Comments Thread For: Barrera, Morales Now Great Friends After 'Many Problems'

[Jab jab boom]

These 2 guys defined the word warriors. Not like what we have going on today with the ducking & cherry picking boxers who take 1 tough fight and then take on 2 yrs worth of scrubs.

[Patsfan bri]

3 great fights by 2 great warriors. Thank you guys. Well deserved hall of famers.

[chrisJS]

Great fights, the first one was my favorite. Wish Marquez was in the mix earlier btw. Heard somewhere Morales put that work on Marquez in sparring.

Never heard that anywhere and most likely because it never happened. Morales was a great fighter but he never wanted to fight Marquez which is surprising because Morales was a warrior.

[chrisJS]

just sparring bro, I love Marquez to death my all time favorite, but I think those awkward uppercuts Morales threw would of given Marquez some problems. Just saying

Morales was a tad slower than Barrera and with Morales not so great defense and head movement he’d have been in range for Marquez counters and uppercuts too.

Morales would give problems though because he’s Morales but hard to see him winning more than 5 rounds against Marquez. Marquez had superior Boxing IQ, faster hands and better defense. Great fight though it sucks we didn’t get that one.

[puro dinamita]

just sparring bro, I love Marquez to death my all time favorite, but I think those awkward uppercuts Morales threw would of given Marquez some problems. Just saying

fair enough too bad it never happened

[apollocreed]

Barrera only became a technician for the Hamed fight and for every fight thereafter. Prior, he was the hook to the body type of fighter. A bad ass slugger.

Yeah I know he refined his style to beat Hamed, but I thought he was more technical then Morales even before that, I've seen his pre '01 fights and I wouldn't call him just a slugger, he still had good skills, even though he was more aggressive. In the first Morales fight he was counter punching Morales and looked the more technical of the two.

[lightningleeroy]

I thought they squashed thier beef a while ago?

I think they did, they were doing meet and greets local to me together over a year ago.

[New England]

Meanwhile Sulaiman joked that the first meeting coincided with his bachelor party in Las Vegas.

“I don’t remember the fight,” laughed the WBC president.