Barrera`s Top 5 Mexican Fighters.....

A little over the top? C'mon this is the general forum here, what would you expect.

 

I actually can. I wouldn't favour him against the prince. As good as Morales' chin was he was in no way above getting hurt. He was simply above letting his pain phase him. Hamed could have hurt him. And Morales would have gone to war with him to prove that he could. If the fight ever happened I would have given Hamed the slight edge. Morales could have easily done what Barrera did to him but I doubt he would have had the patience for it. It could have been one of the best fights of all time. Just too bad MAB got him first and runied it for all of us.


I however 100% agree with the rest of your post. Morales was the better boxer of the two. This was common knowledge 6 years ago when they were in their primes. Its been forgotten since.

 

Hey man they're just a couple of mexican's that didn't like eachother. I won't think too much of it.

 

nice post..morales should have won that trilogy. With that said he would have been 48-1 before losing to raheem

 

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where do you rank Morales?

 

mab is easily 3. 2 in my list. erik is 5-6

erik beat two guys barrera just couldnt beat: jr jones and pac.

 

and barrera proved that hes greater than EM by beating hamed, CONVINCINGLY. and also, mab has clearly defeated EM in their first fight, though EM claimed the victory.

its 3-0 for mab imho.

 

Barrera is up in the series 2-1, the way the tally stands is correct. Except the judges did get it wrong, IMO Barrera won the first and third fights with Morales taking the second. Its arguable the first and second fights could have gone either way but the third fight was a clear win for Barrera, the only clear fight of the series.

Its pretty close between Barrera and Morales when ranking them. One main consideration in ranking them is how you rate their best win each, with Morales over Pacquaio and Barrera over Hamed. I'd say Morales' win is superior BUT Barrera beat Morales in the series and he also showed better Longetivity and the ability to adapt to older age. Barrera is better to me.

 

agree pat. but inho, barrera won the 2nd fight by a slight margin.
and i think barreras win over hamed is greater than em to pac. barrera came to the fight as an underdog. he was the one who went up in weight to challenge the undefeated featherweight king. hamed was the established champion in their fight in the same sense as to EM being the established champ against pac in their fight. it was pac who climbed up in weight to challenged EM.

 

Yes Barrera was coming up in weight and Hamed was established as the champ, but to be honest, Pacquaio is a better fighter, and will be remembered as a better fighter than Hamed. Pacquaio has wins over Morales, Barrera himself, and Marquez and is a great fighter in his own right. Can't say the same about Hamed. Both Barrera and Morales have stellar records but Barrera beat Morales, and that shades it for me.

 

i though we were comparing barrera to hamed and em to pac during the particular time they have fought each other?

you cant count pacs win to morales as those wins came as sequels to their first meeting which was won by EM. the hamed win is better than em to pac precisely because pac hasnt proven anything yet at 130 (hes the one going up in weight). and to many, pac was underdog in that fight, while it was the opposite to mab going up against hamed

of course, p4p and everall accomplishments, pac is way better than hamed

 

If you are in a competitive field and you think very highly of yourself it is only natural that you will view someone of equal talent as a rival and maybe even hate them. This doesn't mean you can't appreciate their talents. Now Barrera has time to look back and not be competitive with Morales and he can say what he actually felt.

 

Spelling mistakes aside, it's a valid point. Taking Sanchez out of the top 2-3 would be a real travesty.

 

Somebody will cry if JMM is not added in the LIST!