Comments Thread For: Erik Morales Fires Back at Juan Manuel Marquez: You Didn't Want To Fight!

[JK1700]

Marquez > Morales

Morales makes an invalid point in saying he beat Pacquiao the first time. A lot of boxing fans think JMM won all 4 fights and a strong argument can be made that he definitely won 2, 3 and 4. Plus Morales got outboxed by Barrera and Zahir Raheem (remember him????) so that leads me to believe JMM would’ve beat him as well.

[Jab jab boom]

No Mexican boxer was with the ****s more than morales. That dude was always willing to fight anyone and despite having boxing skills, once you hit him he was ready to slug it out. Seriously doubt he'd avoid Marquez for any reason.

[chico malo ali]

Marquez the roid cheat ducked Morales on multiple occasions at multiple ages. Marquez didn't want no smoke

ok dr.phil when did marquez fail a drug test? U bitter cause he almost decapitated pac! 😆

[RuleOfTheSpear]

On paper, Marquez ducked Morales.

Instead of Morales, Marquez went to Indonesia to fight Chris John for bum money and got his a.ss beat.

[ShoulderRoll]

So Pacquaiao beat a weight-drained version of Morales? Very interesting.

That needs to be added to Pac's list.

[aboutfkntime]

I love Erik Morales. He's my boy and all but he is full of shit. He was the one who kept doing all the ducking versus himself and Juan Manuel Marquez earlier in their careers. Morales looked upon Marquez as an unknown fighter at the time with no fanbase or loyal following. Morales wanted to fight the bigger names for more money. He saw Marquez as a high risk low reward fighter.

that is exactly what happened

great fight !

difficult to pick a winner because it is unclear exactly how those styles would mesh and unclear who would make the better/tighter adjustments... sometimes it just comes down to 1 or 2 little things that work, that could be one of those fights

Marquez went on to have a better career but Morales is a truly great fighter

I would not bet a dollar on that fight, but I learned to never bet against Marquez a long time ago

[komandante]

JMM was a cheat period.

[TheMyspaceDayz]

Morales would have beaten him. Those little slips Marquez makes to set up counter shots work against a shorter armed Pacquiao. Morales lands repeatedly and makes it a war.

[Devils Advocate]

Agree

Prime for prime, Morales wins. Both all-time great fighters though.

I agree. Morales in his prime beats Marquez. Morales would have NEVER lost to Chris John and in Morales v Pacquiao I Morales easily outboxed Pacquiao and the fight was entertaining. It was Morales last great fight.

[champion4ever]

This is facts then when Marquez became a house name it was Marquez that didn’t want to give morales a chance and a payday for payback just like morales avoided Marquez earlier when morales was the man... I don’t think they are afraid of each other... but money talks and pride got in each other’s way

You are so spot on and I just so happen to agree. Morales only wanted to fight Marquez after he was past his prime. While Erik was in his prime Erik avoided Marquez like the plague. Likewise, once Marquez became a crossover household name then Morales only decided that he wanted to to fight him for the money but JMM said never.