Barrera-Ayala Match Is Set
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An agreement in principle has been reached for Marco Antonio Barrera to fight Paulie Ayala on June 19 at the Home Depot Center in Carson. Also on the card will be a middleweight bout between Jermain Taylor and Raul Marquez.
Barrera (57-4, 40 knockouts), a former World Boxing Council featherweight and World Boxing Organization super-bantamweight champion, is coming off an 11th-round TKO loss to Manny Pacquiao in November. Ayala (35-2, 12) is a former World Boxing Assn. bantamweight titleholder.
The nontitle match will be at 126 pounds.
Taylor (20-0, 15) was a bronze medalist in the 2000 Olympics. Marquez (35-2, 24), a former International Boxing Federation 154-pound champion, has lost only to Fernando Vargas and Yory Boy Campas.
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