On May 20, 2006, Marco Antonio Barrera (61-4, 42 KOs), the super-featherweight WBC champion, defends his title against American challenger, Rocky Juarez (25-1, 18 KOs).
Marco Antonio Barrera is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Robbie Peden, 8 months and 3 days ago. Rocky Juarez is on a 2-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Backlin Medrano, 3 months and 29 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Marco Antonio Barrera at 99-1 winning odds. Rocky Juarez really doesn't have much to present against Barrera.
Marco Antonio Barrera defeated Rocky Juarez via split decision and successfully defended his WBC super-featherweight title. Barrera improves his record to 62-4, while Juarez adds a loss to his record at 25-2.