Pacquiao vs Barrera 2 | October 6, 2007

fighting from the blue corner wearing red with silver official weight 130 pounds his professional career 63 victories including 42 knockouts against five defeats thomas de pelo from mexico the three-time world champion the babyface assassin marco antonio and biting the red corner dressed in red with flames official weight 130 pounds his professional record 44 wins including 34 knockouts three losses two fights even from general santos city the wrestling pride of the philippines the defending wbc international champion and two-time world champion pacman money well gentlemen gabriellos you see your instructions instead of structure in this is good here is good next obey my orders at all times above all protect yourselves many times final instructions the topic of marco antonio barrier is remember the dome of the álamo has waited four years for this rematch and manny

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shocked to the world and scored an 11th round TKO in San Antonio, nothing like these last few tense seconds before a big title fight and there the bell rings, here we are gentlemen, four fighters in red trunks tonight, like mentioned above, eerie how the circumstances are now changing, but it remains to be seen if the results will be the same.

Pacquiao ready, a southpaw of course, the first surprise is that Pacquiao hasn't come out to try to overwhelm Barrera in the first few seconds. He was about to say that I, uh, I. I'm very surprised by the fact that he looks a little dry. It might take a round or two for Manny to really warm up, but we know what that happens there with the Andrade fight before, the attempt to box, the attempt to turn Pacquiao when he can throw something. angles on him, you know the storm will come at some point so be prepared, but this is the pace I think Pereira would love.

Oh, Vera would love this place and this is where she has the legit shots to try to fight back. him out of the box, I'm sure Freddie Roach will have a difference of opinion and impact. He does a great job of listening to the game plan because of the way the odds on this fight rose steadily last week in Las Vegas, they opened up a plus. 260. So about two and a half to one in favor of Pacquiao at the time of the fight today was three minus 360 more than three and a half to one in favor of Pacquiao, well, there is a lot of influence from the island team that comes here to bet on his guy at the end of the week we're showing good hand speed early good upper body movement two side to side with his uh bent at the waist when you see that Pacquiao first one you know it's just the first round and the only thing we did I don't expect to feel like the first time, yes, I thought Manny would come and take a turn, but you must have a lot of respect for Marco Antonio Guerrero.

Someone said he is one of the best. A nice feeling in the first round for both gentlemen. good job, a little busier with the jab, okay, and the fantasy works well, now you see how it's reaching the fans, okay, open them with your face, you hear me, it was a little more cautious than many expected , that was Pacquiao's little burst. The round of the round was fought at a pace that I suppose you would call leisurely, which was certainly Guerrero's pace in the second round. Freddie Roach asked Manny to continue passing out, which made him put his hands down with some success.

Pacquiao already started a little busier. Yes, he's pushing as much as he can right now, he doesn't have one, but he actually has a big, fast left hand. They've been working a lot on his right hand in camp. What he has been saying to make it as effective as the left. hand which wow would drag those mistakes I have to wonder what it must be like for Manny Pacquiao to be so loved and almost divine in his country to have to carry that weight of all his people every time he enters the ring Pereira is a great champion of Mexico, but there is many, many great fighters from Mexico that have come through the years.

He's just a long list of those next in line, but Manny is something special in the Philippines. In fact, he has raised the entire level of boxing in the Philippines. that more people are getting involved, more kids are getting involved and other champions are emerging and there are a lot of talented fighters there, we've seen one tonight that almost threw the shutout Philippines against Mexico, uh, like you said, don't stop. in front of this guy he will blow you away keep turning to his left keep holding it looks like he took a pose from the first night I have to get away from that left hand he goes to the left look at him go back to the left There are only five seconds left in the second round.

The crowd may have Pacquiao won the last 15 seconds, but I thought, "Okay, let's take a look at the action in the second round." There's that nice left hand from the barrier that knocked Pacquiao off balance and followed him up. with a jab, good sweeper counters, three right hooks, he is doing a good job with the jab going to his left all night until the third round, he could easily be two rounds away from

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and I have given that one pereira the first two rounds. I have to look around the ring, some of the other riders here have taken the first round.

