Juarez on the Barrera verdict

09/09/2006

Juarez on the Barrera verdict

On a conference call earlier this week, Rocky Juarez talked about how he felt when the verdict in his first fight against Marco Antonio Barrera was announced as a draw and then changed to a win for Barrera: "Well, when the announcer announced it a draw, you know, I guess, as a fighter, you know, fighting against a great champion like Barrera, you could basically be happy about it or, you know, be OK with the fact that you didn't suffer a defeat. After they went back to the dressing room and told me within 20, 30 minutes after the fight that I had lost by a single point, you know, it was very disappointing to me and but I'm a fighter and my job is to go out there and fight and perform.  So I left that, you know, decision to, you know, my promoters and my manager." Juarez will get his chance to reverse the loss next Saturday when the rematch will go down as a pay-per-view bout.