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Underneath the high definition calm of his practiced professionalism, Marco Antonio Barrera frets, holding in check his nervous anxiety when ever he’s asked about his next fight. In training camp, the great Mexican featherweight avails himself of more moments of solitude and contemplation than when he was a younger man. No wonder. Most all the mysteries of a life in boxing have been revealed to him, having been celebrated or endured.
The summation of his future hall of fame career – effectively what he hopes will be a two fight series against Juan Manuel Marquez then Manny Pacquiao – locks itself into position, the inevitability Barrera will be forced to live out and overcome. The endgame for great boxing champions remains a constant: you must attempt to dispel common belief by beating the odds, defying time’s mastery, the entropy of the body and the excellence of all opposition arrayed against you. Sometimes a great career comes down to the illusion of knowing what cannot be demonstrated: faith. [details]
The summation of his future hall of fame career – effectively what he hopes will be a two fight series against Juan Manuel Marquez then Manny Pacquiao – locks itself into position, the inevitability Barrera will be forced to live out and overcome. The endgame for great boxing champions remains a constant: you must attempt to dispel common belief by beating the odds, defying time’s mastery, the entropy of the body and the excellence of all opposition arrayed against you. Sometimes a great career comes down to the illusion of knowing what cannot be demonstrated: faith. [details]
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