Featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera is unfazed by the firestorm surrounding his fight with junior featherweight champ Manny Pacquiao.
For Barrera (No. 1 USA TODAY, 57-3, 40 KOs), it’s business as usual. But what is unusual about Saturday night’s fight vs. Pacquiao (No. 3, 37-2-1, 29 KOs) in San Antonio (HBO, 9:45 ET) is that it marks Barrera’s first bout since the surprising disclosure that he had brain surgery in 1997, during which small metal plates were inserted in his head. The news, broken by boxing Web site secondsout.com, has caused quite a stir in a sport where the head is the main target.
