Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Marco Antonio Barrera, 130 lbs

I say Floyd beats MAB like a rented donkey and stops him.

What about you guys?

 

Speed is too much of an obstacle for Barerra here... He might have the occasional glimpse of success but for the most part he spends too much time tentative, unable to capitalize... Mayweather is just far too quick and MAB never did do well against that type of speed... I don't know abotu rented donkey and all of that, Barerra was a far more cerebral guy at 130 than he was as a young, aggressive guy against Junior Jones and Mayweather also wouldn't be bringing the relentless assault of Pacquiao, but in spirit I agree that Barerra has almost no chance of winning

 

I love MAB, but he'd get outclassed. Marquez would probably do better, though he'd lose too. Aside from the speed, Floyd had pretty good pop at 130. Am watching the Corrales fight and although Marco is more skilled than Chico, it's not difficult to imagine Floyd landing shots on the smaller and slower Barrera, shots that MAB wouldn't see coming. Most probably a wide UD for PBF, though knockdowns and a late stoppage wouldn't surprise me.

 

more like a rented mule.

 

they are related and serve essentially the same functions

 

:: you don't say?

Thank you for that amazing insight.

I was actually just re-emphasizing the dude's point.

 

This isn't Mayweather/Gatti, but it's definitely Mayweather's win

he'd do the same to Morales

 

Gatti was a naturally bigger fighter than Barrera, stronger and arguably tougher. Barrera was far more skillful of course...but his "tinyness" would cause him to endure an equally hellacious beating.

 

honestly the difference in skill is so vast that the above is retarded

 

I'm sure I can think of situations which are analogous in that a very skillful smaller fighter received the same level of beating that a far less skillful but bigger fighter received at the hands of the same opponent.

I just can't be bothered at this instance to try to come up with examples.

 

In fact, let' s consider a Mythical example to show my point:

A prime George Foreman fighting a bulked up Roy Jones at Heavyweight vs a prime George Foreman facing a George Chuvalo at Heavyweght.

The difference in skill between Jones and Chuvalo is extraodinary but both would get beaten down "same way".

 

It's not the same.

 

barrera vs gatti at 130lbs?

 

No.

Floyd wins 11-1, but the rounds are clear, not wipeouts.

 

Goyo Vargas escaped a beating, and Hernandez bullied PBF. MAB loses, but it's not a wipe-out, and MAB has some success.

 

Didn't Junior Jones batter MAB into submission?

Yup...it would be almost impossible for Floyd to duplicate that feat.....

 

Goyo Vargas and Famoso were both considerably bigger than Barrera.

Barrera wouldn't have anything for Floyd. He's not comparable to Gatti obviously, but he still gets beat up.

 

Prove to me that either of those guys were considerably bigger than Barrera. Vargas fought as a featherweight, and Famoso was short as shit.

Just like MAB, Vargas and Hernandez were exactly the kind of opponents PBF liked - short and small. Ask him to fight Margarito? And it's a no go. In fact, with the exception of ODH (and let's not kid ourselves that that fight was real - it was clearly fixed) - who has PBF faced at 140 and above who was taller than him? If he were tall for his weight, it'd be understandable. But in fact, he's shorter than the average welterweight, and yet somehow, he's managed to fight there for years without facing someone taller than him (other than his business partner that is).

PBF reached all the way to light-weight to find himself a short enough opponent.

 

Ignoring that he lost a wide decision to a guy with a completely shattered right hand. If you can "bully" a one handed fighter you probably shouldn't be in the ring.

 

Barerra all fucking day

 

pretty much where I'm at

 

drastically different fighters, Jones and Mayweather, and a very different Barerra as well

the rematch was quite close and Barerra was winning over the second half of it

 

Floyd 10-2

 

carlos hernandez was a bag of shit. barrera would piss on him

 

I think to call MAB a donkey in this fight is an insult to donkeys

 

At 130lbs, Floyd was more powerful than Jones (Floyd dropped Corrales FIVE TIMES at that weight), more accurate, faster, better.

Come on dawg...be reasonable.

 

at 130, Barerra wasn't a face-first slugger, YOU be reasonable

 

Jones, Marquez, Pacquiao showed that Barrera could be hurt...Mayweather WOULD hurt him and Barrera is a smaller man than you seem to realize. Now Barrera wasn't a face first slugger, true, but make no mistake...he was very hittable.

 

Marquez just edged a fading Barerra and was floored himself in the process

Jones fought him at 122, when he was literally a different fighter

Pacquiao attacks relentlessly with left hands, fights nothing like Mayweather

Barerra is definitely going the distance here, he's losing, but he's going the distance... unlike Corrales, he actually knows how to box and defend himself

 

ok

I'll respectfully disagree.