbered in the polls. But that loss makes him more jeopardous this time don't you think? In the short span the Philippine idol has been at Wakee Salud's training camp, Manny Pacquiao is looking more like the right guy who's at the right place and time -- chompin' at the bit -- for the vengeance-seeking Marco Antonio Barrera. Anyone looking for an enthralling encore? Click here to view a list of other articles written by Hermie Rivera.  |
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