Prior to his fight with Manny Pacquiao, Marco Antonio Barrera announced that their showdown would be his last. That having been said, I figured he would come into the fight blazing; I could not have been more wrong. Barrera was in survival mode, to finish the fight would be a moral victory. Well, that's not good enough for me. What happened to the Barrera who fought brutal wars with Kennedy McKinney and Erik Morales? Where was that Marco Antonio Barrera, the fighter who wasn't afraid of getting knocked out and threw caution to the wind? It appears that Marco Antonio Barrera is gone and with his retirement he will be gone forever.

       The good news is that Manny Pacquiao remains the same exciting fighter he has always been. He tried to make a fight of it but Barrera rarely responded; there really is little to talk about the fight. Manny came forward with his usual right jab followed with the straight left. It was the Pacman's aggression and constant willingness to come forward that won him the 12 round decision.

       With the fight out of the way both men will go down different roads. Pacquiao will continue down the path to become boxing immortality while Barrera will concentrate on the business side of the sport.

       The most exciting part of the boxing weekend came when I turned channels from the Pacquiao-Barrera PPV to tune in to Showtime to watch what I thought would be a quick fight between Sam Peter and Jameel McCline. The fight would not turn out to be quick but it did offer up a couple of exciting rounds minus the $50 dollar price tag that came along with the lackluster fight between Pacquiao and Barrera.

       McCline surprised everyone, including himself I believe, when he dropped Peter in the second round and twice in the third. Luckily for Peter, McCline was gassed after the third round. Peter was able to shake off the cob webs and come out of the fight with the W on his record.

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