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Wow! what a fight. I was too drunk for my own good but I bared witnessed to what should be the fight of the year. I gave MAB a fraction of a chance in beating EM. I'm am extatic that he proved me wrong and my love for boxing just grew even more.
EM was waaay tooo slow to begin with. That being said I never expected for MAB to be as quik as he was. That was Barrera's perfect fight. EM was waaay too overconfident and MAB took advantage. From the first round on MAB had something to prove. I think RJJ said it right when he pointed out that EM looked liked a fighter that didn't wanna be there and had no reason to. MAB had something to prove and that heart of his is what defeated Morales.
Barrera's left hook looked phenomenal. To be able to follow up a left hook with a left uppercut demands true skill. His right was doing equal amount of damage. The guy answered every shot EM threw and never backed down.
Whats next?
EM is far from finished. Although his plans of going up to 135 has been completely derailed he just learned a valuble lesson. You cannot take any fighter for granted or what they are capable of specially a great champion like Marco Antonio Barrera. He needs to establish his name now more than ever in his next fight.
As for Barrera, he will surely look for a rematch against Pacquiao should he prevail against Marquez. If this happens however, call me biased, but I'd still have to pick Pacquiao. In the words of RJJ when asked about what would happen with a rematch against Pac, "I dunno, Pacquiao's as quick as I dunno what..." but it should be another war between two great fighters.
Great win for MAB. Proved to everyone he is not done and is here to stay and that's always good news to every boxing fan out there...
EM was waaay tooo slow to begin with. That being said I never expected for MAB to be as quik as he was. That was Barrera's perfect fight. EM was waaay too overconfident and MAB took advantage. From the first round on MAB had something to prove. I think RJJ said it right when he pointed out that EM looked liked a fighter that didn't wanna be there and had no reason to. MAB had something to prove and that heart of his is what defeated Morales.
Barrera's left hook looked phenomenal. To be able to follow up a left hook with a left uppercut demands true skill. His right was doing equal amount of damage. The guy answered every shot EM threw and never backed down.
Whats next?
EM is far from finished. Although his plans of going up to 135 has been completely derailed he just learned a valuble lesson. You cannot take any fighter for granted or what they are capable of specially a great champion like Marco Antonio Barrera. He needs to establish his name now more than ever in his next fight.
As for Barrera, he will surely look for a rematch against Pacquiao should he prevail against Marquez. If this happens however, call me biased, but I'd still have to pick Pacquiao. In the words of RJJ when asked about what would happen with a rematch against Pac, "I dunno, Pacquiao's as quick as I dunno what..." but it should be another war between two great fighters.
Great win for MAB. Proved to everyone he is not done and is here to stay and that's always good news to every boxing fan out there...
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