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1.0 Career history

1.1 Amateur career

1.2 Championship title

1.3 Super Bantamweight title

1.4 Comeback trail

1.5 Barrera vs. Morales

1.6 Featherweight title

1.7 Barrera vs. Pacquiao I

1.8 Super Featherweight title

1.9 Barrera vs. Juárez

1.10 Barrera vs. Márquez

1.11 Barrera vs. Pacquiao II

1.12 Barrera vs. Khan

2.0 Outside the ring

3.0 See also

4.0 References

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Marco Antonio Barrera Wiki Information

Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (born January 17, 1974 in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a seven time world champion in three different weight classes; he is a former world champion at WBO Super Bantamweight (122 lb), IBO / WBC Featherweight (126 lb), WBC Super Featherweight (130 lb) and IBF Junior Lightweight (130 lb) divisions. He ranks # 43 on ESPN's 50 Greatest Boxers Of All Time .

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Career history

Amateur career

As an amateur, Barrera had a record of 104-4 and was a five-time Mexican national champion. His Winning streak was 56-0 before losing his first amateur contest back as a schoolboy.

Championship title

Barrera was 15 years old when he defeated David Felix by a knockout in round two on November 22, 1989. The victory marked the beginning of a 43 fight win streak.

In 1990, Barrera had seven fights, including his first rise in quality opposition, when he defeated veteran Iván Salazar, by a decision in eight rounds. In 1991, he had seven more fights, defeating boxers Abel Hinojosa, Javier Díaz and others.

Barrera began 1992 by winning his first professional title, defeating Justino Suárez by a decision in twelve rounds to win the Mexican national Super Flyweight championship. He retained the title three times before the end of the year which helped improved his ranking in the Super Flyweight division. He defeated Abner Barajas by a decision in ten rounds, and Angel Rosario by a knockout in six rounds.

In 1993, Barrera had six bouts, winning each. He defeated Salazar in a rematch and retained his title against Noe Santillana and among others.

By 1994, Barrera was attending University to become a lawyer and also continued his boxing career. On April 13, he defeated future champion Carlos Salazar by a ten round decision in Argentina. He also defeated former world champion Eddie Cook before the end of the year.

Super Bantamweight title

Barrera began 1995 by fighting for a world title. In March 31, he became the WBO Super Bantamweight world champion by defeating Puerto Rican boxer Daniel Cobrita Jiménez by a decision in twelve rounds at Anaheim, California. By this time, many boxing journalist were calling Barrera "Mexico's next Julio César Chávez."

He made four defenses before the year was over. On June 2, 1995, he defeated future champion Frank Toledo via second round knock out. Barrera knocked Toledo down twice before the fight was stopped.

On July 15, 2005, Barrera scored a first round knockout win over Maui Díaz (27-1). In his next bout, he won a twelve round unanimous decision over future champion Agapito Sánchez.

On February 6, 1996, he fought on the first installment of HBO Boxing's spin-off series "HBO Boxing After Dark". He was knocked down by former champion Kennedy McKinney, but he recovered off the floor to knockdown McKinney five times and retain the title by a knockout in round twelve.

After the McKinney fight, he defeated former champion Jesse Benavides by third round knockout. On July 14, 1996, he feated another former champion, Orlando Fernandez, by seventh round TKO.

On November 22, 1996, he suffered his first career loss and lost his title to American boxer Junior Jones, by a disqualification in round five. Barrera was knockdown in round five by what appeared to be a punch by Jones, he was declared the loser by disqualification and not by knockout because his managers climbed onto the ring to stop the fight.

In April 18, 1997, he was given a chance to retain his title, facing Jones in a rematch in Las Vegas. Barrera was defeated by a unanimous decision and retired from boxing.

Comeback trail

Barrera announced a comeback in 1998, and he started off by defeating Angel Rosario by a knockout in round five. After two more wins, he was given another opportunity to fight for a world title by the WBO. On October 31, he became two time world Super Bantamweight champion by defeating Richie Wenton by a knockout in three rounds, winning the WBO's vacant title.

In 1999, he had two title defenses and then he ran in to controversy. On December 18, he defeated César Najera in four rounds at California. But upon finding out that Najera had a losing record and was part of Barrera's team, the California State Athletic Commission decided to rule the fight a no contest bout.

Barrera vs. Morales

In February 2000, Barrera was defeated in twelve rounds by WBC's world Super Bantamweight champion Erik Morales, to a split decision. It was an intense battle in which both fighters were cut and battered. Ring Magazine named it the fight of the year.

The WBA allowed Barrera to retain his Super Bantamweight title and he defended it three additional times. On June 17, 2000, he defeated Luiz Freitas (19-1-0) by first round knockout. In his next bout, he defeated José Luis Valbuena (18-1-1) by twelve round unanimous decision. On December 1, 2000, he scored a sixth round knockout over former world champion Jesús Salud.

Featherweight title

In 2001, Barrera moved up in weight division. In April 7, he handed British boxer Naseem Hamed his first and only loss for the IBO Featherweight title by a twelve-round decision. Before the fight, Hamed was a 3 to 1 betting favorite in Las Vegas. ^[1] Hamed could not hit Barrera with his trademark lefts as Barrera circled to his left and worked both head and body. Barrera was not a fan of Hamed's antics and responded to Hamed's punches during clinches. On one occasion early in the fight, Hamed grabbed Barrera and they both fell to the ground where Barrera threw a right jab, leading to a warning from referee Joe Cortez. In the 12th and final round Barrera trapped Hamed in a hold, and forced his head into the turnbuckle, resulting in a point deducted by referee Joe Cortez. Ultimately, Barrera threw more punches, harder punches, and more impressive combinations. Barrera was awarded the victory via a unanimous decision, with the scorecards reading 115-112, 115 -112, 116-111, and won the IBO Featherweight title. ^[2] On September 8, 2001, he defeated former champion Enrique Sanchez by sixth round TKO.

