Rank Barrera, Morales and Marquez

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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    They're all great legends, you can interchangeably rank them and there'd be no wrong answer. Great fighters, only wish we got the chance to see JMM vs Morales. It would have made it even more complete and be seen as another Fab 4 (Pac, JMM, Barrera, Morales).
     
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  2. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Both Marquez and Morales won belts in 4 divisions, could of been 5 if Morales won that Diaz fight at 135 or Pac got the nod in the Bradley fight therefore KO6 would of been for the WBO 147 strap. Barrera maxed out at Super Featherweight but minus the Pacquaio wins of the other two, has a better body of work if you recognize his WBO title reign in the 90's.

    Morales-
    18-5 in world title fights.
    16-8 against former world champions
    4 division world champion, unified two of them
    Top 5 Wins
    Barrera 1
    Pacquaio 1
    Junior Jones
    Daniel Zaragosa
    Ayala

    Barrera-
    22-4 in world title fights, but a lot of them were for the lowly WBO title in the 90's
    18-7 against former world champions
    3 division world champion, unified one of them although his best work was at 126.
    Top 5 Wins
    Morales 2
    Morales 3
    Hamed
    McKinney
    Tapia

    Marquez-
    9-5-1 in world title fights
    14-6 against former world champions
    4 division world champion, unified two of them
    Top 5 Wins
    Pacquaio 4
    Derrick Gainer
    Juan Diaz 1
    Orlando Salido
    Casamayor
     
  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    01 - Marquez

    02 - Morales
    03 - Barrera

    But you can rank Morales and Barrera any way you like and get no argument from me.
     
  4. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It’s a shame we never got Márquez vs Barrera.
     
  5. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  6. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lol
    My bad I knew I was going to eff that up

    It is shame that Márquez never fought Morrales!!
     
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  7. Levook

    Levook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I thought Barrera beat Marquez close, and got ripped off of a knockdown, which was incorrectly ruled a slip.
     
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  8. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    I had Barerra winning that fight too.
     
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  9. koartist2012

    koartist2012 Member Full Member

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    upto 30 , morales , barrera marquez , by the time they were retired , marquez morales barerra 3 of the best ever , morales and marquez hold wins over pacman , i remember thinking barerra beat marquez when they fought though ironically showed how close they all were shame we never got el terrible vs marquez
     
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  10. BoxingIQ

    BoxingIQ Well-Known Member Full Member

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    H2H, prime for prime, Barrera beats both. I always found Morales and Juan to be overrated fighters who benefitted from fighting in a very weak era. I think neither would be successful in today's 130, 135, 140, and 147 division. Crawford, Ennis, Spence, Shakur, Grevonta, Haney, Loma, Ortiz Jr, and Ryan all beat them IMO. Hell..... Keyshawn Davis is a level above the three. All three fighters are extremely overrated because they fought in the Manny and Floyd era. They would be Journeymen today, in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s.