Erik Morales: record, next fight and profile →
In the last few months, numerous retired boxers have expressed the desire to enter the ring for exhibition bouts to raise money for charity. Earlier this year, retired former world champions Julio Cesar Chávez and Jorge Travieso Arce returned to the ring to take part in an exhibition fight.
Erik Morales has continued his war of words with fellow Mexican and former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez. The situation first began when Morales explained that unlike Marquez he didn't need four fights to get a win over Manny Pacquiao.
Former four division champion Juan Manuel Marquez has fired back at the recent statements from fellow Mexican Erik Morales. During an interview from last week, Morales was asked for his thoughts on why a fight with Marquez had never come together.
Hall of Fame trainer Ignacio 'Don Nacho' Beristain, who guided the career of former four division champion Juan Manuel Marquez, has hit back at the recent statements from fellow Mexican Erik Morales.
Former four division world champion Erik Morales is a living legend in Mexican boxing. Morales, 43-years-old, retired from boxing in 2012, after getting knocked out in his rematch with Danny Garcia at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
One of the great mysteries that Mexican boxing will have forever is what would have happened if four-time world champions Erik 'El Terrible' Morales and Juan Manuel 'Dinamita' Marquez would had met in the ring. But a common opponent, three-time champion Marco Antonio Barrera, gave his version of what could have happened in the ring.
Two legends of Mexico, Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik "El Terrible" Morales, contemplate the possibility of going back to the ring to trade punches in an exhibition fight. However, both fighters know that their rivalry exceeded expectations and they will hardly throw blows like they did in the past, in one of the most emotional trilogies in boxing history.
Jaime Munguia knew, after defeating Dennis Hogan by points in a controversial majority decision, that he needed a change and he did it radically by hiring former champion and Hall of Famer Erik Morales as head trainer. Munguia also realized that he needed to move up in weight, as his body began to suffer in making the 154 limit at junior middleweight.
With great preparation, Jaime Munguía closed out his high elevation camp on Tuesday, with very satisfactory results in these seven weeks that the strong stage of his preparation in the Otomí Ceremonial Center in the cold mountains of the State of Mexico. Former WBO super welterweight world champion, Munguía (34-0, 27 KO's) will make his formal debut at middleweight on Saturday, January 11, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Mexican legend Julio César Chávez went public to defend his son Julio César Chávez Jr. after the stoppage defeat he suffered against Daniel Jacobs. Chavez published a tweet on the social networks where he says he does not agree with the criticisms of his son. Chavez Jr. was stopped in five rounds by Jacobs, after the Mexican star refused to continue fighting beyond the fight round.