~~~ ESB Box! Writing Championship™ - August - Erik "El Terrible" Morales Tribute~~~

Morales; More or less? With Morales, it was always more.

From his successful days as a scrawny junior bantamweight to his darker times as a small lightweight, Morales gave us everything. Energetic when provoked, Rugged on the receiving end, Intense in motion, Kinetic in action, Marvellous in winning, Obdurate when faced by adversity, Rapacious on assault, Athletic regarding mobility, Lethal on attack, Epic in battle and Stubborn always. That was Erik Morales.

 

I was thinking about padding it out a bit, but I thought short but sweet hit the hardest.

 

Erik Morales - The Ultimate Warrior Of Boxing.

Not just the pride of Tijuana, not just the pride of Mexico but the pride of everything we love about this great sport.... he was the ultimate fair play sportsman in the ultimate of hard sports, there is nothing not legendary about El Terrible.

You want to box him, he will box you
You want to fight him, he will fight you
You want to hit him with what you think is the ko punch on the chin, he will hit you right back TWICE if your lucky.

1 of the best technicians of the past 10 yrs
1 of the most value for money warriors of all time
How many boxers can claim to be both an artist & warrior combined, not many.

Never lost decisively in his prime yrs & even when his body was packing it in his heart never did.

It doesnt hurt that he won the best fight Ive ever seen = Morales MAB 1... what a war.

For a fighter who never believed too much in clinching, he done pretty damn well.

Erik Morales = The Ultimate Warrior Of Boxing.

We will never forget you as long as boxing lives.

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Like the timeless Spartan* Erik Morales captured our imagination held with true boxing fans one of our highest titles, the title of warrior. His battles deep, his victories astonishing and this warrior will always be remembered for his heart, grit and determination in gaining victory and thrilling fans.

El Terrible stood behind his boxer-puncher stance dishing out and absorbing punishment for the good majority of his run at the top level and it was a sacrifice well spent. I remember my first Erik Morales bout very well, as it was Barrera vs. Morales, from the opening bell these two opened up on each other and until the final bell they continued. This intense showing of skill and will ended up going down as one of the greatest fights of all time and rightfully so, it was an experience.

Needless to say, this was not the only event that Erik left a little part of himself in the ring, so a tribute to you great warrior and a wish of happyness and good health in the rest of your adventures life.

 

Once in a (long) while a fighter comes along that has that mixture of skills, toughness & burning passion... a fighter you just know would have made a home in any era of boxing & entertained along the way.

Erik `El Terrible` Morales was that kind of fighter, from his Tijuana humble upbringing right through to his last superb effort vs David Diaz, Erik Morales never lost his passion or his heart, unfortunetely he made 1 simple mistake, a mistake he could not help... the mistake of being human.

El Terrible proved in his prime days that he was superior or at least equal to any fighter who stepped in the ring with him.
Of his 6 defeats - 3 were debatable (MAB 2 & 3, Diaz) & some would argue (with a strong case) that only 1 of these happened before Erik`s body started feeling the effects... That `Loss` being the 2nd MAB fight, a fight Morales won clearly in my eyes.

I could go on forever why Morales pluses heavily outweigh the minuses but I`ll leave it at this.....

ERIK MORALES - TIJUANA - MEXICO - WORLD ICON

(Thanks for memories that will never die, just like your spirit & passion)

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