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The undisputed king of Mexico was crowned at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Juan Manuel Marquez finally showed his full potential by winning a unanimous decision over Marco Antonio Barrera to win the WBC super featherweight title. The scores were 118-109, 116-111 and 116-111, all for Marquez.
The fight was exciting from start to finish and lived up to all the hype that was branded on the fight. The two
men waged an all-Mexican war for twelve hard rounds. Barrera was able to hold an edge over Marquez, until the seventh round. In the seventh, Marquez landed a huge right that put Barrera in trouble. Sensing a chance for a knockout, Marquez jumped on Barrera with power punches that were beating Barrera all over the ring.
In the final five seconds of the seventh, the most talked about moment of the fight took place. Barrera was being assaulted and landed a counter punch that sent Marquez down to a knee. But, as Marquez was still down, Barrera hit him with another right hand. The referee, Jay Nady, did not rule Marquez going down as a knockdown and immediately deducted a point from Barrera, for the punch while Marquez was down.
Following the seventh, Marquez began to land hard punches more frequently. Boxing went out the window as both men were unloading all of their power punches. Marquez was able to land better with crisp uppercuts down the stretch.
In the final round, both fighters were bloody, swollen and bruised. Neither backed up, they both tried to close the show. Marquez's aggression and consistent power punching were the likely factors that won him the fight.
It was obvious from the start that whoever won this fight would fall right in line for a rematch with Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao. Because Marquez is under the banner of Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions and Pacquiao is signed to Top Rank, making the fight will be difficult. [details]
The fight was exciting from start to finish and lived up to all the hype that was branded on the fight. The two
men waged an all-Mexican war for twelve hard rounds. Barrera was able to hold an edge over Marquez, until the seventh round. In the seventh, Marquez landed a huge right that put Barrera in trouble. Sensing a chance for a knockout, Marquez jumped on Barrera with power punches that were beating Barrera all over the ring.
In the final five seconds of the seventh, the most talked about moment of the fight took place. Barrera was being assaulted and landed a counter punch that sent Marquez down to a knee. But, as Marquez was still down, Barrera hit him with another right hand. The referee, Jay Nady, did not rule Marquez going down as a knockdown and immediately deducted a point from Barrera, for the punch while Marquez was down.
Following the seventh, Marquez began to land hard punches more frequently. Boxing went out the window as both men were unloading all of their power punches. Marquez was able to land better with crisp uppercuts down the stretch.
In the final round, both fighters were bloody, swollen and bruised. Neither backed up, they both tried to close the show. Marquez's aggression and consistent power punching were the likely factors that won him the fight.
It was obvious from the start that whoever won this fight would fall right in line for a rematch with Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao. Because Marquez is under the banner of Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions and Pacquiao is signed to Top Rank, making the fight will be difficult. [details]
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