On June 19, 2004, Marco Antonio Barrera (57-4, 40 KOs) and Paulie Ayala (35-2, 12 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round bout.
Marco Antonio Barrera is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 65% KO rate; his last fight was a 11th round TKO loss to Manny Pacquiao, 7 months and 4 days ago. Paulie Ayala is on a 1-fight win streak with a 32% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Edel Ruiz, 7 months and 5 days ago.
The winning odds are at 78.7-21.3 in favor of Paulie Ayala. It is going to be a competitive fight and Marco Antonio Barrera will put up a very good fight, but Ayala will prevail.
Marco Antonio Barrera stopped Paulie Ayala via TKO in the 10th round. Barrera improves his record to 58-4 (41 KOs), while Ayala adds a loss to his record at 35-3.