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Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera II

Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera II, billed as Will to Win, was a professional boxing match contested on October 6, 2007, for the WBC International super featherweight championship.[1]

Will to Win
DateOctober 6, 2007
VenueMandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBC International super featherweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Manny Pacquiao Marco Antonio Barrera
Nickname "Pac-Man" "Baby-Faced Assassin"
Hometown General Santos, Soccsksargen, Philippines Mexico City, Mexico
Purse $2,000,000
Pre-fight record 44–3–2 (35 KO) 63–5 (1) (42 KO)
Age 28 years, 9 months 33 years, 8 months
Height 5 ft 6 1⁄2 in (169 cm) 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 130 lb (59 kg) 130 lb (59 kg)
Style Southpaw Orthodox
Recognition WBA/WBC/WBO/The Ring
No. 1 Ranked Super Featherweight
WBC International super featherweight champion
The Ring No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
3-division world champion		 WBC/The Ring
No. 3 Ranked Super Featherweight
3-division world champion
Result
Pacquiao wins via 12-round unanimous decision (118-109, 118-109, 115-112)

Background

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The bout took place at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and was distributed by HBO PPV. The fight was announced after Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions settled their lawsuit over the promotional rights for Pacquiao fights on June 29, 2007.[2][3]

The fight

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Barrera came out smarter in this fight as he survived up to the final round but Pacquiao easily outboxed him throughout the fight. Pacquiao defeated Barrera via unanimous decision.[4] Two judges scored the bout 118–109, whereas the third scored it 115–112.[5]

Aftermath

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Barrera briefly retired after the fight but returned over a year later in November 2008 to face Sammy Ventura.

Undercard

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Confirmed bouts:[6]

Broadcasting

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Country Broadcaster
  United States HBO

References

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  1. ^ "Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera (2nd meeting)". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Golden Boy-Top Rank Sign Agreement". philboxing.com. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  3. ^ "Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera Part 2 on Oct. 6, 2007". Codamon.com. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  4. ^ "Pacquiao too fast and strong for outgunned Barrera". espn.com. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  5. ^ Kieran Mulvaney. "Pacquiao wins rematch with Barrera". Reuters. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  6. ^ "BoxRec - event".
Preceded by Manny Pacquiao's bouts
6 October 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Marco Antonio Barrera's bouts
6 October 2007 		Succeeded by
vs. Sammy Ventura
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