The agony of waiting — that is what’s haunting the legendary Marco Antonio Barrera right now.

The finalized schedule of the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar Larios showdown on July 2, 2006 has virtually put the period on the attempts of Barrera’s camp to register a Pacquiao-Barrera II this year. No less than the biggest dome in RP will house the Pacquiao-Larios fight — the Araneta Coliseum, venue of the historic Ali-Frazier II blockbuster.

And after Manny’s scrimmage with Larios, his next appointment is a third and possibly final scuffle with Mexico’s Erik “El Terrible” Morales. That brawl is tentatively scheduled in September although it will likely be set in either November or December.

That means Barrera has to nurse longer his damaged pride which Pacquiao humiliated in November 2003. Since his loss to the Pacman, Barrera has rebounded dramatically even getting the champion’s belt–the belt which he used to entice Pacquiao to a rematch this year.

Barrera may have his time in 2007 to exact revenge against Pacquiao. Hopefully, Pacquiao will hurdle his two next fights successfully so as to add more hype and color to the most awaited boxing rematch this decade.

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