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Total Fights | 75 |
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Wins | 67 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 1 |
Title Wins | 7 |
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Title Defenses | 20 |
Title-Fight KOs | 15 |
KO Wins | 44 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 21 years and two months, Marco Antonio Barrera fought 75 times with 67 wins, 7 losses, and 1 no-contest.
Barrera retired from professional boxing with a record of 67-7, which included seven world-title wins and 20 successful title defense fights at three weight classes — super-bantamweight, featherweight, and super-featherweight. He had a 59.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 44 of his total 75 fights being knockout wins, 15 of which were in title fights. Barrera lost twice via knockout, both of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Jose Arias on February 12, 2011.
Some of Barrera's best fights and notable victories include wins over three Hall-of-Famers (Érik Morales, Johnny Tapia, and Naseem Hamed), Kevin Kelley, Rocky Juarez, and Agapito Sánchez.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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75 | Feb 12, 2011 | 37 | Jose Arias | Win | TKO2 |
74 | Jun 26, 2010 | 36 | Adailton de Jesus | Win | UD |
73 | Mar 14, 2009 | 35 | Amir Khan | Loss | TD |
72 | Jan 31, 2009 | 35 | Freudis Rojas | Win | DQ |
71 | Nov 7, 2008 | 34 | Sammy Ventura | Win | TKO4 |
70 | Oct 6, 2007 | 33 | Manny Pacquiao | Loss | UD |
69 | Mar 17, 2007 | 33 | Juan Manuel Márquez | Loss * | UD |
68 | Sep 16, 2006 | 32 | Rocky Juarez | Win * | UD |
67 | May 20, 2006 | 32 | Rocky Juarez | Win * | SD |
66 | Sep 17, 2005 | 31 | Robbie Peden | Win * | UD |
65 | Apr 9, 2005 | 31 | Mzonke Fana | Win * | KO2 |
64 | Nov 27, 2004 | 30 | Érik Morales | Win * | MD |
63 | Jun 19, 2004 | 30 | Paulie Ayala | Win | TKO10 |
62 | Nov 15, 2003 | 29 | Manny Pacquiao | Loss * | TKO11 |
61 | Apr 12, 2003 | 29 | Kevin Kelley | Win * | TKO4 |
60 | Nov 2, 2002 | 28 | Johnny Tapia | Win * | UD |
59 | Jun 22, 2002 | 28 | Érik Morales | Win * | UD |
58 | Sep 8, 2001 | 27 | Enrique Sánchez | Win | RTD6 |
57 | Apr 7, 2001 | 27 | Naseem Hamed | Win | UD |
56 | Dec 1, 2000 | 26 | Jesus Salud | Win * | RTD6 |
55 | Sep 9, 2000 | 26 | Jose Luis Valbuena | Win * | UD |
54 | Jun 17, 2000 | 26 | Luiz Freitas | Win * | KO1 |
53 | Feb 19, 2000 | 26 | Érik Morales | Loss * | SD |
52 | Dec 18, 1999 | 25 | Cesar Najera | NC | TKO4 |
51 | Aug 7, 1999 | 25 | Pastor Humberto Maurin | Win * | UD |
50 | Apr 3, 1999 | 25 | Paul Lloyd | Win * | RTD1 |
49 | Oct 31, 1998 | 24 | Richie Wenton | Win * | RTD3 |
48 | Sep 26, 1998 | 24 | Pedro Javier Torres | Win | TKO4 |
47 | May 16, 1998 | 24 | Geronimo Cardoz | Win | KO1 |
46 | Feb 21, 1998 | 24 | Angel Rosario | Win | TKO5 |
45 | Apr 18, 1997 | 23 | Junior Jones | Loss * | UD |
44 | Nov 22, 1996 | 22 | Junior Jones | Loss * | TKO5 |
43 | Sep 14, 1996 | 22 | Jesse Magana | Win * | TKO10 |
42 | Jul 14, 1996 | 22 | Orlando Fernandez | Win * | TKO7 |
41 | May 4, 1996 | 22 | Jesse Benavides | Win * | KO3 |
40 | Feb 3, 1996 | 22 | Kennedy McKinney | Win * | TKO12 |
39 | Nov 4, 1995 | 21 | Eddie Croft | Win * | TKO7 |
38 | Aug 22, 1995 | 21 | Agapito Sánchez | Win * | UD |
37 | Jul 15, 1995 | 21 | Maui Diaz | Win * | TKO1 |
