10th anniversary of Pacquaio vs Barrera 1..questions?

[bojangles1987]

On 15 November,2003..the rise of Manny Pacquaio began with an impressive knock out win over undisputed featherweight champ and P4P ruler Marco Antonio Barrera..who had been on an 11 fight winning run..beating the likes of Morales,Tapia and Hamed.

1.Where do you rank this fight among Pacquaio's best wins?

2.What was the reason behind this one sided ferocious beatdown?

3.How did Pacquiao beat prime barrera but lose to a shot morales?

4.What upset in the current boxing world could match the upset result of this fight...GGG moving up dominating then koing Ward?

1. Definitely his best win.

2. Pac was a horrific matchup for Barrera. His speed and relentlessness was too much.

3. Morales turned back the clock and was able to take the lessons Marquez showed in the first fight and apply them successfully.

4. Leo Santa Cruz dominating and beating Rigondeaux. Not quite the same, but close IMO.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Pea, they thought i was crazy...they were like 'how are you gonna afford all these lunches'


aside from the bookie that i made almost a grand off of, i had little side bets with other co workers...little $10, $20 bets here and there...and here was my kicker for that fight; double on KO....on man, that was probably one of the most glorious Mondays ever

Same here. The bets generally don't go higher then say 50 bucks or so. I don't know what got into a couple of my buddies over Canelo-May, though. They lost their minds on that one.

[BUNGALOWS]

1. Barrera

1a. Cotto

[Sugar Adam Ali]

On 15 November,2003..the rise of Manny Pacquaio began with an impressive knock out win over undisputed featherweight champ and P4P ruler Marco Antonio Barrera..who had been on an 11 fight winning run..beating the likes of Morales,Tapia and Hamed.

1.Where do you rank this fight among Pacquaio's best wins?

2.What was the reason behind this one sided ferocious beatdown?

3.How did Pacquiao beat prime barrera but lose to a shot morales?

4.What upset in the current boxing world could match the upset result of this fight...GGG moving up dominating then koing Ward?

1. its probably his best win

2. Manny's handspeed and non-stop attack caught MAB off guard,, everyone knew manny was exciting fighter, but most assumed that manny would make things interesting but after a few rounds MAB would figure him out, slow him down, and beat him up down the stretch,,, people didnt realize how much power manny had, and he just wouldnt back down,, it was prime manny fighting like a hurricane, and MAB was totally shell-shocked after a few rounds when he couldnt get manny off him

3. At the time manny was destroying everyone,, he had laid waste to everyone leading up to MAB, then he destroyed MAB, then with all the hype he laid out jmm 3 times in the 1st rounds,, Anytime manny touched someone they were getting dropped,,, But then he stepped into the ring with morales,, 1st round manny comes straight at him, unloads a series of punches and morales just takes them and fires back and manny had never had anyone stand up to his power before,,, Morales beat manny's ass because he could handle the power and he could fire back,,, from that point on manny started boxing more instead of just jab jab straight left hand,
That is why people shouldnt obsess over ko guys like lucas, kovolev, ggg because eventually they will meet a badass that can take their power and fire back, and if these ko guys cant fight going backwards or have a leaky defense or stamina problems, they end up getting whooped

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Same here. The bets generally don't go higher then say 50 bucks or so. I don't know what got into a couple of my buddies over Canelo-May, though. They lost their minds on that one.

24-7 will do that to some people


man, i can't believe it's been 10 years

[Sweet Pea 50]

24-7 will do that to some people


man, i can't believe it's been 10 years

Time goes by
Puffin' on Lye
Hopin' that it gets me high.....

[Sugar Adam Ali]

1. Barrera

1a. Cotto

1b hatton

1c jmm 2


I think the hatton win was terrific because manny is the only guy ever to beat hatton at 140 for the lineal title,, plus he just destroyed hatton in brutal fashion,, i cant recall a lineal champ losing his title in such fashion

[bojangles1987]

24-7 will do that to some people


man, i can't believe it's been 10 years

Time goes by
Puffin' on Lye
Hopin' that it gets me high.....

Look at these old fools.

This thread is making my hip hurt though, I can't deny it. This fight was one of the ones that got me back in after a few years away.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Time goes by
Puffin' on Lye
Hopin' that it gets me high.....

got a n***a goin krayyyyzeh

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Look at these old fools.

This thread is making my hip hurt though, I can't deny it. This fight was one of the ones that got me back in after a few years away.

did you know there was a typhoon in philippines before that fight? as was before Hatton and Cotto