Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera II

Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera II, billed as Will to Win, was a junior-lightweight boxing match. The bout took place on October 6, 2007 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]

Will to Win
DateOctober 6, 2007
VenueMandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, United States
Title(s) on the lineWBC International junior-lightweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Manny Pacquiao Marco Antonio Barrera
Nickname "Pac-Man" "Baby-Faced Assassin"
Hometown General Santos, Philippines Mexico City, Mexico
Pre-fight record 44–3–2 (35 KO) 63–5–0–1 (42 KO)
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Recognition WBC International junior-lightweight champion.
Three-division world champion.		 Former WBC junior-lightweight champion.
Three-division world champion.
Result
Manny Pacquiao won via unanimous decision[1]

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. Two judges scored the bout 118–109, whereas the third scored it 115–112.[4]

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

References
  1. "Pacquiao too fast and strong for outgunned Barrera". espn.com. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  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. Kieran Mulvaney. "Pacquiao wins rematch with Barrera". Reuters. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
Preceded by
vs. Jorge Solís		 Manny Pacquiao's bouts
October 6, 2007		 Succeeded by
vs. Juan Manuel Márquez II
Preceded by
vs. Juan Manuel Márquez		 Marco Antonio Barrera's bouts
October 6, 2007		 Succeeded by
vs. Sammy Ventura
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