36 | Jun 2, 1995 | 21 | Frank Toledo | Win * | TKO2 |
35 | Mar 31, 1995 | 21 | Daniel Jiménez | Win * | UD |
34 | Dec 3, 1994 | 20 | Eddie Cook | Win * | TKO8 |
33 | Oct 22, 1994 | 20 | Jesus Sarabia | Win * | TKO3 |
32 | Aug 15, 1994 | 20 | Israel Gonzalez Bringas | Win | TKO8 |
31 | Jun 24, 1994 | 20 | Miguel Espinoza | Win | KO6 |
30 | Apr 13, 1994 | 20 | Carlos Gabriel Salazar | Win | MD |
29 | Mar 1, 1994 | 20 | Justo Zuniga | Win | KO3 |
28 | Nov 27, 1993 | 19 | Alejandro Sanabria | Win | KO1 |
27 | Aug 28, 1993 | 19 | Eduardo Ramirez | Win | UD |
26 | Jul 12, 1993 | 19 | Elidio Dominguez | Win | KO1 |
25 | May 22, 1993 | 19 | Noe Santillana | Win | UD |
24 | Apr 10, 1993 | 19 | Facundo Rodriguez | Win | KO4 |
23 | Mar 1, 1993 | 19 | Ivan Salazar | Win | UD |
22 | Dec 5, 1992 | 18 | Angel Rosario | Win | TKO6 |
21 | Nov 9, 1992 | 18 | Esteban Ayala | Win | KO4 |
20 | Oct 2, 1992 | 18 | Abner Barajas | Win | PTS |
19 | Jul 11, 1992 | 18 | Miguel Espinoza | Win | KO6 |
18 | Jun 13, 1992 | 18 | Jose Felix Montiel | Win | TKO2 |
17 | Apr 1, 1992 | 18 | Josefino Suarez | Win | UD |
16 | Dec 7, 1991 | 17 | Miguel Pina | Win | KO1 |
15 | Nov 2, 1991 | 17 | Javier Diaz | Win | DQ |
14 | Aug 31, 1991 | 17 | Sergio Aguila | Win | TKO1 |
13 | Jun 29, 1991 | 17 | Jaime Rojas | Win | TKO6 |
12 | Apr 13, 1991 | 17 | Juan Facundo Lopez | Win | TKO1 |
11 | Mar 9, 1991 | 17 | Abel Hinojosa | Win | TKO5 |
10 | Feb 9, 1991 | 17 | Esteban Rodriguez | Win | TKO4 |
9 | Dec 8, 1990 | 16 | Ivan Salazar | Win | PTS |
8 | Oct 13, 1990 | 16 | Jose Yanez | Win | TKO2 |
7 | Oct 6, 1990 | 16 | Pedro Martínez | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Sep 14, 1990 | 16 | Sebastian Amica | Win | TKO5 |
5 | Aug 4, 1990 | 16 | Federico Lara | Win | KO3 |
4 | Jun 9, 1990 | 16 | Oscar Granados | Win | PTS |
3 | May 18, 1990 | 16 | Ignacio Jacome | Win | PTS |
2 | Dec 16, 1989 | 15 | Federico Lara | Win | TKO3 |
1 | Nov 22, 1989 | 15 | David Felix | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Marco Antonio Barrera (Baby-Faced Assassin) is a 50-year old retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico on January 17, 1974. He is a former three-weight-class world champion. Barrera was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2017. His professional boxing career spanned more than 21 years — from 1989 to 2011.
Barrera made his professional boxing debut against David Felix at the age of 15 on November 22, 1989, defeating Felix via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 42 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 30 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 20 on October 22, 1994 after 32 professional fights, against Jesus Sarabia for the super-bantamweight WBA (vacant) title. He defeated Sarabia via 3rd round TKO to become the super-bantamweight champion of the world.
Marco Antonio Barrera was a one-time unified super-featherweight world champion, and has won seven world titles at three weight classes. For all the details about Barrera's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Barrera had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Jose Arias on February 12, 2011. Barrera won the fight via 2nd round TKO. It's been 13 years, 2 months, and 8 days since this fight.
Barrera had a total of 30 world-title fights, which includes winning seven world titles and 20 successful title defenses. He won 25 of these fights and lost five.
