It comes down to Barrera using his jab and boxing LaPorte and LaPorte (per usual) becoming obsessed with the idea of trying to land a perfect knockout punch... I could see this being real close early on, but Barrera just does more work down the stretch... he might be a bit busted up at the end, but he'd have himself a decision... LaPorte would once again be left scratching his Iron jaw wondering "what happened?"
Once again: you are talking about a 15 round fighter vs. a 12 round fighter, it simply will have to go to the tougher, better conditioned and more durable man in LaPorte late. Any fighter that could go 15 rounds, tough rounds will Sanchez will be tough to pick against a 12 round boxer that had little left after 12 rounds with Morales.
If you REALLY want to fight,you need to come and see me in person rather than type on an internet message board. Tell you what: I'll meet you halfway in Colorado Springs next month at the USA Nationals if you are intent on settling with me in person, and it will be your ass.
Colorado Springs is HALFWAY between Texas and Connecticut??? Whatareya, nuts? Anyway, your position is incredibly flawed and idiotic. It assumes all of the following: 1) any fighter who fought after 1988 (when the last 15 rounders were fought) is incapable of fighting for three more rounds 2) fighters fight the same way and use the same strategies when they know they are going to be fighting 12 rounds as they do when they know they will be fighting 15 rounds 3) that every time that fighters of similar standing (in this case, both MAB and JL were world-class fighters) fight, the one who has had longer fights will always win... a fact which is clearly contradicted by the fact that the majority of championship bouts since the first days of scheduled 20-round or 15-round matches up to the end of the 15 round era where the title changed hands did so when the winner was a guy who had never actually fought a championship-length fight ... If it were as simple as "fighter A trained to go 15 rounds before so he automatically beats fighter B" there would never be such a thing as undefeated fighter winning the championship because he would automatically lose to the 15 round champion... there would be vacated titles all over the place because of a dearth of people "qualified" to go 15 rounds... Incidentally, Smegman, what happened in those days when two guys who had EACH NEVER GONE 15 rounds fought one another for a vacant belt? Did they both vaporize when the 13th round began? Instead of inviting people to Houston or Colorado Springs to waste their valuable time beating up an old, bald nobody every time someone disagrees with you, why don't you try actually backing up one of your stupid points for once? Look at what I just wrote about your 15 vs. 12 position and fucking tell me what part of it is wrong... you can't
Put in the Barrera from the third Morales fight, and I'd pick him to take it with plenty of room to spare. The Marquez fight? Barrera's career kind of hit a wall at that point. Struggled with Juarez than sleptwalk his way to a rematch win... lost to Marquez than his non-performance in the Pacquiao rematch. Based on that version, this fight could actually prove to be a huge letdown. Would probably still pick Barrera, but with nowhere nearly as much confidence. For what it's worth, I don't see 15 rounds being an issue. Barrera (especially prime version) was always supremely conditioned. I can see him putting in the work to properly acclimate himself.
