A career comparison. Marquez, Barrera and Morales.

Quite a few years have passed since these guys were on top of the boxing world.

My evaluations of them and how they stack up to one another.

Marco Antonio Barrera

Pros
- Won the Morales trilogy
- Was the most consistent of all three
- Reinvented himself and became a better fighter after the Jones losses
- Embarassed Hamed

Cons
-Should not have lost to Jones
-Destroyed by Pacquiao in absolute prime
-Loss to Marquez, but some allowance for being faded


Erik Morales

Pros
-Has the biggest win of either three
-Defeated Barrera
-Most physically dominant of the three
-Never Knocked out in prime
-Defeated Jones
-Only 1 man beat him in his prime

Cons
- Lost Barrera trilogy
- Prone to meh performances against average opposition
- Did not fight Marquez or Hamed
- Poor longevity denying himself the chance to defeat Pacquiao again and denying Pacquiao chance for meaningful redemption


Juan Manuel Marquez

Pros
- Most technical of the three
- Gave prime Pacquiao two tough fights
- Aged the best
- Knocked out Pacquiao, but not the peak Pacquiao
- Did defeat Barrera, but not the peak Barrera

Cons
- No signature win, never beat a great fighter at their peak
- Never fought Morales or Hamed
- Norwood loss was bad


There you have it. In retrospect while all three are great I do believe there is separation. Barrera and Morales are just a notch above Marquez IMO. And Morales and Barrera are about as close a call as it gets.

 

If you read the post I put in in the pro section of his section.

 

No doubt about it.

 

Pacquiao did not, but Morales denied him the chance to. Because he declined so early he never gave Pacquiao the opportunity for redemption after the first fight.

 

You bring up Barreras loss to marquez while he was faded. You are right he was faded. But then you bring up Morales' losses post prime and treat them like they were prime losses.

Only man to beat peak Morales is Barrera.

And the greatest accomplishment any of the three had was Morales out boxing a young Pacquiao.

 

Never made a thread comparing these three.