Just watched Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Kennedy McKinney...

[nacho daddy]

ill put a midget and a stool in your way.

you are a midget ahhahaahh

[nacho daddy]

the Irish guy fought good and had a ton of heart. the messican looked smaller but barerra was some fighter. he took bombs from a bigger guy and still destroyed him. I watched it live and you will never see fights like that today those divisions was stacked with HOF fighters

[sunny31]

Well, Morales had a horrible diet.
But, the dude was a freaking monster at 122-126 even if he looked like a prisoner on weigh in days.

Yeah, too many monsters then .
Hamed couldn't even get to the next level.

That was the greatest 122-130 era in history, I think people are only starting to wake up to that fact. Hamed was in a similar position to Wilfred Benitez during the four horseman era. HOF'er in an era with several ATG's....Barrera, Morales, Marquez, and Pac are all ATG's.

[OCPancho]

the Irish guy fought good and had a ton of heart. the messican looked smaller but barerra was some fighter. he took bombs from a bigger guy and still destroyed him. I watched it live and you will never see fights like that today those divisions was stacked with HOF fighters

Well, there were FIFTEEN ROUNDERS that looked like that .
Or scheduled for 15 that ended after the 12th round.
Arguello vs Olivares come to mind.
Little Red Lopez vs Ayala come to mind.
Limon-Chacon final one come to mind.


Suringvisai vs Chocolatito 1 was a good brawl.

[nacho daddy]

Well, there were FIFTEEN ROUNDERS that looked like that .
Or scheduled for 15 that ended after the 12th round.
Arguello vs Olivares come to mind.
Little Red Lopez vs Ayala come to mind.
Limon-Chacon final one come to mind.


Suringvisai vs Chocolatito 1 was a good brawl.

yes that is what I mean from the 70' to the 90's had the best fighters and fights.

[Zaroku]

Great fight.
Oddly enough, MAB lost to Junior Jones and Kennedy beat JJ.

Jr Jones then got smashed by Erik Morales.

[OCPancho]

yes that is what I mean from the 70' to the 90's had the best fighters and fights.

Great era for sure.
The fights at the old Olympic Auditorium alone were so priceless back in the days of 3-strand ropes and 15 rounders.

Freaking Olivares, Lopez, Chacon, Limon, Arguello etc at 126. So good Ruben Castillo couldn't win a belt .

[ruedboy]

Great fight. Barrera was looking unbeatable until he hooked up with Jr Jones a few fights later. Jones beat Barrera twice and in his next fight Jr. got KO'd by McKinney. That's boxing for you.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

What a great fight! The animosity due to the prefight brawl made this great too!! & the 6th rd was an epic round, (starts at 22mins and 30secs)!!! McKinney had a helluva right cross, problem was he tried to exchange it with Barreras. Great technical brawl if you haven't seen it. Barreras slip counters are textbook.

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Saw it live on HBO's first Boxing After Dark show. The prelim was Johnny Tapia against that dude who tried to milk a low blow. That was disappointing but the main event made up for it tenfold!

McKinney gave him a hell of a fight and even scored his own KD, but Barrera was just too much. Marco showed his potential that night. He'd stepped up and passed the test. Great win for the Mexican icon!

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Great fight.
Oddly enough, MAB lost to Junior Jones and Kennedy beat JJ.

Triangle theories never work in boxing.

Erik Morales also beat Junior Jones who beat Barrera and Barrera beat Morales twice. It's all about styles.