I have Pereira also with the first two rounds. Three scheduled. The tough Pacquiao put some pressure on Pérez's attack. The obvious game plan is to maintain grip on the upper body movement. Stay away from the big left hand, don't make a mistake and counter, just drag that back leg behind him, bring Pacquiao in and try to meet him with something along the way, oh and if Herrera is able to pull off the win, the conspiracies. with the promotion, a big wrong shot, a lot of thought was put into roach going through the philippines and it seemed to be an ego thing for pacquiao because roach went to puerto rico for de la hoya with his fight against mayweather, but the distractions weren't even comparable As for both fighters, the speed of Herrera's hands is excellent.

I still remember broadcasting Pereira's first title fight, it was in Anaheim, California, against Daniel Jimenez, which he won. That was in 1995, guys, 1995, he won the world championship and here it is. this fight tonight he's still fighting at this level it's incredible he's a true legend it didn't hurt that usually means yes he lied wow herrera's punches are down a little bit tony is going to step on herrera he's going to frustrate him if you can you have to remember to the general ring coach that Marco Antonio Vera has been over the years, he has had the ball, he can play, he has to box, box, he knows what he wants to do and he is very, very methodical about it. being a matter of manny pacquiao it's too good before the light it's all said and done and so far he's been frustrated now man he's talking to marco i don't know what he said right he came out from the beginning he fell from the first seconds with a strangely hesitant style tonight, I'm not used to seeing him fight and it doesn't bode well for him.

Pacquiao is effective when he overwhelms you with his punches, when he uses his speed to take advantage of you, and when he simply punches. so many times so strong that it totally takes him out of your game plan and he is trying to turn it into a chess game with pereira and warrior he is winning that game right now only the move is moving the little right hand came in but not much cash oops you see him change his punch convincing there warrior went up and down looking very good on tiptoe very effective with his jab marco is getting a little bold here now look at him he's getting a little confident this room he's throwing So much water in the ring we're going to have foreigners, keep taking a step to your right, okay, don't follow him, yeah, sure, okay, don't follow him, cut that off for me, okay, with some of the action, it was very good action. that round and once again he had a very good round, he landed what I thought were his first significant punches that really had some kind of meaty power behind them, you know, just watching Manny Pacquiao in the corner of being familiar with his fights, is making the signal. of the cross a lot more than usual too freddie, good advice tony, don't follow him because that's what marco wants you to do, so continue there, go to your right, force him to come back to the other side, he wants to pick him up. you can see him right now look at him look at the look on his face and look he's coming faster he's coming a lot faster and he's starting to hit faster that's what he needs to do look for pacquiao to try to bring him in right now because he needs a different pace in this fight and yet I don't know if he noticed it, but another sign of the cross, I noticed it, but barrier will allow him to do it, but at least it's during the fight, unlike when frank bruno fought mike tyson and he. he signed about 20 times before the fight as he walked down the hall doing the introduction, thank you all, having a little spring in that step looks like he's going to leave his hands a little more, that's his style, he just caught it up to the final. he's gone, he's doing what Pacquiao wants him to do, I'm not going to fight him too, oh yeah, he's not going to sit there and box all night, oh no, bro, he's definitely a slug and when you catch him , responds quickly with a strong air of confidence. about it because it's hard to tell if he's always the same after that third round, he seems emboldened a little and man, he's trying to step on the accelerator.

The problem is that Canelo's defense has been exceptional and his movement has been excellent. His defense has been exceptional, but that was a good thing, in that he's really having trouble finding it in the first three rounds, but again, the increased volume of punches will lead to some success from that and it's a plus for Manny to make him. a fight, he is a good referee in There are many weeks that I have seen him in some very difficult fights to work and he is usually on top of everything, a little bit on top, he was the referee and what many of us feel is the biggest fight of the history.

Diego Corrales and José Luis Castillo. I had to deal with all that was happening that night that one will never forget that it was the year of the big fight that he is not his wife not the righteous one that is not his wife but she is also pretty yes her brother is now the coach in boss Jorge Barrier, who was also a professional boxer, went from five to 12 rounds in this fight, Demarco Antonio Barrier, keep up the pace with all the rounds you have in your career, continue to use movement, continue to stay out of harm's way while countering manny pacquiao He really started to turn it on in the last round sorry but he needs to keep it up and even continue another match here yeah man he is putting power into his shot today after taking a shot, responding quickly and being affected by the shot itself he actually nodded in recognition to him every time you see Manny hit his gloves, you know he got caught and he praises a guy for doing it, he's catching him with a good throw, it's not like we haven't seen Pac-Man. on the mat before the guys so he can do things and leave himself open it's been a cleanly fought fight there was some good, he's trying to do his job good response now they're putting it to warrior trying to pick more open spots right there and Just like I was telling you before, he's the best coming back right after getting caught, I think he got the best of that exchange, he gets it, it pisses him off like he's going to go back to what he was in his early days, that's right, the warrior. comes out, but michael antonio pereira is a guy who has been able to successfully reinvent himself a couple of times in his career, that big left hook had landed, manny would certainly have been amazed, this is the man he wants, warrior has given it to Pacquiao gets into a good exchange of toes in and out, lunging and then gets into the action.

