EM by UD or late T/KO. Morales is more skilled, has longer reach (w/c he really uses well), has a granite chin and great power. Juanma, though i think has more power in his punches than EM, has a suspect chin, and has a questionable stamina (at 122).
ok argue why Juanma is going to win. He is going to outbox Morales?? I doubt it . He is going to KO the iron chinned iron willed warrior??
Morales by tko. Erik was the better boxer from outside, and would do damage all night with his straight right behind that strong jab. If JuanMa got inside, he couldn't hurt Morales, who I think could hurt him with his sharper punches. From memory, the only person who went the distance with Morales when he was defending his title was the iron-chinned McCullough. JuanMa is a very good fighter but he didn't do anything at 122 to suggest he could beat Morales, or even show the kind of chin or stamina to convince me he could go the distance.
Punchers chance.But Morales is tough and BOY I don't think Juan Ma can handle the punches coming back though.
Morales had an incredible chin, only Pac could break it 6 years (!) after he left 122. I think this would be a very one-sided beatdown, Juanma wouldn't see the 10th round.
Slow as mollases Lopez would get starched early at 122lbs. All he does is rince and repeat the same old straight left->right hook combination. The only thing he landed on Rafa was the right hook, which Rafa seemingly wouldn't try to adapt to by moving to his right. Morales starches the guy, KO3-5.
Juanma has pretty big gaps in his defence. His best defence is his offence, against a true great like Morales , I can see him being stopped and stopped early around the 4th - 6th.