Marco Antonio Barrera as a combination puncher *gifs*

Sorry if the gifs have been overload on you guys, but I think it helps the discussion if I provide you all of footage of the fighter in question. We could clearly see in my Duran vs Barkley thread a few days back that Duran was making Barkley miss and coming back with hard counters, as evidenced by numerous gifs I implemented. Likewise, here, I feel if I provide you with some video evidence of Barrera putting punches together, we can properly access at just how good of a combination puncher he was at his best.

Personally, I rate Marco Antonio Barrera very highly in this category. What I like to see in a combination puncher is speed, accuracy, and variety in punch option. I think Barrera nailed every criteria I just listed. He had blazing handspeed as a featherweight, and even faster as a Super Bantamweight. Later on, during his days 126lbs, his punch output came down so he was more accurate. He rarely missed when he let his hands go, and although he lacks the the numbers Chavez would throw, or the technique of Arguello (lets face it, not many people measure up to his technique), I think Marco should be credited as one of the standout combination punchers of the last 15 years.

Thoughts and opinions? Here's some gifs to help you come up with an analysis, if you haven't seen much of Marco..for whatever reason.

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The Ayala knockdown was just an absolute beauty. Watching it in real time, you can't even tell how many punches he throws and lands because it happens so fast. Marco was a supreme puncher in combination, and as you say, he did it off of counters a lot of the time.

 

I could grab some gifs of his work against the likes of Eddie Croft, Jesse Magana, and Kennedy Mckinney quite easily. I thought he became a more polished and better all round fighter as a result of his too loses to Jones, though...personally.

 

Stay tuned :good This gif business is fun.

 

Not a combination, but this is a peach of a counter in one of Marco's greatest ever performances...in my opinion. Divac, a Marquez fan, once claimed that Marco was a one handed fighter. That to me is like saying Arguello never worked to the body. It's ridiculous. Barrera could do a lot of things with that right hand, including countering with a picture perfect uppercut whilst remaining in perfect balance. :good Barrera will never be remembered the best of his era, but he was one of them, because he was special. He did things not many other fighters around then could do.

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No problem, Teeto :good

What Divac said was quite ironic, considering Marco floored his favorite fighter with that very right hand. Juan Manuel Marquez, another fantastic combination puncher. :good

 

In hindsight, the three point shift didn't matter all that much because one judge had the fight something like 118-109...which is insane. That fight could have been truly special had Barrera not ****ed himself over by getting a point deducted, and had Nady scored the knockdown as such.

How did you view the Marquez vs Barrera fight? I think Marquez won, but not by those margins.