Marco Antonio Barrera and Jesus Soto Karass entered the ring again, this time in an exhibition bout without helmets in a formula six rounds of two minutes at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. It has been ten years since Barrera retired and almost three years since Soto Karass ended his career. At the end of the fight, former champion Eric Morales entered the ring to announce his exhibition fight with Marco Antonio Barrera this summer.