News has it that Mexican boxing legend Marco Antonio Barrera will be coming over to the Philippines on July 2 to personally watch the Pacquiao-Larios spectacle.  Manny Pacquiao even said in a televised interview that the Golden Boy himself, Oscar dela Hoya who is Barrera’s promoter, is also coming to town.

If that’s really going to happen, the Pacquiao-Larios slugfest will be listed as one of the star-studded boxing events in the Philippines.  Not since the Thrilla in Manila of the Ali-Frazier blockbuster has any boxing event been graced by big names in boxing.  There’s word also that Frazier is also coming over.

But the one guest who will receive many a stare is Barrera himself, that is, if he does come.  I wonder how the Filipino fans will receive him after he gave out some unfriendly words about Pacquiao’s being a one-dimensional fighter.  What if this “one-dimensional” sensation floors his compatriot to submission?  What would he say next?  Would he challenge PACMAN and say “You’ll have your time when it’s my turn?”

What do you say?