“I want to fight Manny Pacquiao.  I really want this fight.  I made a promise to myself to fight Pacquiao again and show him what a true Mexican is really made of.  Mexicans are tough fighters and I will show him that in a rematch.”  Those are cocky words (thanks to boxingscene.com) from the legendary Marco Antonio Barrera, the current WBC Superfeatherweight Champion.

Barrera’s colorful career has to be capped with a single definitive bout with no less than the hottest boxer on the planet, Manny Pacquiao.  He has met the Pacman in November 2003, a date he keeps trying to forget but one that refuses to be erased from his memory.

He lost to Pacquiao that time and he can well justify it with good reasons.  But a loss is a loss and it’s already on record.  He has lost to other boxers before but his loss to Pacquiao is one that he has so much pride to accept because he did not only lose, he was completely devastated, a thing no one ever thought could happen, including Barrera himself.

This explains his deep eagerness to take on the Pacman again and prove to the whole world that the one who holds the belt at present is the best superfeatherweight.

Those words that he uttered somehow paints the picture of his hunger to avenge his loss, although we could just dismiss his words as mere boxing propaganda.

He said that he will show what a true Mexican is really made of.  Didn’t he show that already in 2003?  Or if he didn’t show then, didn’t his compatriots, Emmanuel Lucero, Juan Manuel Marquez, Hector Velasquez, Oscar Larios, and  Erik Morales show it when they faced Pacquiao?

Would those words ever mean anything significant to Manny Pacquiao?  Or Manny would just simply respond by saying, “My fist will do the talking for me”?  Whatever motive Barrera has in crying out his cocky words, he still has to contend with the truth:  PACQUIAO HAS BEEN MAKING MINCEMEAT OUT OF MEXICANS!