What do Brits think of Marco Antonio Barrera

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  1. dondada

    dondada Active Member Full Member

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    All time great, legend in every respect.

    I'm not a starry eyed type at all. But I was proud to shake his hand.
     
  2. White Tiger

    White Tiger Boxing Addict banned

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    An all around solid professional.

    But a bit of a sucker for a right hand.
     
  3. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Morales landed very few great right hands over the course of three fights.
     
  4. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Poor mans Eusebio Pedroza.
     
  5. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Nice input, ass hat. :good
     
  6. dave-slave

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    Hamed was a *****. I like Marco!
     
  7. perspicacity

    perspicacity Raising The Bar Full Member

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    Naz was big with Casual Boxing fans, I remember watching with a crowd of mates and was the only one who had money on Barrera to win. I was super-confident MAB would do a number on Naz and really enjoyed the fight and watching reality sink in with them :lol:

    Also remember telling the same crowd about a year later that Eamonn McGhee would give Hatton problems, they laughed until Hatton got put on his ass in round one :yep

    Barrera is a legend :smoke
     
  8. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Casual fans...actually liked him? :blood

    I always perceived that he had the same appeal to the general public in the UK that Mayweather has (for the most part) here in the US - people tuning in wanting to finally see someone shut his mouth and humble him in defeat.
     
  9. perspicacity

    perspicacity Raising The Bar Full Member

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    Not from what I can remember, everyone liked Naz and wanted to see him knock people out.

    Dont get me wrong, his ring entrance in that Barrera fight raised a few eyebrows with the crowd I was with and by the end of the fight they were all Barrera fans :yep
     
  10. SkillspayBills

    SkillspayBills Mandanda Running E-Pen Full Member

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    Naz had a large casual following but at same time there was many who hated him. For various reasons some being more decent then others...

    I for one always tuned in hoping someone would humble him, MAB answered those wishes!.
     
  11. sillyjoow

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    My favourite Mexican fighter of all time and true Legend
     
  12. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Hey, it's only the truth. :tong
     
  13. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Nah, MAB was better than Pedroza and would have hammered him.
     
  14. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Oh, it's already been broughten.
     
  15. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Not before a record amount of nut-crushers were thrown and landed. :yep