1. 10-9 Barrera. McKinney tries to fend Barrera of almost exclusively with a long rhythmic jab and quickly learns that's not going to cut it against MAB. Barrera working the body, finding angles and counters and getting inside with hooks. Kennedy does land a couple of right hands but the commentary team seems to be over-egging their effectiveness at this point
2. 10-9 Barrera, more of the same from MAB, but McKinney having more success with power shots, closer round
3. 9-10 McKinney. Picks away consistently with the jab and lands a couple rights. Barrera has a quieter round until the last 20 seconds.
4. 9-10 McKinney, good round, McKinney sticking to the same pattern, jabbing well and getting the right hand of in straight 1-2's. It's working and frustrating Barrera, who again tries to nick the round late. Barrera could work round the jab in the first couple but seems warier now that more is coming back in terms of power shots
5. 9-10 McKinney again winning this behind the jab. Barrera found a way round it in the first round but has struggled since
6. 10-9 Barrera. What a stunning round, there was barely a missed punch for 3 minutes. That really was a war in a round. really tough to score and a couple late flurries nicked it
7. 9-10 McKinney. It's a real chore choosing between the combination punching and body shots from Barrera and the hard right hands being consistently scored by McKinney. I saw Barreras head rocked back numerous times though
8. 10-7 Barrera. The first time McKinney not only controlled the range but the pace of the round by pushing Barrera back with that jab. Well ahead then bang, Barrera nails him, droips him then goes on the attack. Ref should have called the second knockdown sooner as the ropes clearly kept McKinney up.
9. 10-8 Barrera. Had it his own way all round, shipped the occasional right but otherwise all over him and forces McKinney to take a seat on the canvas to escape the pressure
10. 9-10 McKinney. He hurt Berrera, he hurt him again and again and again, how many right hands does it take to put this little bastard down. Fuck me Barrera is tough
11. 8-10 McKinney. He drops Barrera with a legit shot but Barreras protests seem slightly justified when he loses his footing on the Bud Ad seconds later. Good round from McKinney
12. KO McKinney on the canvas 4 times. Just as well it's waved off because that would have been a cunt to score. The first kd was counted but may have been a tangle of feet. The second was ruled a slip and not counted. The third was a legit KD but ruled a slip. The ref waved it off on the 4th occasion but it couldn't have been the 3 knockdown rule (which was in effect) because this was only the second one he classed a KD.
Ultimately I think the ref had seen enough.
103-102 Barrera at the time of the stoppage, had the 12th gone the distance you could have added another 3 points at least to that lead.
My word, I love Marco Antonio Barrera. What a tough little fucker he was.
The thread the other day that asked you to rank MAB, Moralez and JMM got ignored, purely because a lot of you fuckers were ranking Barrera third of the group and I went in a huff and refused to play.
How dare you?