Happy Birthday, Marco Antonio Barrera: Today, January 17

[embedplusvideo height=”410″ width=”510″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/OYeDNIW7M3A?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=OYeDNIW7M3A&width=510&height=410&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep9241″ /]Marco Antonio Barrera is a three-division world champ who has held titles in the junior featherweight, featherweight, and super featherweight divisions. The Mexico City native is best known for legacy-defining victories over Erik Morales, Naseem Hamed, Kennedy McKinney, Johnny Tapia, Kevin Kelley, and Paulie Ayala. Barrera turns 40 today, January 17th.

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Paul Magno

Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

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