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Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera (63-4, 42 KOs,) is a 7-5 favorite as he makes the fifth defense of his 130-pound title against Juan Manuel Marquez (46-3-1, 35 KOs), hoping to attain legendary status with a win over Barrera.
In September, Barrera vaporized the stench created from his controversial first-fight win over Rocky Juarez with a clear-cut, unanimous decision win (117-111; 115-113, 115-113), dominated by his jab. Barrera averaged 31 jabs per round, 10 more than the 130-pound average.
Barrera's jab prevented the listless Juarez from getting his rhythm. Juarez threw 109 less punches in the rematch. Barrera boxed more and rumbled less, as he need to throw just 195 power shots. Juarez's first-fight pressure forced Barrera to get off 279 power shots.
Their first fight was originally scored a draw. That's before a mathematical error was found on the card of judge Ken Morita while transferring the scores from the judges' slips to the main scorecard. Morita originally tallied the fight 114-114. Some 20 minutes later, his card was changed to 115-114 for Barrera, giving Barrera the split decision win. Duane Ford's card also contained a boo-boo, with no bearing on the outcome. His card went from 116-114 Juarez to 115-114 Juarez. Anek Hongtongkam's card required no eraser, it remained in tact at 115-114 Barrera.
Although Juarez managed to bloody Barrera's nose and raise some swelling above and below his left eye over the first half of the fight, he wasn't busy enough and it cost him. He averaged just 39 punches per round over the first six frames to 49 per round for Barrera. Juarez's inactivity cost him five of the first six rounds on two cards and four of six on the third card. [details]
In September, Barrera vaporized the stench created from his controversial first-fight win over Rocky Juarez with a clear-cut, unanimous decision win (117-111; 115-113, 115-113), dominated by his jab. Barrera averaged 31 jabs per round, 10 more than the 130-pound average.
Barrera's jab prevented the listless Juarez from getting his rhythm. Juarez threw 109 less punches in the rematch. Barrera boxed more and rumbled less, as he need to throw just 195 power shots. Juarez's first-fight pressure forced Barrera to get off 279 power shots.
Their first fight was originally scored a draw. That's before a mathematical error was found on the card of judge Ken Morita while transferring the scores from the judges' slips to the main scorecard. Morita originally tallied the fight 114-114. Some 20 minutes later, his card was changed to 115-114 for Barrera, giving Barrera the split decision win. Duane Ford's card also contained a boo-boo, with no bearing on the outcome. His card went from 116-114 Juarez to 115-114 Juarez. Anek Hongtongkam's card required no eraser, it remained in tact at 115-114 Barrera.
Although Juarez managed to bloody Barrera's nose and raise some swelling above and below his left eye over the first half of the fight, he wasn't busy enough and it cost him. He averaged just 39 punches per round over the first six frames to 49 per round for Barrera. Juarez's inactivity cost him five of the first six rounds on two cards and four of six on the third card. [details]