Comments Thread For: Erik Morales: First Maidana, Then a Title, Then More

[Smokin'J]

Show respect to Morales you scumbags, the man doesn't give a **** and he loves to fight.
Floyd would cross the street Pacman would turn 180 degrees and Khan would just run away.

[ELPERRO]

Maidana is over rated I wouldnt be surprised , father time is against Morales but gee he was such a class above Maidana and Maidana is so open ol Eric might just do it .

Morales has a chance...a chance to shock us all.

[cooper5]

The winner of this bout has little chance of ever winning a title, even in this age of multiple generic titles.

[SluggerFan]

The winner of this bout has little chance of ever winning a title, even in this age of multiple generic titles.

Both Khan and Bradley are looking to move up to 147 lbs at some point, and then the 140 lbs division would be wide open for Maidana or Morales to grab a belt. Plus, what if Maidana fought Judah, who now has a major belt. With Judah's somewhat shaky chin, I could see Maidana taking all his bombs and then when Judah gets tired in the later rounds, Maidana flattening him...

[shenmue]

The winner of this bout has little chance of ever winning a title, even in this age of multiple generic titles.

A bit of a silly thing to post, after all maidana was robbed/unlucky against Kotelnik and almost beat Khan.

Maidana will have a title at some stage, and he would beat Judah.

[RIZO24]

Erik Morales will get KO!!!!! But hope he does not get hurt too bad!!!!!!

[StrangerInTown]

The Racket Squad- Blood On The Sun

The underdog has been prizefightings greatest attraction ever since the sport was first engaged with bare knuckles.
But there is an issue of health that cannot be ignored.
The arguments that say 'Morales can do it' or 'Shane can do it' are actually flights of underdog fancy that do not consider the price that such fighters often pay.
Erik was once a pound for pound great. Today he has little business throwing hands with a monster like Maidana regardless of the flaws Marcos displays.
He is too much for the tender Morales just as Manny is too much for Mosely.
I would rather consider safety first.
I have been around long enough to know when someone is trying to sell me a potential execution by calling it a PPV.
I was just a kid when I heard that Emile Griffith KO'd Benny 'Kid' Paret for good and it haunts me to this very day.
When Mancini silenced Kim I could not watch the sport for months.

Each time a pugilist enters a ring, he places his fate in another mans gloved hands.
There is no need to increase the odds of disaster for the purpose of athletic entertainment.
If matches such as the ones Morales and Mosely will engage in continue to be made and result in ugly blowouts, the game will die further.
I recall why Howard Cosell abandoned professional boxing.
A fight such as the possibly deadly Morales bout, remind me of the famed Bob Dylan classic, "Who Killed Davey Moore, why and What's the reason for"?

[spoonwars]

Morales must've been high making decisions as of late. He'll share a joint with Maidana and they'll happily fight to a draw.

[KJB]

Morales has a chance...a chance to shock us all.

Anything can happen and fights arent fought on paper, but he doesnt have that much of a chance.
Erik Morales' best weight classes were 122 and 126, and his best years were before 2005. I think he proved 135 was too far up the scale for him when he lost to David Diaz. Marcos Maidana makes David Diaz look like a fluffy bunny rabbit. Morales is gonna get a beating, and get stopped.

[ricky1978]

Morales has a chance...a chance to shock us all.

I agree, there is always a chance in boxing. It just that a prime Khan(who is bigger and stronger than Morales) almost got KOed in the later rounds by "hammers" Maidana. I am not saying it is impossible, I just dont see Morales winning this one, not in the condition that he is in.