Erik Morales Hopes To Land Juan Manuel Marquez Clash
Earlier this week, former four division champion Erik Morales arrived in Los Angeles for a scheduled meeting with Golden Boy Promotions.
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Marquez-Morales: The Only Choice for Cowboys Stadium
by Cliff Rold - In a boxing world that managed to squeeze in Roberto Duran-Hector Camacho before both were 100% done with the ring, it’s humorous how often the hope to see Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales in the same ring seems dead. It’s easy to forget: as long as there is room in a cash register, no potential gold mine is ever really off limits to be tapped. Boxing fans know the 38-year old Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO), in pursuit of yet one more crack at Manny Pacquiao, has a date at Cowboys Stadium on July 14th. For now, the opponent remains TBA. The real question is HWS. How many seats? The two names given as most likely in the last week for the Marquez date are the 35-year old Morales (52-8, 36 KO) and undefeated 24-year old Filipino Jr. Welterweight Mercito Gesta (25-0-1, 13 KO). Gesta would be an intriguing option in the ring. Boxing needs new blood and Gesta has the look of a comer. The fight has its obvious sale points. Gesta would be a live underdog and his shared ethnicity with Pacquiao would add to the allure. Gesta is unknown to the larger world but fight fans are familiar enough with him to make him viable. The question is, again, how many seats…as in how many seats in the cavernous Cowboys Stadium could be filled for Marquez-Gesta. Marquez is, despite his age, at his height of popularity. While never a remarkable A-side in terms of pay-per-view, he’s become a great B-side there and a solid ticket seller for red meat fight fans. Marquez-Gesta could sell fill its share of seats. Marquez-Morales could sell a lot more. There are promotional and Mexican television network issues that would need to be ironed out but where’s there’s a (dollar) bill, there’s a way. In terms of pay-per-view, it’s also the stronger option. There are occasionally matches, long awaited, that appear to have passed their sell-by date only to pop an impressive number with the home viewing public. Roy Jones-Felix Trinidad was scoffed at when signed in 2008. Briefly the most buzzed about fight in boxing in the early 2000s, Trinidad’s loss to Bernard Hopkins in 2001 and two subsequent retirements scuttled the bout until they didn’t.
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Beltran: Marquez Has Fully Ruled Out Brandon Rios
According to promoter Fernando Beltran, WBO interim-junior welterweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez has fully ruled out the possibility of facing former lightweight champion Brandon Rios on July 14th at Cowboys Stadium in Texas.
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Erik Morales: I Doubt Marquez Would Fight Me on July 14th
WBC junior welterweight champion Erik Morales doesn't expect Juan Manuel Marquez to offer him a big-fight opportunity for July 14th at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Marquez was going to fight Lamont Peterson, who instead accepted a rematch offer against Amir Khan for May 19th in Las Vegas.
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DuBoef: There are No Talks With Schaefer on Marquez
Top Rank Promotions President, Todd duBoef, has clarified that there are presently no ongoing talks with Golden Boy Promotions CEO, Richard Schaefer, concerning a third bout between eight-division champ and WBO welterweight belt-holder, Manny Pacquiao, and WBO and WBA lightweight titlist Juan Manuel Marquez.
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Marquez is Hungry To Ink The Deal To Face Morales
WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5, 38KOs) is ready to fight Erik Morales (51-6, 35KOs). He wants the fight, he is ready for the challenge, but wants to be certain that all of the details are solved. The fight would take place on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the WBC's Diamond Title at 140-pounds.
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Marquez, Morales Still Hammering Details For Their Fight
We had the oportunity to talk to a source inside Golden Boy Promotions about the rumors in Mexico pertaining to the fight between Erik Morales and Juan Manuel Marquez, which is scheduled for April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. He told BoxingScene.com that there is not a done deal yet, and there are a lot of things still on the table still, but they hope that the fight hets made as soon as possible.
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Gomez: Erik Morales Will Get Up For Marquez Challenge
Eric Gomez, head matchmaker for Golden Boy Promotions, expects an exciting fight when Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5, 38KOs) and Erik Morales (51-6, 35KOs) do battle for the WBC's 140-pound "Diamond Belt" on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After being away for nearly three years, Morales returned to boxing last March with a decision win over Jose Alfaro, and then followed it up with a TKO of Willie Limond in September, and a twelve round decision over Francisco Lorenzo in December.
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Erik Morales Signs Contract To Close Marquez Deal
According to the father of Tijuana's Erik "El Terrible" Morales, both his son and fellow three-time world champion Juan Manuel Marquez have signed contracts for an all-Mexican clash on April 9 in Las Vegas. The fight between Erik Morales and Marquez will be at junior welterweight (140 pounds) and the Diamond Belt of World Boxing Council (WBC) will be on the line. The fight between both Mexican fighters was made by Golden Boy Promotions.
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Juan Manuel Marquez-Erik Morales in 2011? Just Say Yes
By Cliff Rold - Maybe we’ll never know, really, who the better man would have been on their best day. The best that can probably be discovered is who the superior man is right now, in this late moment of two legendary contemporary careers. One is 37 and still reigning as the legitimate Lightweight Champion of the World. He might not be as good as he once was, but it’s fair to think he’s still as good on any one night as he ever was. The other is 34, 3-0 in 2010 after nearly three years out of the ring, a rebound from the four consecutive losses that appeared to draw his curtain. Given the descriptions, it doesn’t sound like it should amount to much. Except… …except the descriptions are missing names. The champion is Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO). The challenger, should the final details be ironed out for an April 9 showdown, will be Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO). Morales is perceived, fairly, to be well faded. Marquez is not. A one-sided loss to Floyd Mayweather two divisions higher than Marquez had any business being in 2009 came between a rousing pair of wins over Juan Diaz and a stoppage of Michael Katsidis. The first Diaz fight was the 2009 Fight of the Year; the Katsidis win was a leading contender for the honors in 2010.
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