BARRERA BREAKS WITH MANAGER AND PROMOTER

"I am very interested in taking a more active role in my career," says Featherweight Champ

11.06 - Press Release - Boxer Marco Antonio Barrera has terminated his relationship with manager Ricardo Maldonado and his with promoter John Jackson and Forum Boxing, Inc. Barrera has been frustrated by the manager’s and promoter’s response to Barrera’s desire to take greater control over his boxing career.

Barrera was also "surprised and disappointed" to learn that the agreements under which Maldonado and Jackson have been operating do not comply with applicable state and federal law. As a result, Barrera has asked a federal court to declare the agreements unenforceable and void.

Barrera was particularly disturbed by recent media reports concerning arrangements for a third contest between Barrera and Erik Morales when neither Maldonado nor Jackson had discussed the matter with Barrera.

"I am very interested in taking a more active role in my career. To think that my manager and promoter would be out making arrangements for such a big fight without even talking to me first is of great concern and undermines my ability to control my boxing activities. Of course I am interested in fighting Morales again; we put on a great show in the first two fights and I am certain a third bout would be no less exciting. I look forward to being personally involved in making the arrangements for that fight and other great fights that I am planning for the future."

Barrera‘s professional record is 57-3, with 40 wins by knockout.