“Tun lokacin da na jima ina daga nan Na koyi abubuwa da yawa aiki tare da Bob Santos,” Said Mario Barrios. “Santos has a lot of experience working with top level fighters and he’s showing me new things to help me get better. There’s a lot of little things that we’ve been working on that make a tremendous amount of difference when I’m in the ring. I’m using different footwork while improving on my defense, abubuwa kamar haka.”

Da baya a San Antonio, Barrios basu horo tare da mahaifinsa Martin, who’s been with him since the amateurs when he started boxing at age 9. They’ve come along way together and have a special bond.

“My baba ya kasance kullum a can a gare ni,” Barrios ci gaba. “Ban da koyar da ni yadda za a yi wani mutum, he taught me how to box and stay out of trouble. It’s tough finding sparring sometimes, amma da ya ke ko da yaushe akwai ya sa dole hadayu don samun wani. Ya fahimci abin da ya ke faruwa a yi a gare ni in yi rayuwa ta zuwa na gaba matakin, and I appreciate him for that. Together we make a very strong team.”

Unguwannin, wanda zaune a cikin kusa da nan San Antonio, Texas, knows how important it will be to shine on national television. With a huge crowd expected to show support, Barrios ya shirya don ya mark a cikin super-featherweight rabo.

“Da wannan yaki da ake nuna a Fox Sports, Na san yana da ni lokacin da za a nuna kowa da kowa a division, ciki har da waɗanda suka za a kallon talabijin a kan, dalilin da ya sa Na yi aiki don haka da wuya a samu wannan matsayi.” Mario Barrios kammala. “Mai yawa kusa abokai da iyali zai kasance babu show goyon baya, so I’m coming with everything I got. I don’t care who the opponent is, Zan kasance a shirye don yaba.”