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Erik Morales: Training Has Been Perfect, I'll Beat Maidana

Malignaggi vs Cotto Close For Maidana-Morales Card

BoxingScene.com has been advised that an agreement was reached in principle for a welterweight contest between former 140-pound champion Paul Malignaggi (28-4, 6KOs), and Jose Miguel Cotto (32-2, 24KOs), the older brother of WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. The contracts have yet to be signed. The fight would take place on the Marcos Maidana-Erik Morales pay-per-view on April 16 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Photos: Erik Morales Trains For Maidana Mega Gallery

Erik Morales continues to push himself in his training camp which is taking place at the Otomi Ceremonial Center in Mexico. The camp is is nearly three thousand meters above sea level. Morales is preparing for his upcoming junior welterweight fight with the very dangerous Marcos "Chino" Maidana, which takes place on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Photos by Team Morales.

Marcos Maidana: I'll Be Looking To Knock Erik Morales Out

Marcos "Chino" Maidana is looking very strong in camp. The first stage of his training camp is about to end. Maidana and his new trainer, Rudy Perez, will leave their training facility in Mexico and travel to Las Vegas to finish training for the fight against Erik Morales, scheduled for April 9 at the MGM Grand.

Maidana Forgets About His Weight Issues, in Top Form

As days go by, Marcos "El Chino" Maidana is getting his body in top form. When he arrived more than two weeks ago to Mexico City, he weighed 158-pounds, and now after two weeks of training under Ruddy Perez, he looks to be around 149-pounds. He said that he expects to drop a few more pounds before before traveling to Las Vegas for his April 9 clash with Tijuana's Erik "Terrible" Morales. The Argentine fighter hopes to travel to Las Vegas 10 days prior to the fight. Under Perez, Maidana feels stronger, faster and more confident.

Morales vs Maidana: Tony Weeks is The Third Man

According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, veteran referee Tony Weeks will be the third man in the ring when Erik Morales faces Marcos Maidana in a junior welterweight bout on April 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Adalaide Byrd, Jerry Roth and Dick Houck who are all from Nevada, were selected to be judges.

Erik Morales: First Maidana, Then a Title, Then More

Former three division champion Erik Morales (51-6, 35KOs), at age 34, has a long term plan in store. After several years of retirement, he returned last year to win three fights. Morales has a big fight ahead of him, on April 9 against Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27KOs) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Morales spoke with Jose Pando from his camp in the mountains of the Otomi Ceremonial Center in Toluca, Mexico.

Erik Morales: Not Worried About Maidana's Power or Perez

Former three division champion Erik "El Terrible" Morales continues to train hard at the Otomi Ceremonial in Temoaya (Mexico State) for the battle with the hard puncher from Argentina, junior welterweight Marcos Maidana. Their battle takes place on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dr. Margaret Goodman on Morales Facing Maidana

Las Vegas-based neurologist, Dr. Margaret Goodman, a former ringside physician and Medical Advisory Board Chairman for the Nevada State Athletic Commision, responded to a recent BoxingScene.com report on three-division world champion, Erik Morales.

Erik Morales: Is His Health at Risk With Marcos Maidana?

The date was August of 2007, and legendary Mexican great Erik Morales lingered in the ring at the Allstate Arena, in Rosemont, Ill., after having failed to earn the 135-pound, WBC lightweight title against champion David Diaz of nearby Chicago, this, while competing in the highest weight class at which Morales had ever fought, and for only the second time in his career.