Former three division champion Marco Antonio Barrera knows what it is like to get inside of a boxing ring and feel the rage of current pound for pound best Manny Pacquiao.
Barrera, who has lost two fights against Pacquiao, chimed in on Friday on the Filipino’s November 13 encounter with enigmatic figure Antonio Margarito.
Before being licensed by Texas to fight Pacquiao this week, Margarito was denied a license by California - which had suspended him in January, 2009, for trying to bring plaster-laced hand wraps into a contest with Shane Mosley.
Barrera clearly feels the Lone Star State made the right decision.
“This type of news makes us all happy,” said Barrera during his weekly appearance on ESPN’s Golpe a Golpe. “On my part, I find it very unjust that they [the California State Athletic Commission] would not give him a licence.”
“Good for Tony [Margarito], he hit the lottery to fight against Manny Pacquiao. They did not deny Margarito his license for being sick, or having something wrong in his brain, or having detected something, simply for using a bad hand wrap.”
It has long been acknowledged by students of boxing that Texas is quite liberal in the regulation of boxing.
Barrera has his own theory for Texas loose attitude in the granting of boxing licences.
“Texas is a much more flexible commission. they have always been that way. Maybe because there are more Hispanic people in that region, they support the Hispanic fighter more.”
One can add Barrera into a group of pundits who believe Texan Jerry Jones - owner of Cowboys Stadium, which will host the fight - threw around his weight to deliver Margarito his license.
“Of course he had influence, because he knows the majority of people who go to the Stadium are Hispanic. It is a fight many people wanted to see, here in Mexico, and in the United States.”
When it comes to the fight itself, Barrera fells Margarito could win.
“Antonio has a peculiar style which will enable him to put on a great show. If he can catch Pacquiao with one or two shots, it will be a different story, but it will be difficult for him to catch Pacquiao.”
Barrera’s lukewarm support of a Margarito victory is the most balanced and realistic analysis he provided on Friday night.
Source: http://www.examiner.com
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