Erik Morales's Best Performance

[CANELOLUJAH]

Oh definitely and he did not dominate Jones. That was a tough fight for him before the KO. Jones exposed Barrera's openness to right hands which I think the Baby Faced Assassin later improved upon. "Poison" could hit like a sledge hammer.

That fight was pretty easy for him, only thing was you can tell Morales had to respect jones power and that was about it.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

That fight was pretty easy for him, only thing was you can tell Morales had to respect jones power and that was about it.

It's been a while since I saw it but it seems like he connected on Morales a few times early on and Morales backed off before he got to him which was not long. Jones had no stamina in a lot of fights. Did not train right I guess.

[Vasyl’s dad]

Oh I agree. Just thought he was more dominant against Ayala. The Pacquiao fight was pretty close.

Not really. Morales dominated him that night.

[CTC JOHNNY]

That Junior Jones Fight made me a fan of El Terrible

[El Gitano]

Erik Morales overtook Julio Cesar Chavez' place as my favorite boxer ever.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Erik Morales overtook Julio Cesar Chavez' place as my favorite boxer ever.

Oh he was so great to watch. He and Chavez are very good friends I believe.

[BOXEO _]

Pacquiao 1. Even though Morales was over the hill already.
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[-MAKAVELLI-]

Maidana



El Terrible was supposed to die that night

[Dr Rumack]

First Pac fight is a huge win, obviously. The Zaragoza performance was awesome too though.

[SCEN3RY]

Also, not the same question but Ring Magazine did a "Best I've Faced" with Erik Morales and I liked his answer to the question of who was the best fighter he faced.... his response was:

“If you’re talking about the toughest opponent I’ve faced, to be honest, his name was Erik Morales,” he said in all seriousness. “When I did things the right way and had proper training, boxing was easy for me, but all too often I did not do that. So, as you know, I had a lot of struggles.

“Honestly, I had too many tough fights to say one man was tougher than all the rest. I know fans want me to say that it was either Barrera or Pacquiao, but I don’t see it that way. That’s not how a fighter views things. There are fighters who people have forgotten about or never knew that were the toughest fights, the biggest fights for me at the time I fought them.

“Jose ‘Pepillo’ Valdez was the toughest fighter I had ever faced back when I was nothing. That fight [TKO 3 in 1994] was the biggest fight for me when I was just a Tijuana prospect.

“Enrique Jupiter (TKO 6 in 1995) was the toughest I faced when I moved on to the next level and was regarded as one of Mexico’s best young fighters. I had to beat him in order to show that I was going to go somewhere in boxing.

“Daniel Zaragoza, the old champion I beat a week before I turned 21, was the toughest fighter I faced when it was time for me to prove that I could be a Mexican star in the United States. He was by far the toughest and most skilled fighter I had faced at the time. By beating him [KO 11 in 1997], I proved that I could fight any style and that I could be a real champ.

“Junior Jones (TKO 4 in 1998) was my biggest fight when it was time for me to prove that I could go to the next level, from a champion to one of the fighters rated pound for pound. And from then on it was just tough fight after tough fight.

“My fights with Barrera and Pacquiao are among those tough fights, but I don’t see them as being any more special than my tough fights with (Wayne) McCullough, (Guty) Espadas, Chi, (Jesus) Chavez, (Carlos) Hernandez and (David) Diaz. I’ve had so many wars I forget some of them. You or anyone else can probably put together a Top 20 list of my toughest fights.”

That’s why Morales is a modern legend.

For the full interview:
http://******.craveonline.com/news/1...best-ive-faced

good stuff, thanks for posting