BOXING: MARQUEZ TAKES BELT DEFEATS BARRERA BY UNANIMOUS DECISION.Byline: ROBERT MORALES Staff Writer LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Put twoworld-class Mexican fighters in the ring together and a terrific fight is almost a certainty. That was the case Saturday as Mexico City natives Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (born January 17, 1974 in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former world champion at WBO Super Bantamweight (122 lb), IBO / WBC Featherweight (126 lb), WBC Super Featherweight (130 lb) and IBF Junior Lightweight (130 lb) divisions. squared off for Barrera's World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of super featherweight belt at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino is a 39-story hotel casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It is owned by MGM Mirage. The top five floors (floors 35-39) of the main hotel building are used by the Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas. . In the performance of his career, Marquez fought incredibly and took Barrera's belt with a unanimous decision in front of an announced crowd of 8,127. Marquez won by scores of 118-109, 116-111 and 116-111. Marquez and his brother Rafael are now the first set of brothers to hold WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. belts at the same time. Rafael Marquez won the WBC super bantamweight belt March 3 with a knockout of Israel Vazquez at Home Depot Center. Barrera (63-5) promised he was going to revert to his old-school style of slugging it out rather than performing as the technician he had become in recent years. Barrera kept his promise, and Marquez took advantage. In a bizarre seventh round, Marquez (47-3-1) was pummeling Barrera relentlessly, snapping back his head with vicious punches to the head. Near the end of the round, Barrera somehow responded with a right that put Marquez down. But not only did referee Jay Nady rule that Marquez slipped, he also deducted a point from Barrera for hitting Marquez when he was on the canvas. "This is boxing," Barrera said. "We are Mexicans and this is our sport. I did the necessary things to win. They were bad judges. I won that fight and I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what happened." Barrera couldn't believe what transpired in the seventh. "He went down and the referee didn't touch me," Barrera said. A referee will immediately touch a fighter who has scored a knockdown to tell him to go to a neutral corner. "I threw a punch (when Marquez was down), but it never connected." Nady said he did not see Barrera land the punch that decked Marquez. "I thought he knocked him with his shoulder," said Nady, who also said that the only reason he did not deduct two points from Barrera was because the punch he threw when Marquez was down landed only "slightly." Marquez said: "Barrera is a great champion. In the seventh round, he hit me on the chin. But then he hit me when I was down. He should have been disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. when he hit me in the head." Barrera was hopeful of taking on Manny Pacquiao next in a rematch of their November 2003 fight won by Pacquiao via 11th-round technical knockout. Now, the fight may never happen. Also: Evander Holyfield's bid to become the first five-time heavyweight champion gained momentum when the 44-year-old fighter stopped Vinny Maddalone in a bloody, one-sided bout when referee Ruben Carrion stopped the fight at 2:48 of the third round in Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi is a coastal city and the county seat of Nueces CountyGR6 in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the region known as South Texas. . ... Daniel Ponce De Leon Ponce de Le·ón , Juan 1460-1521. Spanish explorer who sailed with Columbus on his second voyage (1493-1494) and discovered Florida (1513) while looking for the legendary Fountain of Youth. Noun 1. retained his WBO WBO World Boxing Organization WBO Western Buddhist Order WBO Wehrbeschwerdeordnung WBO World Bamboo Organization (formerly International Bamboo Association) WBO Won by One (Malibu, California; a cappella group) 122-pound title with a unanimous decision over Gerry Penalosa in Las Vegas. Associated Press contributed. robert.morales@presstelegram.com (562) 499-1338 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Juan Manuel Marquez, right, tags Marco Antonio Barrera with a right during their fight Saturday in Las Vegas. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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