Former Multi division world champion Marco Antonio Barrera is set to return to the Lone Star State to take on fellow former world champion Jose Luis Castillo in an exhibition in Houston on October 29th at the Arena Theatre and will be dubbed "problems in Houston". The bout will be an exhibition between the two again all-time great fighters. It will be added as a feature to the Big Belt Tournament which is bought to you by The Boxing Showcase and the WBC\ and is a tournament that pits young fighters with less than five pro bouts against each other in a single-elimination tournament that concludes with the winner of each weight class receiving an official World Boxing Council championship belt. The Tournament begins next Friday in Austin.
Barrera is considered one of the greatest fighters of his or any era, compiled a 67-7 record, and is a three-division world champion. He has fought previously in Texas twice, once against Manny Pacquiao in San Antonio and again in San Antonio in the next to last bout of his career in 2010 where he scored a UD victory over Adailton De Jesus. He also fought in South Padre Island, where he secured a victory over Agapito Sanchez all the way back in 1995. The former world champ said through a translator "He looks forward to fighting in Houston. Coming off the pandemic people are looking to get out and have a good time and he wants to put on a show" his opponent Jose Luis Castillo is most notoriously remembered as the man that was robbed of a decision against Floyd Mayweather and being stopped by Diego Corrales in one of the greatest fights of all time. Castillo previously held a major world title at lightweight. He compiled a record of 66-13-1 and has fought previously in Texas just multiples times including in El Paso when he outpointed Rolando Reyes in El Paso back in 2006 and he also stopped Saul Duran in Brownsville in 2003.