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 ...

WBC Super Featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera is ready for his bout on Saturday, April 9th at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, TX. Mzonke Fana may not strike fear in a majority of fighters here in the United States, but Barrera has trained for seven weeks in Big Bear, two weeks longer than he usually does. "I have trained very hard for this fight," said Barrera, who had Oscar De La Hoya translate for him during a recent telephone conference with reporters. "I have seen tapes of him. But... read more ...

The stage is set for the return of three-time world champion Marco Antonio Barrera according to promoter Oscar De La Hoya. "El Paso has my word, it's official that Marco Antonio Barrera will be defending his WBC World Super Featherweight title against Mzonke Fana at the Don Haskins Center on April 9th..." read more ...