Barrera or Corrales..

[1g5a22]

40-5 Corrales:

Held the WBC, WBO and The Ring magazine lightweight titles, as well as the WBO and IBF super featherweight titles.

1-1with Castillo
1-2 with Joel Casamayor
-Acelino Freitas
-Robert Garcia
-Justin Juuko
-Derrick Gainer

Lost to Clottey & FMJ too.

67-7-1 Barrera:

Has held multiple world titles in three weight classes, including the WBO super bantamweight title twice, the lineal and Ring magazine featherweight titles, as well as the WBC and IBF super featherweight titles. Barrera is ranked #43 on ESPN's list of "50 All-Time Greatest Boxers".

-Daniel Jiménez
-Frank Toledo
-Kennedy McKinney (BW gold medal at the 1988 Olympics. Also won IBF and WBO super bantamweight titles)
2-1 with Érik Morales
-Naseem Hamed
-Enrique Sánchez
-Johnny Tapia
-Kevin Kelley
-Paulie Ayala
-Rocky Juarez

Lost to Manny P, Marquez, Junior Jones twice & Amir Khan (but he was ancient).

Greater fighter IYO?

[soul_survivor]

absolutely no doubt its MAB. Corrales isn't even a great fighter. Fun and entertaining at times but far from great.

MAB is a certified ATG and one of the most skilled boxer punchers I have ever seen.

[fanofslug]

Barrera. He was clinical and ferocious at his best. The 2009 Barrera was a joke. Like Morales, he should have hung his gloves up long ago.

[sunny31]

Corrales was a very exciting fighter and he has some pretty big wins but Barrera was undoubtedly the better fighter a HOFer and one of the best Mexican fighters of all time.

[Dr Rumack]

Barrera. Not even close.

[IronDanHamza]

Barrera is defintely a greater fighter but Barrera-Corrales at 130 would have been epic.

[sunny31]

40-5 Corrales:

Held the WBC, WBO and The Ring magazine lightweight titles, as well as the WBO and IBF super featherweight titles.

1-1with Castillo
1-2 with Joel Casamayor
-Acelino Freitas
-Robert Garcia
-Justin Juuko
-Derrick Gainer

Lost to Clottey & FMJ too.

67-7-1 Barrera:

Has held multiple world titles in three weight classes, including the WBO super bantamweight title twice, the lineal and Ring magazine featherweight titles, as well as the WBC and IBF super featherweight titles. Barrera is ranked #43 on ESPN's list of "50 All-Time Greatest Boxers".

-Daniel Jiménez
-Frank Toledo
-Kennedy McKinney (BW gold medal at the 1988 Olympics. Also won IBF and WBO super bantamweight titles)
2-1 with Érik Morales
-Naseem Hamed
-Enrique Sánchez
-Johnny Tapia
-Kevin Kelley
-Paulie Ayala
-Rocky Juarez

Lost to Manny P, Marquez, Junior Jones twice & Amir Khan (but he was ancient).

Greater fighter IYO?

I actually think one of Barrera's best performances is his loss to Marquez which was a very close fight...forget the scorecards. Barrera was faded by that point and Marquez was still very much in his prime even if they were a similar age. But Barrera outboxed Marquez and controlled him with his jab for long periods and the knockdown which got ruled into a point deduction was a massive turning point in the fight. It was a round where Barrera should have picked up a 10-8 round but instead it went 10-8 against him, that piece of refereeing still annoys me to this day and was one of the most incompetent calls I have seen.

[rathalos]

Barrera and its not even close.

[mick1303]

Barrera and its not even close.

I understand the point is to compare biggest victories of Floyd and Manny? If you look at overall accomplishments there is no question that Barrera is better. But at the time of the fights in question Corrales was undefeated and high on confidence, while Barrera was on the downside of his career. This evens up things.

[NUCLEAR]

Barrera could box ,brawl or be highly technical. That is how skilled barrera is, he is such a bad boy i remember when he knocked down marquez on his knees and he still punched him lol.