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

[Sweet Pea 50]

I'll admit, I was blind sided by what Manny did at 140-147.

When I first heard of the DLH fight, I was thinking it was more of a circus act. First gut reaction. But after thinking about it, watching the Forbes fight a few times, Forbes of all people putting a dent in DLH, then the zombie DLH that showed up at the weigh in....


Hindsight is 20/20.

[bluebeam]

I watched the segement..Barrera had the metal plates inserted 16 fights before the Pacquaio one..so that's no excuse..and Barrera never used it as an excuse after the fight

At the time of the fight Barrera was the one of top 3 pound for pound fighters on the planet..and in the best run of his career.

Before the fight..Barrera was quoted "He reminds me of a young me,he has a fire in him..which I don't think I'll be able to put out"

Im not saying that cost him the fight, im saying he had no intensity that night against pacquiao. The rematch was a easy win for pacquiao but barrera was more engaging that night, compared to the first fight