Greatest Fight of All Time: Morales v Barrera

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  1. Check_Hook

    Check_Hook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Just re-watched Morales/Barrera 1 for the first time in a while, That fight was unbelivable. The greatest of all time in my opinion, two prime ATGs going toe to toe like that is something that happens one in a lifetime.

    Some of the exchanges there was brutal, i cant belive there was only the KD in the 12th, which was more of a push. Barrera would push Morales to the ropes and the would bouth slug it out, Unbelivable.

    Barrera won that fight no doubt, i had him up by 3 rounds. Some of the rounds where hard to score but Barrera was the one applying the pressure and got in the cleaner shots. But credit to both warriors, Amazing fight.

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    Check_Hook, Mar 11, 2011
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  2. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

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    I'll put it this way. For me personally its the greatest fight I've seen.
     
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  3. Check_Hook

    Check_Hook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Unbelivable, all out war.
     
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  4. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

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    Been too long since I watched it but I think it was round 5 that was truly epic. Like you said all out war throughout.
     
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  5. Check_Hook

    Check_Hook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Round 4 it was i think, 10 and 12 where unbelivable aswel. There wasnt one bad round.

    EDIT: 5 you was right
     
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  6. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

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    I've just watched Round 5 and it was 5. That is round of the year material. Who is commentating on that video? One of the guy sounds like a slightly older Brandon Rios. :lol:
     
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  7. Dan Jamson

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    3 rounds is too many to give MAB the fight by.

    Interestingly I scored the 2nd fight clearly to Morales... IMO it was a stistch decision to setup the trilogy and to make more $$$$$
     
    Dan Jamson, Mar 11, 2011
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  8. bernie4366

    bernie4366 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agree with OP on all points, including the scoring.
     
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  9. bernie4366

    bernie4366 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If MAB won 3 of the first 6 boxing and ALL of the back half of the fight brawling, how does Erik come out the winner in that fight?
     
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  10. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

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    I actually can't remember how I scored these fights. They were all very very close, even the last one by my card despite Barrera having the clearer rounds in my opinion.

    I had it:
    1. Barrera
    2. Morales
    3. Barrera
     
    LancsTerrible, Mar 11, 2011
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  11. Downtown

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    Probably my favorite fight and I thought Barrera deserved the nod as well, his rapid fire combinations were unreal, but Morales was definitely tough.
     
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  12. Englund

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    I thought Barrera pulled it out. Second best fight I've ever seen, the first being Corrales vs. Castillo I, IMO.
     
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  13. Tomato Can

    Tomato Can Well-Known Member Full Member

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  14. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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  15. USboxer1981

    USboxer1981 The Real Def. MVP Full Member

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    I can't rate it higher than Castillo-Corales.... close but I just can't. I just think back to how I reacted to the fights when I watched them live.
     
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