What was Marco Antonio Barrera's GREATEST fight?

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  1. punch13

    punch13 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What was Marco Antonio Barrera's GREATEST fight? Barrera went to war with everyone, and the ONLY fighter to go up against the top 4 biggest names in the featherweight division in the last 12 years: Pac, Morales, Hamed, and Junior Jones. But he also had great battles with other top elite fighters. He didn't win all the great battles, but he fought valiantly through each one of them. Which was his best? Which one showed him to be the apex of Mexican boxing? Which one represents the epitome of his career?

    1. Johnny Tapia
    2. Kennedy Mckinney
    3. Naseem Hamed
    4. Morales I
    5. Morales II
    6. Morales III
    7. Pacquiao I
    8. Junior Jones I
    9. Junior Jones II
    10. Juan Manuel Marquez

    I'm sorry I couldn't fit his other great fights with Kevin Kelly, Paulie Ayala, Agapito Sanchez, Rocky Juarez, and Jesus Salud, but you are more than welcome to discuss about them.
     
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  2. theunderdog

    theunderdog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    morales 1. nuff said
     
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  3. tays001

    tays001 ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    the first morales fight
     
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  4. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ...........Morales I, with a very close second being the McKinney fight, which for some reason is rarely spoken of. If you haven't seen it, make a point of it. Sensational stuff.
     
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  5. nighthunter

    nighthunter Active Member Full Member

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    against Naz, complete domination...
     
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  6. acb

    acb De Camaguey... Gavilan Full Member

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    Naz, for me.
     
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  7. 4Rounder

    4Rounder Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hamed, that was pure brilliance. :yep
     
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  8. Manos de Piedra

    Manos de Piedra Active Member Full Member

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    morales 1 was his best effort just stellar, much improved defencivly from the mckinney fight
     
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  9. punch13

    punch13 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ooops, in my original post I said that MAB was the only fighter to take on the top 4 names in the featherweights in the last 12 years: Pac, Erik Morales, Naseem Hamed, and Junior Jones.

    I should have said top 5 boxers, and included Juan Manuel Marquez.
     
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  10. knockout

    knockout Make my day Full Member

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    When he ws schooling That hypejob Hamad.
     
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  11. CJLightweight

    CJLightweight Lightweight Kingpin Full Member

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    naz was his greatest:good
     
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  12. Carlos Primera

    Carlos Primera Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Morales 1 for me. It does'nt get any better than edging (for the majority of us) a fellow all time great, in a great fight. A lot of people thought he was done due to the jones losses. But that first morales fight not only redeemed him, but most likely defined his career as well. The hamed win comes close, but the first morales fight was quintissenstial barrera.
     
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  13. this bloke

    this bloke Well-Known Member Full Member

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    hes greatest fight was probably nas, because of the recognition he got from it but in the ring id say the first morales fight
     
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  14. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Hamed fight... pure genious, instant HOF...

    Of course the 1st Morales fight was a good one as well and the 3rd one as well... Morales was a heavy favorite after MAB's loss to Pac and he did a great job in his 3rd division...
     
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  15. pelican

    pelican Guest

    naz. simply awesome. the fight also saw the COMPLETE transformation of the baby faced assassin from a face-first, left hooking wild swinger to a master boxer-puncher.
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