Barrera or Corrales..

[rathalos]

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.

Imo the chico bout is the best performance of floyd inside the ring but lets not forget also that chico wants that fight to happen at 135 he was having problem cutting weight that time and having legal issues...

[Chrismart]

Yep, another vote for Barrera. Brilliant fighter.

[boxinghead530]

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.

I totally agree, there is really no debate about who is better. Barrera by far without a doubt.

I loved watching Corrales fight and he was in some exciting fights but I never came away with a Wow im watching a ATG fighter.

With Barrera he was everything exciting that Corrales but way more skilled and technical and he beat way more Hall of fame Fighters. Plus as he got older he was able to adjust his style to compensate with his older age. Barrera hands down was way better all time.

[SilverMiles]

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.

Things are t close to even. MAB was in better form the night Manny fought him than Corrales was when Floyd fought him. I don't even understand how he could be on downside considering he was the Champion, hadn't lost in years and still went on to beat Morales, Juarez, and arguably Marquez.

[2120]

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.

Curious why the round 7 should be 10-8 for Marco ? Even if he gets credit for the knockdown he still lost the point for hitting Marquez when he was down. Very blatant and obvious foul; Plus Marquez dominated the round had Marco hurt.


Not saying you specifically but I have heard the argument 10-8 for Marco for round 7 before and for some reason everyone ignores that the foul did happen and that Marquez dominated the round

[HeroBando]

Curious why the round 7 should be 10-8 for Marco ? Even if he gets credit for the knockdown he still lost the point for hitting Marquez when he was down. Very blatant and obvious foul; Plus Marquez dominated the round had Marco hurt.


Not saying you specifically but I have heard the argument 10-8 for Marco for round 7 before and for some reason everyone ignores that the foul did happen and that Marquez dominated the round

It's cause the ref didn't call the Kd and Mab swung with a delay. If it's called, he probably doesn't foul

[-PBP-]

I'm a Corrales fan but this isn't even close. Corrales was seen as a top 10 p4p guy at one stage because he was a physical beast at 130 but he turned out to just be a really good fighter, not a great one.

[Left Hook Tua]

Barrera was a great fighter and first ballot hofer.

Corrales was a good fighter.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

how is this even a question

[-Kev-]

Barrera was greater, he was more dedicated to his craft for longer, he was consistent.

But Corrales in his prime was a top 5 P4P fighter and #1 and #2 ranked SFW, and Ring 135 champ, and #1 ranked 135 fighter. In 2000-2001 Ring ranked him higher than Hamed, Mayweather, Lewis, Hopkins, and Morales. The guys in front of him were Jones, DLH, Trinidad, and Mosley. He was #1 SFW in a stacked division with Mayweather, Casamayor, Freitas, Chavez, Baek, Choi, Garcia.

MAB had the opportunity of fighting with Morales, Hamed, JMM, Pac, Kelley, Sanchez, Tapia, McKinney.

Corrales beating Castillo, Casamayor, Freitas, Garcia, and Gainer, being champion in 2 weight classes, Ring champ at 135, and #1 ranked in both weight classes he fought in were his career highlights which is not something many fighters can say. He had a successful career until the tail end where he got lazy with the weight.