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

[BUNGALOWS]

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

Wow, I totally forgot about the Hatton fight.

I agree, that fight might be better than the Cotto fight, because he was the only one to beat Hatton at 140.

And yeah, I don't think I've ever seen a lineal champ get taken out like that.

GOOD CALL!!!

[Holywarrior]

That was the featherweight 4 kings of the 2000's. Morales, Barrera, Marquez and Pacquiao, too bad Morales and Marquez never fought.

Naseem Hamed was more relevant than Marquez. Marques didn't do a lot until he beat Barrera.

[Elotero]

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?

Where was MAB in the P4P rankings when this went down?

MAB was on an 11 fight streak and in a lot of wars at this point. It wasn't really a surprise that it ended.

Also, MAB had lost 3 times by this point. Fairly recently. Not at the beginning of his career either. Twice to Junior Jones. Once by KTFO.

My personal sentiment: Overblown achievement. Decent enough win but overblown to Chavez/Taylor levels. The fanboys make it seem like Pac beat Chavez. He beat Barrera, the one who was already KTFO and owned by Jones and lost to Morales.

[Holywarrior]

And yeah, I don't think I've ever seen a lineal champ get taken out like that.

GOOD CALL!!!

Really? Tyson/Spinks?

[Sweet Pea 50]

I was shocked with how Pac just ran through Hatton the way he did. I thought for sure it could have been a FOTY type candidate.

Man, that left hand that Pac ended the fight with was nuclear.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Where was MAB in the P4P rankings when this went down?

MAB was on an 11 fight streak and in a lot of wars at this point. It wasn't really a surprise that it ended.

Also, MAB had lost 3 times by this point. Fairly recently. Not at the beginning of his career either. Twice to Junior Jones. Once by KTFO.

My personal sentiment: Overblown achievement. Decent enough win but overblown to Chavez/Taylor levels. The fanboys make it seem like Pac beat Chavez. He beat Barrera, the one who was already KTFO and owned by Jones and lost to Morales.

10 years later, it still stings for some people

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Really? Tyson/Spinks?

yes that is about the only one,, but spinks was a semi-retired fight, and it was 25 years ago....

hatton was active, and manny crushed him,,, you dont see that very often,,

[-MAKAVELLI-]

I was shocked with how Pac just ran through Hatton the way he did. I thought for sure it could have been a FOTY type candidate.

Man, that left hand that Pac ended the fight with was nuclear.

PAC and Ricky's dart match lasted longer...we were playing poker by 930 that night with the fight on loop

[bojangles1987]

I was shocked with how Pac just ran through Hatton the way he did. I thought for sure it could have been a FOTY type candidate.

Man, that left hand that Pac ended the fight with was nuclear.

And pretty much every second of the fight looked like a sparring session for Pac. There was maybe a half a moment in the second where you're thinking Hatton might get back in it, next thing you know he's out in the middle of the ring.

Hell of a win.

[bluebeam]

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?

I just read every post and nobody mentioned, barrera being medically check out leading into the pacquiao fight. Mentally he wasnt in it that night. There was a queation mark about a plate in barrera's head. He was having problems in his camp. hbo did a segment on it right before the fight started. Thats why it was so one sided