On March 14, 2009, a 35-year-old Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs) and a 22-year-old British boxer Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Barrera came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 14 days. Khan was on a 1-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 8 days.
Amir Khan defeated Marco Antonio Barrera via technical decision in the 12-round lightweight fight. Khan improves his record to 20-1, while Barrera adds a loss to his record at 65-7.
On October 6, 2007, a 33-year-old Marco Antonio Barrera (63-5, 42 KOs) and a 28-year-old Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao (44-3-2, 34 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time, in a super-featherweight bout.
Barrera came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 19 days. Pacquiao was on a 5-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 22 days.
In the rematch, Manny Pacquiao defeated Marco Antonio Barrera via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-featherweight fight. Pacquiao improves his record to 45-3-2, while Barrera adds a loss to his record at 63-6.
On March 17, 2007, the 33-year-old WBC super-featherweight world champion, Marco Antonio Barrera (63-4, 42 KOs), faced a 33-year-old fellow Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez (46-3-1, 35 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Barrera came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 1 day. Márquez was on a 2-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 20 days.
Juan Manuel Márquez defeated Marco Antonio Barrera via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title. Márquez improves his record to 47-3-1, while Barrera adds a loss to his record at 63-5.
On November 15, 2003, the 29-year-old The Ring featherweight world champion, Marco Antonio Barrera (57-3, 40 KOs), faced a 24-year-old Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao (37-2-1, 28 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Barrera came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 3 days. Pacquiao was on a 4-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 20 days.
Manny Pacquiao stopped the champion via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new The Ring featherweight champion. Pacquiao improves his record to 38-2-1 (29 KOs), while Barrera adds a loss to his record at 57-4.
On February 19, 2000, the 26-year-old WBO super-bantamweight champion, Marco Antonio Barrera (49-2, 36 KOs), and the 23-year-old WBC super-bantamweight champion Érik Morales (35-0, 28 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Barrera came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 1 day. Morales was on a 35-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 28 days.
Érik Morales defeated Marco Antonio Barrera via split decision and unifies the WBO and WBC super-bantamweight titles. Morales improves his record to 36-0, while Barrera adds a loss to his record at 49-3.
On April 18, 1997, Marco Antonio Barrera and Junior Jones met again in an immediate rematch.
Barrera came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 27 days. Jones was on a 10-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 27 days.
Junior Jones defeated Marco Antonio Barrera via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBO super-bantamweight title. Jones improves his record to 44-2, while Barrera adds a loss to his record at 43-2.
On November 22, 1996, the 22-year-old WBO super-bantamweight world champion, Marco Antonio Barrera (43-0, 31 KOs), faced a 25-year-old American boxer Junior Jones (42-2, 26 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Barrera came in to the fight on a 43-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 8 days. Jones was on a 9-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 12 days.
Junior Jones stopped the champion via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBO super-bantamweight champion. Jones improves his record to 43-2 (27 KOs), while Barrera adds a loss to his record at 43-1.