He's the fighter I just love as much as one hetero can another. True Mexican grit, threw strategy out the damn window and just PUNCHED. I remember his 3rd fight with Barrera, he just stood there like a lemon for 6 rounds hoping MAB would punch himself out! I can just imagine his father Jose' (whose own IQ was barely north of a tree-stump) whispering in junior's ear, "Eeee is old, play possum, eee weel punch heemself out). Okayyyyyyy, nice clash of minds, the owner of a decrepit gym in a Tijuana back-alley vs the chess-playing, legal graduate Marco. (six rounds later, with Barrera looking like he could go 24 rounds at the same pace...) "Ahora, cabron!!" "Ehhh, si, Papa"... Then, there was that ****-up with that Hernandez guy who stunned him in the first round, Erik is riled and immediately drops him with a thundering shot, the same guy who went 12 rounds with Mayweather and kept vertical, and in the very next round, he fights Erik with just one hand - and no ****er notices for 11 whole rounds!!! atschatschatschatschatsch You know, it occurs to me that if Erik had covered up JUST a little more, used his jab with that 72" armspan more than once every 5 fights, and told his dad Jose' to "CALLATE', PAPA!!" once in a while, he'd still have his warrior's reputation AND, best of all, still be a competitive figure. But...don't we just love an entertaining fool?? Erik, we love ya man!!!! :bbb:bbb:bbb:bbb:bbb
