Barrera-Morales 3 was a high quality chess match even Gatti-Ward 3 provided significantly more excitement.
I think there's a misconception that a great fight is a slugfest. It isn't. Barrera vs Morales III was great. Still a lot of contact, the skill level was immense, and it capped off one of greatest trilogies of the past 20 years. It was a great fight. More competitive than Trinidad vs Mayorga, and more consistant than Pacquiao vs Marquez I.
Barrea-Morales was a competitve high-class fight with great exchanges while Gatti-Ward III was a one sided beating until Gatti broke his hand.
Corrales-Freitas should have been in the poll too,but how does Trinidad-Mayorga only come third that fight was unbelieveable.