Barrera: "Morales will dominate Pacquiao"

[flipside]

barera wants EM to win so that he can have something of a proof that he had an off night when he and pac fought, he was beaten by pac, he bet Em twice, ergo he can take on pac, but i know MAb is afraid of pac, he been runnin and duckin since 2003, makin excuses left and right, if he really wants to prove the first fight wrong his camp should have worked on makin a rematch, not making excuses everytime they win against a fuccing nobody like fana and peden

Barera aint ****, he will always be remembered for getting his ass kicked all night by the little guy from the islands

[eazy_mas]

Barrera talks now because he wants some attention.
Attention give Publicity
Publicity brings money

Why does not Barrera fight Zahir Raheem for now

[MlLkMan]

MAB is just trying to get some spotlight.

[flipside]

coz right now MAb is boring

aint worth ****

i think everyone in golden boy is done

[dep_violator]

Barrera is a poosy scared of Manny! If it wan't really an off night when he lost he'd be sayin " I wish Pac wins so I can fight him and prove that I had off night". Poosy Barrera has wishing Morales WINS fo Christmas present. Poosy!

Welcome back Manny_P.

If Barrera aint afraid of PAC, the fight should have been done years ago. Now that Barrera is a not selling his PPV and he's quickly being edged in the spotlight between 2 fearless fighters Morales and PAC, he thinks he can still grab some candy.

Too bad for him.

[The Wire]

Why isnt Barrera chasing pac more than he is? He's praying Erik beats Pac cos then the interest in MAB vs Pac dwindles a bit more.

[flipside]

Welcome back Manny_P.If Barrera aint afraid of PAC, the fight should have been done years ago. Now that Barrera is a not selling his PPV and he's quickly being edged in the spotlight between 2 fearless fighters Morales and PAC, he thinks he can still grab some candy.

Too bad for him.

hes still banned dude

[Manfredo Jr]

Barrera: "Morales will dominate Pacquiao"

By Ant Evans: One of the super fights already inked for 2006 is the January 21 rematch between Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao, which will emanate from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Their 12 rounder in March 2005 was an early contender for Fight of the Year (and will certainly be on the ballot for SecondsOut's Annual Reader Awards next week) with Morales hanging on to take a close but deserved points decision.

But Pacquiao engendered much sympathy in defeat.. The Pac-Man fought under less than optimum conditions, what with him in the middle of an ugly divorce from Murad Muhammad, the promoter who not only signed away Pacquiao's right to wear his favoured Reyes gloves but also took the luxury suite his hosts at the MGM Grand had provided for the fighter.

Plus, as he and trainer Freddie Roach repeatedly pointed out in the nine months since, Pacquiao rocked Morales to his boots in the championship rounds and when you throw all of that together with Morales's listless 12 round lost to unheralded Zahir Raheem in September, it is easy to understand why some bookmakers strongly favour Pacquiao to avenge the defeat next month.

However common opponent Marco Antonio Barrera, who is almost certain to fight the winner in the second half of the New Year, believes 'El Terrible' will improve on his March performance and hammer 'the Pac-Man' second time around.

"Morales will dominate in an easy fight," Barrera told SecondsOut. "I want to fight the winner of (next month's fight) and I think that will be Erik Morales. Morales is not shot, forget about his last (performance), he was not motivated, did not train hard and was fighting too heavy (weighing in as a lightweight)."

That prediction shouldn't take long-time fans by surprise. Pride often massages fighters predictions in that they will select an opponent they defeated over a fighter they lost to. That way they can say 'See? I told you my loss to that guy was a fluke because a guy I beat, beat him'.

But, whatever, fans will welcome the news that Barrera v Morales IV is indeed on the cards for the New Year.

The three-division unified world champion continued: "Actually, Golden Boy offered Morales the chance to fight me in September but he declined the fight."

Barrera believes he has underlined that he is the best Mexican fighter of his generation already, and said he will fight Morales for a fourth time because of the fans.

"Morales has said 2006 is the year of his revenge but how can he seek revenge when the best he can do is (draw level) at 2-2?," Barrera smiled.

"My victory (to go 2-1) was one of the most important in my career because I won the trilogy. Boxing history is filled with trilogies and I won mine with Morales. Revenge is not something Morales will get so easily but a fourth fight is something all the fans want to see.

"It is a sportsmanlike rivalry," Barrera smiled. "Oscar is promoting fighters differently, he is doing it differently and he has a style of promoting that is new and exciting. Whenever Golden Boy fights a Top Rank fighter we win so we don't take the rivalry that seriously. Golden Boy will come out on top on Top Rank again in 2006 when I go 3-1 against Morales."

Source: http://www.secondsout.com/USA/news.cfm?ccs=229&cs=18120

i hope he is correct cos i have a few bets on morales

[TheEvilSaint]

i wish morales would get over the suckerpunch tha that barerra gave him before the first fight and just accept barerra's respect. MAB has offered to apologize but erik refused.

im pretty sure that MAB just wants the mexican fighter to win. he wants revenge for MAB's KO loss to manny and he wants erik to deliver it.

[flipside]

i wish morales would get over the suckerpunch tha that barerra gave him before the first fight and just accept barerra's respect. MAB has offered to apologize but erik refused.

im pretty sure that MAB just wants the mexican fighter to win. he wants revenge for MAB's KO loss to manny and he wants erik to deliver it.

barera wants erik to avenge his loss to pac? he a big man he can do that himself except if he knows inside that he cant beat manny