Pacquiao beats Barrera via Unanimous Decision (12 Rounds)
Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao defeats Marco Barrera via unanimous decision after 12 rounds of smart and intense boxing. I’m currently watching the recorded match via GMA 7 but I was fortunate enough to hear the entire match via the radio broadcast over at 97.1. Based from the commentators and from what I’m watching right now, Barrera fought a very strategic and intelligent match. He definitely studied Pacman’s routine and he tried to stick to his strategy. Barrera relied on defensive sidesteps, dodges, and counter attacks. Initially it was very effective, and it looked like Barrera would actually beat Manny Pacquiao.
Pacquiao bounced back later on, especially in the 11th round when he was able to land a flurry of blows which opened up a cut on Barrer’s cheek.
Here’s a direct quote from the article posted at INQ:
HE fought an aggressive but controlled match all throughout, nearly knocked his opponent down and was on the receiving end of a foul punch in the 11th round.
But through it all, Filipino ring hero Manny Pacquiao confirmed what everybody knew all along. There was no way Marco Antonio Barrera was going to beat him.
Pacquiao fashioned a clinical and overwhelmingly unanimous decision victory over Barrera, holding onto the WBC international superfeatherweight belt and, more important, retained his vise-like grip on his division by sending the revered Mexican icon to retirement on a loss at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao actually almost floored Barrera in the 11th round, uncorking a wicked flurry of punches that had the Mexican wobbling and clinching.
It was while referee Tony Meeks was breaking the clinch when Barrera struck a foul punch, hitting Pacquiao in the head and dazing the Filipino for a moment.
Meeks sent both fighters to the corner and deducted a point off Barrera.
“Even before the fight, I knew he was going to box, that’s why I prepared hard for that,” Pacquiao told a television reporter after the victory.
Two judges saw it 118-109 for Pacquiao, while one judge gave Pacquiao a winning score of 115-112. This coverage scored it 117-114 for the Filipino.
A known slugger, Pacquiao showed great restraint against Barrera, who made it clear that he would rather box than engage Pacquiao in a brawl.
Although the Filipino ring sensation tried to mix it up in close battle all throughout the match, Pacquiao also showed he could box, staying on top in every furious exchange.
Barrera tried to win it through the scorecards, patiently using his jabs and the ring space to force the judges to decide the match, but he could not keep up with Pacquiao’s combinations and the speed by which the Pacman threw them.
“I moved all the time with my jabs,” Barrera said in a television interview. “[But] he (Pacquiao) threw so many combinations.”
Barrera said he was happy he managed to stay on his feet until the final bell.
“I was disappointed with the result, but that’s sports,” he said.
And then he announced that this was going to be his last fight.
“I am finished,” he said.
Pacquiao, on the other hand, has one more name to get to cement a claim nobody seems to be contesting anyway: That of being the best super featherweight in the world.
CONGRATULATIONS PACMAN! For another moment in Philippine history, you were again able to unite a divided nation. That and you made me win 1000 bucks off a bet with my cousin, hehe.
October 7th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
boooo gs2 ko matalo si pacman..
wlang pakelamanan.. gs2 ko xia matalo.. 
October 7th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Oh shet, i voted for Barrera.
October 7th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Sisihin nyo si Barrera, hindi lumaban. Ayaw ma-KO.
October 7th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
lalaki nnmn ulo nyan ni pacman tignan nyo yung pano sya magsalita dati sa ngayon my yabang na tlga hahahaha
October 7th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
sus talo lng kau!!!! PACMAN!!! PACMAN!!! PACMAN!!! PACMAN!!! PACMAN!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PANALO KAMI PACMAN KAMI!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY NLNG KAYU MGA TALUNAN!!!
October 7th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
ako nanalo ako 200 php sa ermats ko nkpagpustahan sken barrera sya. Ung una hinihingi na ung pusta ko sbi talo n daw pacman nyahaha asa. Lam nyo sa tingin ko ung foul punch c barrera tpos nahilo s pacman s tingin ko acting lang ni pacman un. Artista eh magling drumama. Ayun nabenta ung acting nya na -1 points si barrera tpos ngmukha sya dirty player pa. Nyahahah wais tlga c pacman. Khit anong suntok s kanya ni barrera d sya mapapahilo ng ganun noh acting lang tlga nya un ahahaha.
October 7th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Yeh! Congrats Manny! Do check out my Round by Round coverage here
October 7th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
AHIHIHI!!!
Galing tlga na mr. pacman..
Sir wauks balato nmn jan, muffler[1] lng sa valkyrie hehehehe..
Pupusta din sana ako kaya lng pacquiao lahat d2 samin eh.
October 7th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
Morales came to fight… Barrera came to survive…
now chicken mab you can boast to erik that you lasted 12 rounds against manny… ala Roy Jones - Antonio Tarver 3..
what a piece of shit. warrior eh??
October 8th, 2007 at 2:46 am
sa next san mig commercial nandoon na si barrera… habang kakanta sa magic sing si pacman :)
October 8th, 2007 at 10:29 am
@Whistler hahahaha pwede rin sa ginebra or sa beer wahaha… nakakainis yung sa TV, kinoclose up nila yung pumutok na sugat ni barrera kinikilabutan ako… tapos kitakamay yung paglagay nung kung umanong kulay brown na yun.. hahah
October 8th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
aw kala ko ako lang may ayaw kay manny pacquiao..
October 8th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
smpre marame na lumaki na ulo e
October 8th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Buti pa nga c morales lumaban ng harapan inde lang nakayanan c pacman eh etong c barera badingerZ strategy amf.
October 10th, 2007 at 8:38 am
OT: Ang galing ni Kyla
October 10th, 2007 at 10:56 am
dpat si ara mina kumanta para sexy. ahaha!
October 10th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
ara mina sexy? Natatabaan ako sa kanya no offense ah. Massexy pa ung kapatid nya c kristine reyes. UN ang sexy ang puti pa. Kaso nga lang d marunong kumanta. No one is perfect nga nman.