LAS VEGAS – Marco Antonio Barrera did not put out a maximum effort in his first fight against Rocky Juarez, and he came away with a disputed decision. He felt bad and wanted another shot to prove that he was much better and that Juarez had no right to believe he was in Barrera’s league.
Barrera didn’t expend much more effort in the rematch at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night. But this time he was more pleased with his 12-round unanimous decision, even though many in the crowd of 10,421 did not share his sentiment. As Barrera was on his way to retaining his World Boxing Council super featherweight title, boos rained down from the crowd at moments during the fight and some people even called Barrera a dog.
“People came and paid their money and they came for entertainment,’’ Barrera said of the boo birds. “They can say what they want. But this is a sport where you are supposed to hit and not get hit.’’
Barrera (63-4, 42 KOs) had that down to a science as he outclassed and confounded Juarez, who didn’t appear to learn anything from the first match. [details]
Barrera didn’t expend much more effort in the rematch at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night. But this time he was more pleased with his 12-round unanimous decision, even though many in the crowd of 10,421 did not share his sentiment. As Barrera was on his way to retaining his World Boxing Council super featherweight title, boos rained down from the crowd at moments during the fight and some people even called Barrera a dog.
“People came and paid their money and they came for entertainment,’’ Barrera said of the boo birds. “They can say what they want. But this is a sport where you are supposed to hit and not get hit.’’
Barrera (63-4, 42 KOs) had that down to a science as he outclassed and confounded Juarez, who didn’t appear to learn anything from the first match. [details]
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