Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera, Who Ranks Higher?

where does Marquez rank here is he 1, 2, or 3???

 

i got it marquez - morales - barrera in that order

 

A win over Pac or a win over Naseem? :think

 

Barrera

Morales







Marquez

 

Pac is better. Terrible never had the chance to fight Nas, but he did have the chance to fight a very VERY feared Pacquiao. Seriously, after he destroyed MAB no one gave Morales a shot.

I remember cheering on Terrible next to a table full of *******s. It was glorious!! Thank the lord I didnt go out and watch the next two fights :shock:

 

Morales ~50 ATG
Barrera ~80 ATG

 

Morales would have beaten Hamed too, probably knocked him out.

I thought Morales won the second fight between him and Barrera.

Junior Jones knocked Barerra out, and then won a decision over him. Morales made easy work of Junior Jones.

Pacquiao absolutely decimated Barerra, a Morales who was already on the decline outboxed Pacquiao and won.

In my mind, Morales is clearly better than Barerra.

 

Also...

Morales beat Junior Jones
Barrera lost to Junior Jones

 

I covered that, look at the post above yours. :good

 

:smoke

 

Morales beat Pac. Enough said.

 

While I strongly agree Morales is the better fighter, I don't think this reason alone is valid. You can't base it off one fighter, the triangulation theories don't work, we all know that. For example, Mayweather clearly beat Cotto, but Cotto was quite competitive. Against Pacquiao, Cotto was absolutely destroyed, in dominant fashion. However Marquez always troubled Pacquiao, many believed he won all three of the first fights, and he knocked him out in the fourth. Marquez however couldn't get 1 round on Mayweather, he got embarrassed.

As you can see, triangle reasoning doesn't work. You must judge it on the whole body of work. In this case, Morales has a much more impressive body of work, and is clearly the better fighter overall. :good

 

I think when we all look back in history, it'll go in order Morales, Marquez, Barrera.

Right now, Marquez is in front due to his activity. But history will be kind to Morales.

 

I think that's the order any knowledgeable person has right now, it's the correct one.

A couple more signature wins from Marquez though, and he will have a legit case for being the best of the three. Knocking out Pac sure catapulted him up the ranks.