Barrera AN1 Lloyd (Annihilation in 1)

just watched it on Boxnation
didn't see it for years
one of his rebuilding fights after the 2 Jones' losses
in that fight he was in the transitioning process to become a complete boxer puncher
loved the vicious body shots

 

Absolutely brutal to watch at the time. When a guy gets pulled out after the first round, you know it's been a bit of a beatdown.

Barrera was rebuilding at the time after the Jones losses, and iirc Lloyd was the Britsh and European champion. On paper it wasn't that bad a match-up, but from the first bell it was a horrible mismatch.

When you fought Barrera you really needed some pop in your punches, otherwise he would just walk through you. I remember him doing something similar to Frankie Toledo, who later went onto win an alphabet title.

It serves to illustrate how tough Morales was, as he was able to take those kind of punches and give it right back over 36 rounds.

 

What a work of art,those body shots were fast and brutal.Baby faced assasin is right.

 

Nasty ripping bodyshots. :barf

 

Those 3 minutes felt like an hour for Lloyd.

 

One of the most horrendous first round beatings I've seen.

I've seen first round KO's before, but this looked worse, as it was a completely one-sided pounding for the full three minutes, with shots just raining in. Look at his face in the corner -- he actually looks like he's gone 12 rounds. And those body shots...

The commentator said it best. Chilling to watch. Very glad it was stopped.

 

Barrera had that Margarito doo.

 

Wow, this was incredible. Especially coming from two straight losses from Jones. He made a statement with this chap.

 

Sorry, I could not stop laughing at "so damn pretty".

 

Beautiful offensive showing, but loads of guys would look at lot better on offense fighting a guy that much smaller and overmatched. Still, I've never looked a tenth that good hitting a bag alone in a gym, so here's to and ATG MAB.