Is Morales ATG

[sunny31]

For ATG's - I always think could he have competed with the elite of any era in his weight division? Against any Super-bantamweight or featherweight era in history? Could he have beaten a good portion of them?

I think the answer to all 3 questions is yes. I think at super-featherweight he was not an ATG. But at the two weight divisions below and judged as a whole? For sure I think he is. There are fighters at those weights who accomplished more, and maybe a handful that would beat him head to head, but I would say less than 5 that could claim both.

[sunny31]

I think the one big black mark on Morales' record is his pretty one sided loss to Raheem. That almost puts him borderline for me, but then again that was at lightweight, and as I said previously he was not at his best anymore at 130 and above.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Of course Morales is going down as an ATG!

If you say no YDKSAB

[Madison Boxing]

morales is one of the greatest of all time

[therealpugilist]

of course he is

He was a perennial p4p entrant....he had world class skills and heart

beat ATG, HOFer, and many world champions

I could see him being competitive in an featherweight era....even the 70s(loaded)....40s(loaded with pep, saddler, chalky wright, archibald, etc

he'd have been a champion or one of the best in any era from 122-126


too bad the wars caught up to him in his late 20s...he had a lot of tough fights back to back

his last great win was the Pacquaio win, and he finished the fight in typical morales machismo!!

[therealpugilist]

I think the one big black mark on Morales' record is his pretty one sided loss to Raheem. That almost puts him borderline for me, but then again that was at lightweight, and as I said previously he was not at his best anymore at 130 and above.

its never easy for a fighter who is aggressive with good power, to beat a bigger faster more elusive fighter
Raheem was very talented, and his style was all wrong for Morales, who did better when his opponents came to him or when he could box in spots

[Elroy The Great]

atg
legend
hofer

erik is a legend.

[The Comic DON]

Uh duh

****** question

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Hall of famer,,, but can't really call him a true atg..

No way can I put him on the same level as a Sanchez, duran, manny, Armstrong, etc

[Godsfly]

Hall of famer,,, but can't really call him a true atg..

No way can I put him on the same level as a Sanchez, duran, manny, Armstrong, etc

exactly.......someone like sanchez is a ATG even manny. Morales is a first ballet HOF.