Barrera went there to stand up... Blows golden opportunity!!!!

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I always respected erik...

how did it played out? any of the guys was in trouble during the fight?

how about the illegal blow, i read the it greatly affected pac?

Not really there were maybe a couple of good shots here and there but nothing big. It was one of those fights where at the end of the night you felt both fighters left 3/4's of their gas in the tank still. Very disappointing.

[legacyofbrutality]

yea it was a disappointing fight...I actually thought the first 4 or 5 rounds of Peter-McCline was more exciting

[brently1979]

I think Barrera just went there to stand up and not be knocked out... He fought scared and too tentative and in my opinion blew a golden opportunity as Pacquiao was obviously not himself in the fight. Hopefully Pacquiao will now take a meaningful fight against the winner of Soto vs Guzman.

I hate to bring in my favorite fighter into this but this fight shows why Morales was so great.... always a great show.

Great post. I couldn't help fell Barerra did an DLH on us tonight. He should have mixed it up with Pac more in the late rounds.

[shawn_]

Barrera fought a smart tactical fight, but he just doesn't have it any more. Barrera of 2 years ago would have won that fight. The Barrera that lost to Pac the first time around would have won that fight. He dominated Pac-man strategically, but he just didn't have enough left to do what was needed to win.

His hands were slow, he wasn't putting together his combos, but he still fought smart. He really was a shell of himself in that ring. There were occasional flashes of his greatness, but not enough to win.

Perfect time for Barrera to retire.

[Joartcc3]

Barrera fought a smart tactical fight, but he just doesn't have it any more. Barrera of 2 years ago would have won that fight. The Barrera that lost to Pac the first time around would have won that fight. He dominated Pac-man strategically, but he just didn't have enough left to do what was needed to win.

His hands were slow, he wasn't putting together his combos, but he still fought smart. He really was a shell of himself in that ring. There were occasional flashes of his greatness, but not enough to win.

Perfect time for Barrera to retire.

Barrera of any version loses to PAC.

Dude. NO more excuses.

Barrera got beat twice and that's it.

Now is not the time to spew excuses.

Now is the time to shut up. MAB pulled a punk act there and good thing we Filipinos are gentlemen that PAC didn't took it personally.

I cannot say the same for the punk MAB.