Wow, this is a great round better. A difficult round to score. Take a look at the action of the round. Pacquiao hit the big shot and then Pereira came shooting back and a couple of times each one seemed to be a little hit, I thought the other one was on the top of the head to make you a little dizzy when you get there, hit there, come on, okay, fasten your seat belts, friends. It was fun, we have another round coming up. Both fighters are awake. Both are alert in the sixth round. I'll tell you what the speed of both fighters is.

I don't think Marco has slowed down that much. You haven't seen more than me. over the years, but his hands will be the exit tonight, yes, it seems that he is fully ready for this fight, well prepared, he has a great game plan, I have him winning, gentlemen, I must tell you again that I am reviewing the ring to see some of In the other scores they have Pacquiao in front so who knows in the first few rounds of course not much happened so they were very close they could have gone either way well you know really I couldn't give the status of domestic fighter to either of them, no. this just doesn't exist in this fight well you can't because the crowd is evenly divided you have a promoter bob aaron promotes pacquiao a promoter oscar de la hoya promotes the beret oh good combination of manny has roy in the corner boys a little no, he didn't, he was in the corner andhe responded with a good shot right down the center line, but not with the burst he had in the previous rounds.

I know his corner tag shouldn't attack or you know, but you. I have to because Manny is not Matty and he's going to be in your face all night. What are you going to do? It doesn't give you a choice, there's no choice, I mean, you can run I guess, but you can't hide a good clean, hard hit, I say it right, I'm impressed. more and more the defense of a pac-man has become freddie, I know he has worked a lot with that right hand and is choosing a lot of blows hands in good position good head movement good head movement and that speed that speed of the hand let me tell you that it may not be something that freddie roach countered and that came from nowhere this is a good low point and now here comes pacquiao backs up going to the right hand although good flashlight gives it to pacquiao the screen to the body is deafening here oh he's stuck coming in from the barrier warrior sticking to the game plan getting back to his jab not looking like a three to one loser wow, the biggest blow of the round was that right hand and that sent Manny out.

Can you believe this one is half finished? Sketch it for 12. wow, it's flying, okay, bye, the seventh round comes deeper, round to sleep, okay, okay, when you're spinning towards the certain, you can control it at all times very well, okay, control the things you are working on beautifully, very well, at the beginning of the round, pacquiao came out and again the high volume of punches, he got two defensive barriers, but then he responded with your best effort. shot of the round and Pacquiao returning in the flurry I have to tell you that going into six I still have it 58-56 barrier four rounds to two rich people they even have it 57-57 very close rounds they could last the seventh round what a fight is what people pay to see these two great champions.

This isn't going to disappoint anyone in the slightest when this is over, but again, Manny is a little cautious trying to work that jab, but the best advantage to him is the pace of him. He seems frustrated when he hits his gloves like that, yeah, he usually does that when he gets caught. He gets a little frustrated, he's trying to cheer himself up, but Boris did a great job circling to the left of him, giving him a lot of angles. great timing of lateral movement that jab counters perfectly at times with that hard right hand so it's a tough one pacquiao can still stop marco warrior michael antonio in this fight but i will tell you at this point in the first fight he was massacring marcos well , you know nolan in all his first fights moral pereira marquez no, they underestimated pacquiao's power they thought he couldn't hit that hard but it turned out he was like mike tyson round very defensive for pereira here and mainly because manny hasn't given him much to counter here we go beautiful combination of speed for pacquiao that was in him he can do it almost any time he wants and he is very respectful of marco antonio Guerrero well, he should leave it for pacquiao good head movement by pacquiao both fighters showing They respect each other a lot.

