Barrera gets ready to return

[Faulks]

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/barrera-gets-ready-to-return-48853

 

Marco Antonio Barrera was known as “The Baby Face Assassin” when he started out at the Inglewood Forum in California. Fast forward 20 years later and Barrera is still a recognized name in boxing and will surely end up in the Boxing Hall of Fame on day, but not yet, he still wants one more thing out of boxing. “I want to win a fourth world title and its something that motivates me to train and to fight and to keep going,” said Barrera, a three-time world champion.

 

The 36 year old, Barrera is coming back into the ring after a 15-month lay-off, as he will take on Adailton De Jesus on Saturday, June 26 at the Alamodome of San Antonio, Texas in the co-main event of “Latin Fury 15” a pay-per-view card presented by Top Rank and Zanfer Promotions.

 

On the same card, undefeated world ranked contender Julio César Chávez Jr (40-0-1, 30 kos) will take on Ireland’s John Duddy (29-1, 18 kos) in the main event.

 

Barrera is training in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico the city where he has lived the last six years after moving from Mexico City, where he was born and grew-up.

 

“I am very happy here in Guadalajara. So along with my team we decided to train here for my return to the ring on June 26,” said Barrera, known for his victories over Naseem Hamed and his three wars with Erik Morales.

 

After consulting with his family and feeling that everyone was okay with his decision he decided to come back to the ring and seek that fourth world title, something no Mexican-born fighter has ever done.

 

“I want to comeback with a spectacular fight. I have trained hard and little by little I am getting better and I want to show everyone how serious I am about getting the fourth world title,” said Barrera, who has won world titles at 122, 130 and 135 pounds during his 21 year professional career.

 

Barrera’s last fight was in March of 2009 in England against Amir Khan, where he lost a technical decision after a cut stopped the fight in the fourth round.

 

“I need to be in great condition and I will be. I am still very hungry and want to look good in my return to show everyone that I am still capable of winning another world title,” said Barrera.

 

His brother Jorge Barrera, is his lead trainer and they run every morning in the Bosque Colomos and head out to the gym around 2 p.m. for a two-hour training session.

 

“I feel very happy to be training and getting ready for a fight. I have always enjoyed this part of boxing and doing it near my family and with a good team, makes it even easier to get ready to fight,” said Barrera.

 

Barrera team’s included his brother, Jorge Barrera, Alex “Pollo” Galindo, Sendai Tanaka and is doing sparring with Alfredo Lopez, Carlos Martinez and Adrian Téllez.

[Wheelchair]

No chance of Barrera getting another world title.

[Faulks]

Shouldnt be in the ring IMO. Never mind all talk of a title

[iamasadlittleboy]

he'll get a shot sadly

[Wheelchair]

Barrera. The pudgy-faced geriatric.

 

As a white-collar worker with the thinnest of fistic endeavour behind me I cannot ever bring myself to discourage professional fighters from doing what they do best whether a chasm removed from their prime or not. The likes of Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins all earned the right to make their own decisions and though a shadow of their pomp they remain steadfastly more capable than a plethora of younger fighters for whom world-titles will always remain a pipe-dream. You cannot make a fighter retire simply because of their age of the evident decay in their performances. However, as an independent observer with a soft spot for the Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera I’d be happy to whisper quietly that its time to stop. If I could get close enough.

 

Of course, even were I of sufficient proximity to mumble the suggestion he looks old and is falling back on the clichés of his predecessors who all sought one more goal or objective from their wealth of talent I doubt the veteran would listen. True the old warhorse was summarily shafted in his technical decision loss to Amir Khan, permitted to continue long enough to take the fight to the scorecards and avoid the temporarily inconclusive No Contest result his depth of service to the sport richly deserved. Once again the fight in the fighter cost him the fight. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to provide witness to his 21-year career will concur that the three weight world champion would never refuse to continue while ever he could see Khan and had two arms.

 

Mexican legends never step backward or turn away, regardless of the odds. The moment he wasn’t pulled out and permitted to continue his fate in the Khan fight was sealed, with the cut no worse he was stopped in the 5th. Allowing Khan to move on, sucking the marrow from the carcass of Barrera’s talent and leaving the Mexican unfulfilled and cheated. Fighters and men of Barrera’s calibre and make-up can only leave on their shield not via contentious and unsavoury technical decisions.

 

How could a TD loss ever provide a meaningful conclusion to a career of the luminance of Barrera’s? And so, 15 months later, with the face a little more fleshy and soft, the brow heavier and glint in the eyes subdued still further the now 36-year-old is to return to the ring in an attempt to annex some inconsequential portion of the Lightweight title. His career needs neither the additional bauble nor his body the punishment even a mediocre opponent may submit it to.

 

Take care Marco.

 

 

http://boxingwriter.co.uk/2010/06/07/barrera-the-pudgy-faced-geriatric/?

[Goldenbhoy]

Should of walked away years ago, hes ended up being beaten by guys who dont deserve to be in the same ring as him in his heyday. Another case of a fighter staying to long.

[Faulks]

Should of walked away years ago, hes ended up being beaten by guys who dont deserve to be in the same ring as him in his heyday. Another case of a fighter staying to long.

 

goodp//

[Wheelchair]

Should of walked away years ago, hes ended up being beaten by guys who dont deserve to be in the same ring as him in his heyday. Another case of a fighter staying to long.

 

Agreed mate. Boxers, it seems, never learn.

[LondonRingRules]

How could a TD loss ever provide a meaningful conclusion to a career of the luminance of Barrera’s? And so, 15 months later, with the face a little more fleshy and soft, the brow heavier and glint in the eyes subdued still further the now 36-year-old is to return to the ring in an attempt to annex some inconsequential portion of the Lightweight title. His career needs neither the additional bauble nor his body the punishment even a mediocre opponent may submit it to.

 

Take care Marco.

 

 

http://boxingwriter.co.uk/2010/06/07/barrera-the-pudgy-faced-geriatric/?

 

--------- Not familiar with boxingwriter, but the above is simply not true.

 

Obviously some valid points can be drawn about Barrera's age, but Barrera is highly skilled with many, including me, feeling he beat Marquez, being actually robbed by Nady by incompetent reffing.

 

The rematch would be similar tactics with Barrera potentially being given more credit with less interference from Nady.

 

This notion of Barrera being robbed in the Khan fight just doesn't hold water either. He was given a chance to claim the headbutt affected his vision as has become the standard operating procedure in these types of bouts, and he refused. He was the most experienced member of HIS team and should've been able to figure the fight was likely to be stopped before he could track down a fleetfooted prime fighter.

 

No mediocre fighter is gonna pummel Barrera no matter how poorly Barrera trains. The article way overstates the decline of Barrera.

[grapevine241]

barrera beating marquez LMAO

[Ironman]

Hes shot and should retire.