Marco Antonio Barrera

Not to be confused with Marco Antonio Barrero.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barrera and the second or maternal family name is Tapia.
Marco Antonio Barrera
Barrera in 2012
Born
Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia

(1974-01-17) January 17, 1974 (age 50)
Mexico City, Mexico
Other names
  • Baby-Faced Assassin
  • El Barreta
  • El Baron
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1]
Reach70 in (178 cm)[1]
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights75
Wins67
Wins by KO44
Losses7
No contests1

Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (born January 17, 1974) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2011. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes between 1995 and 2007, from super bantamweight to super featherweight.

After a brief retirement after losing twice to Junior Jones, Barrera revived his career with a trilogy against Erik Morales and a win against Naseem Hamed, earning him the Ring magazine featherweight title. He lost this title in his first fight against Manny Pacquiao. BoxRec currently Barrera 55th in its list of the greatest boxers of all time, pound for pound,[2] while ESPN ranked Barrera as 43rd on their list of the 50 greatest boxers of all time.[3] He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2017.

  1. ^ a b HBO Sports tale of the tape prior to the second Erik Morales fight.
  2. ^ "BoxRec ratings: world, pound-for-pound, active and inactive". BoxRec. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ "All-Time Greatest Boxers". ESPN. Retrieved 2015-09-26.