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Morales is an all time favorite of mine so it was good to see him win, but deep inside i sort of feel espadas had that fight taken away from him. He did do enough to win but at the same time it would have ****** to see morales lose
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morales should have win on the first match...
it was a robbery...
el terrible get robbed on the first place...
and in the second match...
it was like...
" hey guty... i just get what was for me in the first fight "
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What people look at in this fight was the one moment where Morales was displaced by an overhand right. I thought Morales won with some room to spare.Comment
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morales won clearly....its just that the HBO crew where hating on him for boxing.....they were used to him beating the crap out of people....nacho berstain and guty sr. tell him he needed a KO after or the 11th...
I mean, even the rounds were guty did more, morales landed better punches or punches that looked much better and aside from the time he was almost dropped, he was never even hurt....Comment
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115-113 for Guty Espadas.Comment
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He did get rocked a couple of times by big punches... Well, I'm not sure if rocked is the right word. He was knocked back, but... Morales either never got hurt, or he hid it very well, because he was always punching back and his legs always seemed to be under him.
I think the bigger thing people remember is Morales throwing about 10 punches in the 12th and running like a deer. THAT was really weird to see.
Yeah, I was getting really irritated by the HBO crew.
They kept saying **** like, Morales is not doing anything, he refuses to punch, etc. I didn't really see it. The way you described this fight to me was not what I saw. I was expecting to see a super tactical boxing match, but... both guys landed some hard **** on each other, and there were almost no clenches.
I actually enjoyed this bout quite a bit for it being a tactical boxing match that a lot of people were bored by.Comment
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In a way thats what it was. I mean in a few fights after the Zaragoza fight when Morales wasn't Koing fights. Merchant made a comment that Morales isn't a puncher which is further from the truth, of course later on Merchant backtracks years later. So in a way as stated in bold, people were used to seeing Morales.....
I still remember Morales going to the ropes more so then ever before, boxing away more so then ever before. I'll have to see the fight again and score it but i still recall it a close fight.Comment
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Talking about HBO innacuracies........
reminds me of how they called Jones-Barrera 2....i hate Barrera's guts but damn.....he fought ****ing insane that night...thats the best combination of boxing-brawling by him(along with barrera-morales 3) in a big fight ever...........and tehywere hating on him......and praising Jones more than they shouldve......probably didnt help that they were influenced by Jones Jr's friendship with Junior, as he was calling the fight and the fact that barrera got beat in the first fight, so they kinda overrated juniors effectiveness...need to watch that figt again, but i remmember barrera landing like 150 more punches than jones throwing like 400 less but he ddint get outflashed at all...seriously i probably love barreras style more than morales' , but ill always hate barrera for being a *****.....Comment
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I like to say before there was Erik Morales, before Juan Manuel Marquez, there was "Marco Antonio Barrera." Everybody thought he'd be the next Chavez, people were sure he would never lose anytime soon. I really disliked the fact that Barrera changed his style after the Jones fight. But reality is because of this change he last a long time in boxing.
But when Barrera lost the 2nd time and took 1 year off, that was all the oppertunity Morales needed to capture all of Barreras fans and hearts of all boxing fans. Morales took over where Barrera left off. Thats how it happened. I know people have asked, "how did Morales becomes so popular" a warrior like Barrera was absent many of us weren't sure if he was going to return as he also talked about going back to school and studying to be a lawyer.
The thing that bothers me about the 1st Jones fight is that people act like Barreras corner threw the towel and that wasn't so. The ref that night was an amature, he didn't know what to do in the scuffle. But the bell had rang and Jones was still attacking and the ref was just looking untill Barreras corner came in. Then the ref waved the fight cause he didn't know what to do but he sees Jones celebrating. I thought Barrera won the 2nd time around but it was a ****** fight he fought.Comment
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There was one moment, and I think it was in the twelfth round that sticks out in my mind. Morales threw a jab and Espadas dropped a right hand over it and it looked like he had lost his footing for a moment after it. Espadas never followed up on it but it was the most eye-catching moment of the fight.
Morales won that fight IMO but I have to say that at that point and the Chi fight that followed, I thought Morales was on his way out. He had just given so much so early in his career.
I will always say though, Barrera was much more the better fighter than Morales was.Comment
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