Marco Antonio Barrera Signs 5-Year Deal With Don King

[nathanmania]

bad move for Barrera....

[Motofan]

Barrera isn't as shot as ppl think. his last 2 losses are against Pacquiao and JMM. he might not be nearly as good as he was in his prime but he is still good enough to beat some top fighters.

No man, he is shot to hell. I just dont want to see him get hurt, let alone lose to guys he would have destroyed 6 years ago.

[sportsplato]

Campbell would be all wrong for Barrera. It would be a short night, 6th round TKO. Anyone remember Junior Jones? He KO'd Barrera twice in as many fights. Morales will be loved by the Mexicans more due to his tough upbringing.

[alt-mellow]

5 years... or 5 rounds??? somebody got it twisted right here...!!

[ReadyUp]

WTF does MAB want to die in the ring??? No boxing commission should allow him to fight.

Is he broke like Jose Luis Castillo, I can't find any other reason for him to be fighting at this point.

He's obviously not that far removed. The man can still compete, we might not see a point in it as he probably won't taking on all comers. But one or two carefully selected opponents later he'd be right in line for a title shot. And that's if they can't find a champion they think he can beat right now.

He's going to pick and choose his fights. Not battle back through the contender rankings.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

shameful to see a legend putting himself thru this...part of the blame goes to GBP...he was their first major fighter under that banner and the UNceremonious way they sent him packing was horrible...



they should have given him a rematch with JMM, then promoted a final fight and given marco a fitting farewell...instead, they booted him and now he has to whore himself for king the next 5 years

[jack_the_rippuh]

Not suprising at all.
No Mexican fighters ever know when to call it quits.