i havent seen the fight but going by some of the threads here...it looks like manny won a wide UD(?) ...but i think its OK to say that MOST of us expected Pac to beat Barrera and some even thought that he would just blow him away but i guess that wasnt the case...so to all other barrera fans like me...with Barrera going the full 12 rds, did he make a good account of himself? (and pls enough of this he was a ***** & ****...you think you can stand in the ring with pac for 12 rds?)
i thought Pac was gonna drill him but the fight was close and I thought Barrera outclassed Pac...this sets up the rematch, JMM vs PAC 2
I don't think Barrera made a good account of himself at all. He didn't engage Pacquaio at pretty much any point in the fight. He was content to just walk around and throw a few jabs. He did a job at evading many of Pacquaios punches, but he was too hesitant to follow-up with any kind of offense. A very boring, lackluster fight.
Barrera surprised me. I thought PAC was gonna murder him. I can't decide who won. Leaning towards PAC.
i agree except he did go after Pacquiao a little more then you say. on top of that though, he made excuses to Larry Merchant after the loss saying that Pacquiao head butt him and that it changed the whole fight for him. he mentioned that twice and then goes on and says that there's no excuses and ****. he always has an excuse for losing. i hate that ****. :roll:
Some of you guys must of watched a completely different fight, because I saw Barrera win like or two rounds. The rest was your typical Pacquaio fight: right hand jabs and the straight left down the middle. Barrera did a job at actually avoiding some of those this time, but he didn't do anything back.
I just got back from watching the fight im a little drunk but everyone agreed with me that when there was big exchanges the one that seemed to be dazed was PAC especially in the 5th and 11th round. it might have been a punch after the break in the 11th but hey what happened to this iron chin of his??? i thought he was gonna go down.(PAC)
I only saw up to round 10 (TV shut out) but I thought it was dead even, with Berrera looking more controlled. I thought the judges scores were way out.
Look, I didn't have punchstat numbers because I watched it on sopcast, but here is what I saw. Barerra dictated the pace of the fight, circled to his left, and frustrated Pac. Pac couldn't really get any great offense going, because Barerra kept him off with the jab, and landed some good counter shots during the fight. I had Barerra winning rounds 3-5 and a few others (I don't remember exactly). Barerra's punches SEEMED to me to bother Pac more than Pac's bothered Barerra, and a lot of Pac's punches seemed like they only partially made contact, whereas Barerra's, while fewer in number, seemed cleaner. I'm not like, upset with a decision win for Pac. I had it Barerra 6-5-1. I also bet my friend 50 dollars that Pac would win. I really thought he would, but I was super nervous coming to the decision.