Pacquiao vs Barrera: 4 years too late...
Author: RL
Like the upcoming Roy Jones vs Felix Trinidad fight, sometimes certain fights should be left as a "what if" fight as opposed to an actual one(especially when it deals with buying a PPV).
Manny Pacquiao's dismantling of Marco Antonio Barrera shocked a lot of boxing purists 4 years ago with Barrera coming off big wins over Erik Morales and Prince Naseem. With the build up of Barrera hinting retirement and talks of Pacquiao's focus being off fighting with his increasing popularity in the Philippines as being pretty much the country's figure head, it would seem this could be Barrera's chance at redemption...so we were to think.
From the opening rounds Pacquiao's speed was causing problems for Barrera. Though Barrera had flashes from his days against Morales, Pacquiao would retaliate with a barrage of lefts and rights cornering Barrera in the last few seconds of the rounds.
In the end, Barrera looked as if he just gave up and wanted to play safe and leave the fight on his feet giving Pacquiao a unanimous 12 round decision. Barrera, regardless of his performance, is a future Hall of Famer and will be remembered for his wars in the ring.
