A Mexican news program on Telefutura (Contacto Deportivo) just aired an interview from today's stop on the promotional tour for Erik Morales vs. Jorge Barrios. Less than a month from fight night, Erik looks almost as bloated as he did before returning to the ring. He does look confident, though. They didn't show too much of the hyena, but his last outing was a bit more recent and he shouldn't have to cut as much to make the 138lb catchweight anyway.
Thanks for the heads up IB, wish we can the way he looks right now, we all know how eric bloats in between fights, hope the news is just exaggerating.
......any pictures???? I thought I saw a recent Morales picture floating around the net, he did'nt look that bad to me. I will say that the Barrios fight should be a good barometer of where Morales stands in the 135-140 lbs picture...... Barrios is a strong enough fighter to possibly give Morales a stern test.......if Morales has an easy fight with Barrios, I think he gains some credibility so that he may challenge JMM for his 135 lbs title, assuming of course Marquez gets by Katsidis which I fully expect. If Morales goes life and death with Barrios, please Erik, no more.
He's got a month to get down to 140 lbs, what do you figure Morales is weighing there? I say about 160 lbs.:?
About that, yeah. It's from this week. Less than thirty days to lose over twenty pounds is daunting to say the least. You're right - struggling badly with Jorge (even if it can be chalked up to boiling down too quickly) should be a big red flag. I just hope both guys are healthy and in reasonable shape to give the good action-packed fight they're surely capable of (and that it gets on American TV).
i don't know what he is doing...if he has the desire to fight, why let himself get out of shape....doesn't make sense
You have to understand his history to feel for him. Morales is one to have dehydrated to make weight all his life. I think there are some permanent effects that his body has to feel in staying in boxing shape after all the abuse he's put his body through in the past to make weight. I believe that because of his history, Morales body just would'nt feel healthy if he were to mantain himself lean for long stretches.
He's cutting pure fat so it shouldn't be that difficult. The food in Mexico is just too good, it's not El Terrible's fault.