Both have been caught with some hard counter punches. I don't know if in this fight he just looks a little out of place. Don't you like it a little different? It's not like his normal spark plug. Now he faces him. a qualified, well-prepared, well-conditioned hall of famer, well, he's had to take a lot of career shots, although I thought Manny won that round, guys, I don't have the cards, I'm trying to get involved, okay, now we will see. some action in this round the fact that he comes out again going to the body when you're dealing with Pacquiao, although you're always dealing with a barrel of dynamite that can blow you up at any moment, that's fine, it's a good effort himself in The hand, I think Pacquiao was just indicating that he didn't like being hit by that Pereira combination, what was that? waiting for manny to blow up guys and just walk away he's with a different animal tonight in the later rounds but he's had a good round so far his refocus is back on his game i wonder what he's losing eric Morales is sitting there watching this fight he probably had three fights in the can with a barrier three fights in him he was never very fond of Marco Antonio he hopes they both lose that's true well, you know at least uh Morales did a commercial with Manny he never did one with Martha that was always bad between those sides It was obvious that this is an interesting round, but Marco may be stealing guys, I think that's enough so far, yeah, you know, and you know, for the most part, I want to have it that way for the fight that he's stealing. around stealing the fight for one round so far, that's a good effective right hand for Manny.

Manny is having trouble finding her and Marco is obviously trained to fight this type of fight. It's like Nascar. They must have circled the ring a couple hundred times. Well, I know it's Marco who makes the same amount of left turns, yes, because he keeps moving left that round. Pacquiao was a little hesitant and let Pereira steal his thunder at times, but man, he had his moments while he does it. everywhere really good, you take his right hand away from me. I haven't noticed him crossing himself as much as he has. Do you think he has some bounce?

I think very well, Mario, well, I have noticed it as well as I pointed out before. and I think since I mentioned it, he's done it about four or five more times, he did it in the corner and then coming out of the corner, we're in the ninth round. Pacquiao may be a little confused, he just has to go to what he does best and that fight is not the fight I expected from Manny Pacquiao, especially considering the success he had against him in the first round, you thought he would have a psychological advantage and I would try to go out and test his will, Pereira. continues with the good head movement, I mean it's his textbook head movement, well, Pacquiao may be winning this fight, but he hasn't been this overwhelming monolith that we really expect from him.

Good combination from Pacquiao once he gets the chance, yes Pereira. He's still in front underneath, he can make it. There is a long way to go. I'm not going to speculate, but I'll tell you this whether it becomes a close victory or not. We're due for Maddie, I think he could do it. We could learn some lessons about training camp from him that he might not want to do again. I think it will be the last time you see a training camp in the Philippines. Marco has pride in him and he is not going to back down.

Oh, he has that look. and that clinch john comes back with the left hand up top manny counters with another left hand for manny pacquiao there are probably many times when pereira wants to go back to his old right hand style and he probably has to stop and go back to boxing that's the only surprise how is he frustrated is frustrated oh good right hand manny pacquiao that's the power and then he always responds there he responds again returning to the jab pacquiao having a good round although always trying to finish it big steal the rounds in the last 10 seconds what's good Pacquiao, It didn't even seem to me that he was paying attention to Freddie Roach in the corner, but we see some of his work in the last round.

I thought he beat Marco up a little bit in that last round and on one occasion he still wasn't overwhelming, but he was. Throwing flurries, here we go, we're getting the business into the fight folks, round 10 scheduled for 12. I would do very well and it's a very close fight and a very difficult fight to score. We've had a couple of those guys tonight. When you get to these final rounds, you hear about the train again. Juan Manuel Márquez is in the audience tonight, another great Mexican champion who has fought each of these men in pitched battles.

Both were fantastic fights against Pacquiao and against Pereira. he beat pereira and drew with pacquiao and marquez has his own fight with rocky warriors coming up but assuming he comes out victorious you will probably see marquez against the winner of this fight here tonight early next year and if it's pacquiao i gotta do it . I tell you, I think he feels a little confident about his chances in that fight, well, isn't that what he's seeing tonight? I also think Manny has a healthy respect for the king's counterpunches in his career, so don't do it. He thinks rich that if uh Vivero won this fight he's going to retire um I think then if he was and you know it's not like he really is, I mean, it's a good fight, but it's not like he's in a war, he's suffering a lot of punishment, listen. if so, if he is no longer the fighter he once was, he is not far from the fighter, good combination from varela, that was a good combination and manny is trying to come in and close the gap now, but Guerrero keeps going to his left , continues to move away from that hand of power. now he's coming back to his right, he responds quickly, he's never done it, he's not going to let anything go oh no, I've seen him in some brutal fights, some of the things he did with Hamad were uh yeah, especially the punch to the face below. the turnbuckle you mean the full nelson okay okay freddie has a lot of confidence in pacquiao's ability so the fight is too close it's close, rich talk of course you'd give him that last round too.

