Has Erik Morales ever been being in a bad fight

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  1. Lights Out

    Lights Out Active Member Full Member

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    I've seen a couple of his fights and find them brilliant to watch. Apparently even fights against Wayne Mcculogh, Jesus Chavez, Paulie Ayala etc were very entertaining. My question is has any of his fights post Daniel Zaragoza (when he won the superbantamweight title) being boring to watch for you? The only one I thought could be bad was the Raheem loss but I have heard that was a good fight. Your opinion for what you have seen of him?
     
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    The Raheem fight was pretty dull.
     
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    El Lucho Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :good
     
  4. papolamuerte

    papolamuerte Yo soy La Muerte! Full Member

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    Versus Guty Espada, which IMHO he LOST! Now thats just me though.
     
  5. Lights Out

    Lights Out Active Member Full Member

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    Thats interesting. I've heard it was a dodgy decision. I suppose with this and Barrera 1 being his only dodgy wins ain't to bad in 40 odd fights.
     
  6. Lights Out

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    Was the Raheem fight more about Raheem boxing the fight of his life or Morales ageing?
     
  7. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    Morales aging imo. I have no intention of watching that fight again.
     
  8. EpsilonAxis

    EpsilonAxis HNIC Full Member

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    Morales was boxing a little higher weight than he should have, and really looked lethargic the whole fight. Raheem also just had a tough style for him, but IMO watching the fight, it looked a lot more like Morales just did not come in physically prepared. He actually looked more shot in that fight than in fights afterward, if that's even possible.
     
  9. Thread Stealer

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    I scored the first Espadas bout even at 114-114.

    A little of both. Also Morales being above his ideal weight class and a tough style matchup.
     
  10. EpsilonAxis

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    Some people claim Morales-Barrera II wasn't very good. It was decent, but not as good as I or III
     
  11. gooners!!

    gooners!! Boxing Junkie banned

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    Yeah I thought the Espadas fight was a bit dull, I also felt Morales lost.
     
  12. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Almost impossible to follow their first effort.

    Morales/Ayala wasn't a great fight...it was a schooling.
     
  13. Lights Out

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    Surprised people think the Espades Jr was boring. With it being one of Morales's few prime competitive fights, and hearing Espades was a aggressive fighter, I presumed it would be at least fairly entertaining. Was Espada not really a aggressive fighter or did he take it cautiosly against Erik?
     
  14. Pax

    Pax Well-Known Member Full Member

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    he does bring the fireworks