Marco Antonio Barrera fought for world titles in eight fights and won six of these fights, two of these victories coming via way of stoppage. In total, he won seven belts across three weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Sep 17, 2005^ | Robbie Peden | Super-featherweight | IBF | UD |
Nov 27, 2004 | Érik Morales | Super-featherweight | WBC | MD |
Jun 22, 2002 | Érik Morales | Featherweight | WBC, The Ring* | UD |
Oct 31, 1998 | Richie Wenton | Super-bantamweight | WBO* | RTD |
Mar 31, 1995 | Daniel Jiménez | Super-bantamweight | WBO | UD |
Oct 22, 1994 | Jesus Sarabia | Super-bantamweight | WBA* | TKO |
Marco Antonio Barrera had 24 world-title defense fights across three weight classes — super-bantamweight (x16), featherweight (x3), and super-featherweight (x5). He won 20 of them and lost four times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Sep 16, 2006 | Rocky Juarez | Super-featherweight | WBC | UD |
May 20, 2006 | Rocky Juarez | Super-featherweight | WBC | SD |
Sep 17, 2005^ | Robbie Peden | Super-featherweight | WBC | UD |
Apr 9, 2005 | Mzonke Fana | Super-featherweight | WBC | KO |
Apr 12, 2003 | Kevin Kelley | Featherweight | The Ring | TKO |
Nov 2, 2002 | Johnny Tapia | Featherweight | The Ring | UD |
Dec 1, 2000 | Jesus Salud | Super-bantamweight | WBO | RTD |
Sep 9, 2000 | Jose Luis Valbuena | Super-bantamweight | WBO | UD |
Jun 17, 2000 | Luiz Freitas | Super-bantamweight | WBO | KO |
Aug 7, 1999 | Pastor Humberto Maurin | Super-bantamweight | WBO | UD |
Apr 3, 1999 | Paul Lloyd | Super-bantamweight | WBO | RTD |
Sep 14, 1996 | Jesse Magana | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
Jul 14, 1996 | Orlando Fernandez | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
May 4, 1996 | Jesse Benavides | Super-bantamweight | WBO | KO |
Feb 3, 1996 | Kennedy McKinney | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
Nov 4, 1995 | Eddie Croft | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
Aug 22, 1995 | Agapito Sánchez | Super-bantamweight | WBO | UD |
Jul 15, 1995 | Maui Diaz | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
Jun 2, 1995 | Frank Toledo | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
Dec 3, 1994 | Eddie Cook | Super-bantamweight | WBA | TKO |
Marco Antonio Barrera lost four world-title defense fights, and lost a total of four titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 17, 2007 | Juan Manuel Márquez | Super-featherweight | WBC | UD |
Nov 15, 2003 | Manny Pacquiao | Featherweight | The Ring | TKO |
Feb 19, 2000 | Érik Morales | Super-bantamweight | WBO | SD |
Nov 22, 1996 | Junior Jones | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
Barrera fought a total of 75 times during his professional career, which includes 30 world-title fights at three weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some incredible performances in his fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
October 22, 1994: Barrera wins his first world title by defeating Jesus Sarabia via 3rd round TKO. He is now the WBA super-bantamweight world champion.
April 7, 2001: Marco Antonio Barrera beats Naseem Hamed via 12th round unanimous decision.
June 22, 2002: Barrera wins the WBC and The Ring featherweight titles from Érik Morales, by beating Morales via 12 round unanimous decision.
November 2, 2002: Barrera successfully defends The Ring featherweight title against Johnny Tapia, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
April 12, 2003: Barrera successfully defends The Ring featherweight title against Kevin Kelley, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
November 27, 2004: Barrera wins the WBC super-featherweight title from Érik Morales, by beating Morales via 12 round majority decision.
September 17, 2005: Barrera becomes a unified super-featherweight world champion by beating Robbie Peden via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBC and IBF super-featherweight world-champion belts.
September 16, 2006: Barrera successfully defends the WBC super-featherweight title against Rocky Juarez, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
Barrera knocked out 44 of his 75 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 59.5%. Of his total 67 wins, 44 of them were via KO (65.7%).
Barrera's first world-title win was the WBA (vacant) belt at super-bantamweight. He defeated Jesus Sarabia via 3 round TKO to win the title.
Barrera won seven world titles at three weight classes.
Barrera had a total of 24 title defense fights. He was successful 20 times and lost four times.