Mexican Featherweight Marco Antonio Barrera is at age 33 is a boxing legend. This Saturday Barrera will get an opportunity to add on to his boxing legacy when he gets his shot at revenge against Manny Pacquiao who KO’d him in 2004. Bodog has Marco Antonio Barrera as a +235 odds underdog against Manny Pacquiao.
Barrera, 63-5, 42 KO’s, started his career off as a straight ahead 112 lb. 15 year old brawler in Mexico with little defense and a lot of heart. Today’s 130 LB. version of Barrera is a thinking man’s boxer\puncher that is adapt at countering with slick defense. Barrera has good power in both hands culminated by a digging left hook to the liver and a hard, accurate jab.
While Marco Antonio is still very skilled many of his boxing skills have eroded over the years after all the hard fought wars. Barrera now has only slightly above-average handspeed and he only fights in spurts. Barrera still has serviceable lateral movement but he is still riding on old legs that are not quite that fast. While Marco’s intelligent approach has been effective over the last few years the natural aggression has all but vanished from the Mexican. While there is no doubt that Barrera is still a very durable fighter with a strong chin, his desire to fight could be in question as he has talked ofretirement often.
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