Did Erik Morales gets washed up because of his fighting schedule?

"El Terrible" was regulary getting hismelf into brutal fights - but that's why He's so beloved. He certainly was cutting a lot of weight and maybe not always in the most professional/responsible way. I know I read that in his Super Bantamweight days, He often had to helped by his team, almost carried to the scales.

Despite this, it's not like He's had a particulary short prime or career on the top of the sport. His first world level opponent was probably Hector Acero Sanchez in 1996 - and He was still very much elite performer 10 years later when He fought Manny Pacquiao the second time. Getting stopped late in a war with an All Time Great at his absolute peak is hardly a sign of being washed up.
Even after that, I thought He beat David Diaz up at lightweight... and possibly even Maidana in 2011! Not bad at all.

I guess it depends on who You compare him to. Could He have achieved even more with a discipline - in and out of the ring - of Bernard Hopkins or Juan Manuel Marquez? Probably - but You can't have everything.
If You took away his personality, what You'd get would not be Erik "El Terrible" Morales... from Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico(!).

 

Pretty much what was said earlier. He hard a lot of hard fights, took a lot of punishment, and was known for having trouble making weight.

Just look at how many hard fights he had

Barrera trilogy
Pacquiao trilogy
Guty Espadas 1
In Jin Chi
Jesus Chavez
Zahir Raheem
David Diaz

Probably a lot of Tijuana gym wars too.

 

He had a very good run. Definitely comfortably better than average longevity for a boxer-puncher of his style...very offensive focused, distinctly hittable, particularly because he was willing to ignore the defence he did have (which wasn't bad when he focused on it, but wasn't well integrated) in favour trading on his durability and getting into wars where he could maximise his strong offensive output

Looking back at some of those early fights...an old Daniel Zaragoza landing regular flush powershots round after round, if someone had asked my opinion then on how long this guy would last, my guess would be that he'd be showing serious wear and tear by about 2002 if he didn't significantly improve defensively. Guy was not a real favourite of mine in terms of his technical boxer-puncher ability, at least purely looking at things from an all-time perspective (though he was undeniably an excellent fighter), but the man proved to be an absolute warrior and immensely durable.