Who had the best offence of these five modern Mexican warriors?

Id say Barrera he has the best variety of Combonations and some very fast hands.

 

Rafael Marquez or Erik Morales imo.

 

He fought tougher competition throughout his whole career thats why, I saw many of his early fights at the Forum and he wasnt fed a bunch of taxi drivers like some of the others. I think Barrera was a little underrated in the power departmnent.
Although PFP Marquez at Bantam was probably the hardest puncher of these guys.

 

JMMarquez. For a few years, his punching technique was absolutely perfect. His combinations, like against Jaca, were a thing of real beauty. I don't even think he's a big puncher but he was so accurate with his shots, he hurt and stopped many tough boxers.

 

JMM's toe-to-toe combination counterpunching for me.

though, morales' ability to smell blood and finish his opponent is also quality for me.

 

morales for me. could of been a good boxer had he comitted to it but chose to use his long body and reach to be able to hit guys at all distances. able to bully on the inside even beat barrera who's inside boxing prowess was/is very good. and use long range jab and straight rights like agaisnt manny.

rafeal marquez i think might come second but his style seemed too involve too much 1-2-1-2-1 which was worked out by most fighters. mark johnson had him covered until he started to gas and i dont think it was because he was a bit to 2 dimensional.

 

I agree with Anarci. I don't think high KO ratio means better offensive arsenal. Some people are harder punchers than others, some fought better competition throughout their careers, and as you get older and you have more fights, usually your KO ratio goes down.

But I believe MAB just had the best variety of punches out of the group of fighters listed. He also put his punches better than the ones IMO. I don't understand why, but it seems like a lot of people on ESB like Morales and bc of that, they tend to not like MAB, like MAB is the yang to EM's Ying.

 

Morales.

As someone already posted, Marquez could be predictable at times, and Morales also fought and beat a much higher calibre of fighter.

Love both the guys though.

 

I agree ive always wondered why many on ESB like Morales more, I actually though Barrera was better to watch more fluid combos,better defense,same power and just as brave.

 

Morales for me. That's my instinctive reaction anyway...

 

JMM. He created offense with his technique. No rushing in, no wasted punches, just precise combination punching. I loved the way he could throw a counter from a mile away and the way he stays in your face kind of saying come on throw something if you dare!