I gave it to pereira, well, to give it my all. he has these last two rounds, if they are two rounds and fight if you can, and manny is definitely going to step up, you would think these championship rounds would be pacquiao rounds, since the younger man is at his absolute peak in his career at the moment pereira says he is at a disadvantage advanced in years in so many wars but sometimes the obvious scenario doesn't always work well the experience factor as i gained more and more respect like i need more respect for warrior you know wars for the ones that happened in his career you learned a lot from them mandy comes there is speed and what he needs is that if he is going to win he is on his feet I don't think there was anything intentionally dirty Tony Weeks wants the good Point one, it's okay, he was very wobbly and it's time for Barrera to step on the gas right now and see what's left of his cut, listen, a headbutt can really take a lot out of you and, uh, Pacquiao was obviously terribly dizzy, he had to call the referee. he's done it and that was such a close round before that close fight i should say before that race so let's take a look now pacquiao comes in landing that left hand it's a beautiful shot pereira trying to counter but he wobbles from that left hand now look at the break right perfect example of protecting yourself at all times we are in the final the young round could come down to this round we just don't know well, Guerrero took a costly point away in the last round from those fans nervous about what could happen with the judge's decision and pereira needs to resort to the grappling barrier and go in there and do it a little slower, there are still some effects from when he hurts manny coming out of the clinch, i really believe it because that point deduction is going to hurt him wow , pacquiao had never been worse than him after that, did they ever stop him, they stopped, kind of funny looking, friends, out of the break and really impressive came from the clouds come out of the clouds, I think you'll know that between a minute and a half or a minute we're going to start doing it unless pereira thinks he's done enough, which I can't imagine he's done a good job and I fought very, very well tonight, so as far as he had another great fight, I think he definitely slipped up in the big fight, they both landed big shots with one minute left in this 12 round round, who will prevail.

I think Pacquiao is different. or is he frustrated, pacquiao still wants to fight raven marcus, mike antonio, come on let's fight, a big opportunity to counter the blow could knock pacquiao down, very close fight, i mean, close round to judge for being an imperative in the fight, finally, 10 seconds, here it goes, what to do? Do you think this is a tough fight to drag gentlemen either way it's probably going to be controversial oh man either way guys I think it's going to be controversial possibly a draw that tips towards the barrier you can't go wrong you know Manny Pacquiao as well as anyone?

Did you feel like something was off a little bit tonight? Yes, you know, I did it from the first round. He didn't look at Pacquiao, he didn't look at himself, he just showed flashes of himself. He made the sign of the cross more times. He hit his gloves more times than he had ever seen him than he had ever seen. It was a little strange, but not to discredit Marco Antonio Pérez. I thought he did a good job and executed his game well. I know you have to run. Mario Rich Your Thoughts I thought Barrier came here with a defined plan and how he wanted to fight and I think he was able for the most part to carry out that game plan, but that doesn't mean he won the fight.

I think he was able to fight the way he wanted to fight. I thought Manny Pacquiao won this fight tonight, but I thought Pereira submitted pretty well. I thought Herrera fought the only fight he could really fight against this guy and Manny didn't stick around. With so many options, the question is how the judges saw it listening to Guerrero around the ring seems to be very happy with himself in 12 rounds Manny Pacquiao well, he should take him around the ring just for the bigcareer he has, especially if this is the end, very well, it could be that we ask those questions when we have the opportunity and again that cut on Barrera's face.

Wow, that's a beauty, isn't it really a problem? Several stitches will be needed to close it. I think we need. a few more people in the room, yes they are going to die from suffocation, somewhere there are the wrestlers, this has gotten completely out of control in terms of how many people they allow in the ring, it's just ridiculous that Mark Ratner used to keep a nice Good summary, but this is a bit much, especially when you have more tense situations and scenarios between camps. when you can really have problems let's go to the scorecards jerry roth and glenn trowbridge 118 109. tom shrek 115 to 112 to the winner by unanimous decision still champion from the philippines manny pac-man pacquiao