On 22 June 2002, Barrera defeated Morales in a rematch, for the WBC Featherweight title, winning by unanimous decision. Barrera chose to defend the Ring Magazine Featherweight title instead of accepting the WBC title. On 7 November, he defeated former five-time world champion Johnny Tapia by a 12-round unanimous decision.

Barrera got his 60th career fight on 12 April 2003, defeating former world champion Kevin Kelley by a knockout in round four to retain the Ring Magazine's world Featherweight title.

Barrera vs. Pacquiao I

In November 16, 2003, Barrera was defeated by Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao in the eleventh round when Barerra's corner threw in the towel. Prior to the bout, it was revealed that Barrera had undergone surgery to repair a cluster of malformed blood vessels in his head. ^[3] ^[4] Barrera's training was also interrupted when the "Old Fire" wildfire of 2003 forced his team to evacuate their training facilities located in Big Bear Lake, California. ^[5] ^[6]

Super Featherweight title

In June 19, 2004, Barrera defeated former two time world Bantamweight champion Paulie Ayala in Los Angeles. Barrera won the fight by a ten round knockout against Ayala. On November 27, 2004, he fought Morales for the third time. Barrera became a three time division world champion by defeating Morales in a majority decision and capturing the WBC Super Featherweight title.

On April 9, 2005, Barrera retained the title with a second round knockout against future champion Mzonke Fana in El Paso, Texas, this win also marked Barrera's 60th career win.

On September 17 of the same year, he unified his WBC Super Featherweight title with the IBF World Junior Lightweight title version by defeating the IBF world champion Robbie Peden by a twelve round unanimous decision in Las Vegas.

Barrera vs. Juárez

In May 20, 2006, Barrera defended his title against American boxer Rocky Juárez with what was announced immediately after the fight as a twelve-round draw, which the judges scored 115-113, 113-115, and 114-114. However, tabulation errors were found in the judges' scorecards, leading to a final score of 115-114, 114-115, and 115-114, a split decision in favor of Barerra. He fought Juárez in a rematch bout in September 16, this time Barrera won by a unanimous decision with scores of (117-111, 115-113, 115-113).

Barrera vs. Márquez

On March 17, 2007 Barrera lost his WBC Super Featherweight title to fellow Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez by unanimous decision. Though Barrera claimed that the judges and referee were wrong, because he knocked down Márquez in the seventh round and the referee ruled it a slip. ^[7]

Barrera vs. Pacquiao II

Barrera fought Pacquiao in a rematch bout for the WBC International Super Featherweight title on October 6, 2007 in Las Vegas. Barrera was defeated by a unanimous decision with scores of 118-109, 118-109, 115-112. After the match, Barrera expressed his desire to retire from boxing, however no official confirmation has been made. On February 13, 2008, Barrera announced to the media that he would fight the winner of the Márquez vs. Pacquiao bout on March 15. The winner of this turned out to be Pacquiao, in a highly disputed split decision. ^[8] However, Pacquiao's move to the lightweight division and subsequent capture of the WBC lightweight title makes a rematch unlikely unless one of the potential combatants is willing to make a move in weight class.

Marco Antonio Barrera, now 35, ended his brief retirement, and signed a five year contract on August 26, 2008 with promoter Don King. ^[9] He will move up to the lightweight division, his goal is to become the first Mexican ever, to win a title in 4 different weight divisions.

On November 7, 2008, Barrera marked his return to the ring, in Chengdu, China, by knocking out Sammy Ventura in his first bout in the lightweight division.

Barrera vs. Khan

It was announced on 15 January 2009 that Barrera would return to the ring against British boxer Amir Khan. Even with Barrera getting on in years, this was seen to be the biggest test of the young Briton's career thus far. Frank Warren promoted the fight, which took place on 14 March 2009 at the MEN Arena.

Barrera lost the bout by a fifth-round technical decision. In the first round, the two fighters clashed heads, resulting in a deep gash above Barrera's forehead, which bled throughout the bout. Ringside doctors stopped the fight at the beginning of the fifth round due to the severity of the cut. The judges scored the fight 50-45, 50-45, and 50-44 for Khan at the point of stoppage and he was declared the winner by technical decision. ^[10]

On March 26, 2009, Barrera's promoter, Don King, filed a protest with the British Boxing Board of Control, WBA and WBO on behalf of Barrera, claiming the accidental clash of heads should have resulted in the fight being ruled a no-contest. Under the rules governing the bout, had the fight been stopped prior to the end of the fourth round due to the accidental headbutt, the official ruling would have been no contest requiring an immediate rematch. Referee Dave Parris, however, waited until midway through the fourth round before asking the ringside physician to inspect the wound.

Before this fight, Barrera had fought Freudis Rojas on January 31, 2009 in Zapopan, Jalisco. Rojas was disqualified for a headbutt which left Barrera with a bad cut over his left eye. The cut could have jeopardized Barrera’s scheduled bout against Khan. ^[11] Despite this injury, the fight went ahead regardless.

Outside the ring

Barrera's fights were promoted by Oscar de la Hoya under the organization of Golden Boy Promotions. He trained at De La Hoya's training facility in Big Bear, California.

He is currently promoted by Don King.