The Érik Isaac Morales Elvira vs. Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia Trilogy - CST's Standalone RBR's.

Érik Isaac Morales Elvira vs. Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia 12 Rounds @ Super Bantamweight

February 12, 2000

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I'm not doing all three back to back to back, I'll space them out over the day.

 

Round 1 Barrera 10-9, close

Back and firth action through, Barrera starts aggressively walking Morales down, landing in combination and vicious hooks to the body, Morales then starts landing some nice counter hooks to the body and firing off one twos upstairs. Tight opener, but Barrera did the cleaner work and was more active early.

 

Round 1 Barrera 10-9, close
Round 2 Barrera 10-9

Barrera now being the matador letting Morales come to him and is landing wicked thudding combinations to the head and body, Morales had two successful attacks but Barrera did the overall far more effective work and landed the heavier shots throughout.

 

Round 1 Barrera 10-9, close
Round 2 Barrera 10-9
Round 3 Morales 10-9, close

Morales keeping him at bay with his jab, Barrera lunges goes down on a slip, Morales launches short but effective attack, pace has slowed in the first half, but Morales is doing the cleaner work, Barrera backs him to the ropes, launches a sustained body attack, Morales comes off the ropes and does enough effective work at range, landing thudding hooks , one twos and body shots to take a tight one.

 

Lederman has the first two going to Barrera and the third to Morales as well.

 

Round 1 Barrera 10-9, close
Round 2 Barrera 10-9
Round 3 Morales 10-9, close
Round 4 Barrera 10-9

Morales trying to keep it at range, but Barrera is backing Morales to the ropes with relative ease, and really investing in the body, landing eye catching thudding nasty left hooks to he body. to take the 4th rather easily.

 

Round 1 Barrera 10-9, close
Round 2 Barrera 10-9
Round 3 Morales 10-9, close
Round 4 Barrera 10-9
Round 5 Morales 10-9

Barrera countering Morales as he comes in with his rights and jab, landing uppercuts and clean rights, he stuns Morales, backs him to teh ropes, a vicious exchange ensues, Morales comes off the ropes launches a sustained attack, landing several hard straight right that have Barrera reeling for a minute. Barrera is shook up. Barrera in bad shape, yet Barrera out of nowhere rocks Morales with a hard right and several follow ups. Morales recovers and doles out some more punishment. Morales rocked before the bell.

 

Harold and I disagree on the 5th, he gave it to Barrera.

 

Round 1 Barrera 10-9, close
Round 2 Barrera 10-9
Round 3 Morales 10-9, close
Round 4 Barrera 10-9
Round 5 Morales 10-9
Round 6 Morales 10-9

Pace has slowed, Morales coming forward landing long strafing straight rights from range, Barrera taking it to the body again, not having as much success Morales isn't letting him, Morales back to throwing one twos, keeping him at bay, takes round rather easily. Barrera seemed to take the round off.

 

Round 1 Barrera 10-9, close
Round 2 Barrera 10-9
Round 3 Morales 10-9, close
Round 4 Barrera 10-9
Round 5 Morales 10-9
Round 6 Morales 10-9
Round 7 Morales 10-9, close

Barrera digs to the body early, Morales keeping him back, they take the fight to the inside, Morales outworking him in close, then Barera fires off a barrage that backs Morales to the ropes, but his punches are less effective, Morales bending down going forehead to forehead whipping hooks to the head and body around Barrera's high guard. Morales unleashes a furious flurry off the ropes, then Barrera spins out takes it to Morales. They're both landing bombs, Barrera almost steals it late, but Morales outworked him by a hair.

 

Harold and I have been simpatico over the last two rounds.

 

Round 1 Barrera 10-9, close
Round 2 Barrera 10-9
Round 3 Morales 10-9, close
Round 4 Barrera 10-9
Round 5 Morales 10-9
Round 6 Morales 10-9
Round 7 Morales 10-9, close
Round 8 Barrera 10-9, close

Morales did the cleaner work at range through the first 2/3's, but Barrera was getting in thudding body shots throughout and a vicous straight right to the head, Barrera stole the round late when he launched a sustained flurry pinning El Terrible along the ropes.

 

Round 1 Barrera 10-9, close
Round 2 Barrera 10-9
Round 3 Morales 10-9, close
Round 4 Barrera 10-9
Round 5 Morales 10-9
Round 6 Morales 10-9
Round 7 Morales 10-9, close
Round 8 Barrera 10-9, close
Round 9 Barrera 10-9, close

Barrera doing better work from range, lands a brutal left hook that hurts Morales, he presses him along the ropes, unloads, Morales fight back, Morales rallies, whose bashing Barrera senseless with a sustained flurry of overhands and thudding one twos.Morales lunges in late, gets tagged with a horrific one two sending him back into the ropes, Barrera goes for the kill, Morales fires back. Barrera steals it late.