News - Marco Antonio Barrera

- Marco what went through your mind when you saw Manny Pacquiao knock Erik Morales to the floor for the first time in Erik's career? MAB - SURPRISED! that's the first thing, I was surprised. Then it all sort of hit me at once, it was sad to see such a warrior, and a fellow countryman go down. Erik Morales is a great fighter, a great fighter and I felt sorrow when he fell read more ...

Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Eric Gomez told Fightnews Wednesday that the proposed Marco Antonio Barrera-Jesus Chavez fight is a no go for now. "For the moment, it will not go," said Gomez. "We are waiting to see what happens in the Pacquiao-Morales. Mr. Marco Antonio Barrera told us he will let us know who he will choose to fight him." Gomez said Barrera is interested in the possibility of a rematch with Pacquiao. "If Pacquiao wins read more ...

The winner of the rematch between superstars Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao will be the mandatory challenger to WBC super-featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera. ...world junior flyweight champion Brian Viloria, who has been mandated to fight Filipino Juanito Rubillar read more ...

"I didn’t underestimate him as I don’t underestimate any of my opponents," said WBC/IBF super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera after defeating Robbie Peden. "I just know that because of my abilities, I was able to dominate....It didn't matter that we had worked with each other in the gym before. I knew my speed and ability would be too much for him. We knew he was going to come out fast and he did read more ...

Marco Antonio Barrera defended his WBC super featherweight title with a decision win over IBF champion Robert Peden of Australia. Barrera, meanwhile, defended his 130-pound title and added the IBF version of the crown with a unanimous decision over Peden. Barrera dominated the fight, winning read more ...

Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions officially announced today that Marco Antonio Barrera will face Robbie Peden on Saturday, September 17, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It was also announced that Barrera has been promoted within Golden Boy to become the president of Golden Boy Mexico, the branch of the company that will discover and harvest promising fighters from Mexico. read more ...

Sources from HBO have informed Boxingtalk.com that Golden Boy Promotions has received its September 17 PPV date. Oscar De La Hoya and junior featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera will each see action on the show. Barrera is expected to face what we've been informed will be an "A+ opponent", while De La Hoya returns at 150 pounds in his first fight back since losing to pound for pound king Bernard Hopkins last September... read more ...

Barrera hurts hand; will stay at 130:"I respect what Fana says," Barrera said, taking his turn at the stand. "But when he got hit, he WAS hurt. We all saw that he could not go on. But I'm happy it ended in this fashion. It wasn't the quality of the opponent I faced tonight--it was the quality of my preparation..." read more ...

The fears that the HBO pay per view WBC junior lightweight championship fight between champion Mexico's Marco Antonio Barrera and South African Mzonke Fana would turn out to be a total mismatch proved well founded Saturday night. At the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas it took title holder Barrera about twenty seconds to realize that Fana was simply... ...Undercard Action: WBO titleholder Fernando Montiel reclaimed his 115lb with a sensational 7th round drubbing of Ivan Hernandez. Montiel, 29-1-1 (23), was too slick for the tough guy Hernandez, who suffered his first career loss, 19-1-1 (13). Montiel proved he could hit to the body... read more ...

“It makes me very, very happy to be an underdog,” says WBC #1 Contender Mzonke “Fantastic” Fana (22-2, 8 KOs). “I fight much better as an underdog.” For, both, Fana’s sake, and for fight fans shelling out 40 clams to watch Saturday night’s HBO pay-per-view event or for those spending $30 to $100 to see it live at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, the unknown “Rose of Khaleyelitsha” will, hopefully, bloom and not read more ...