The best of Marco Antonio Barrera *Video*

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Barrera had great punching technique. He knew how to rip uppercuts and bodyshots with full leverage underneath them... and later on in his career as a boxer he knew how and when to fully extend or shorten up his punches dependening on his distance from the opponent. He was the best combination puncher at the time when he was at the top of his game IMO.

That combo @ 3:55 is what I'm talking about. I think he broke Morales's nose with that series of punches... and the way he finished Ayala was a thing of beauty.

 

Great vid! Thanks for posting it.

 

Sweet vid. Music matches perfect.

 

Great video Addie! I had forgotten some of those fights. In particular I forgot what a Primer Barrera looked like. His Victory against McKinney was masterful as was his fight with Hamed.

 

two things.....


reminded me of how ****en crazy johnny tapia was...

and i had totatlly forgot about barreras mullet..hahahahaahahahah



really though, that man was a machine in his prime......

 

I thought that was valero with the mullet...lol

damn, Barrera was sick.

 

Macro should grow his hair again... He might get his powers back. Like Samson.

 

Barerra was an animal back in the day.

 

Yeah, he could throw some sweet combinations with seriously deceptive speed back in those days. At 122 he could hurt a mother****er with one shot too.

 

There's one series in that fight where Tapia is just trying to survive a hailstorm of shots, and all of a sudden he just drops his hands - while Marco is still throwing - and sticks his tongue out at him. Tapia's nuts. Also, I was ringside for the Ayala fight, a beautiful night for boxing in LA, I think the Home Depot center. The weather was mild, every seat in the house was a good one and I had my nephew with me for his first fight. What you can't see in the tape is that MAB's last shot on Ayala's ribs drove all the air out of his body, and he started drooling uncontrollably onto the mat. I thought he was gonna blow chunks. I knew damn well he wasn't getting up.

 

I'd say he was close to prime when he moved to featherweight, but just a touch slower and his power didn't count as much of course, as he was banging on bigger guys. It's definitely not like he lost a LOT, but he lost a little something.