By Mark Havey: When Juan Manuel Marquez landed the bomb that knocked out the long reigning Pound 4 Pound king Manny Pacquiao, the world seemed in shock. The two men had been rivals for so long and had faced each other 3 times. Each time Marquez closely fell short of getting his hand raised. But whilst some were shocked, others were suspicious way before the bell rang.
Boxers, MMA fighters and fans have since come out to say that the skills and physique of Marquez were unfeasible. His coach has also raised eye brows as a well known steroid pusher. Marco Antonio Barrera is one of those people. He has fought and lost to both Marquez and Pacquiao. Philboxing.com quoted him saying “when Marquez dropped Pacquiao I said it’s terrible because he (Marquez) has no good punch. When he dropped Pacquiao in the 3rd round I said what happened?”
By Chris Williams: Former three division world champion Marco Antonio Barrera (67-7, 44 KO’s) says his wife has given him permission to resume his boxing career after two years out of the ring.
By Chris Williams: Marco Antonio Barrera isn’t giving fellow Mexican fighter Juan Manuel Marquez too much credit for having knocked Manny Pacquiao out cold in their fight last December, and nor is Barrera giving Marquez credit for having dominated Pacquiao in their three previous fights before that.
By Chris Williams: Marco Antonio Barrera says he was surprised by Juan Manuel Marquez’s sudden emergence of power for his last fight against Manny Pacquiao last December in which Marquez (55-6-1, 40 KO’s) knocked Pacquiao out in the 6th round.