Who has a better resume, Erik Morales or Marco Antonio Barrera?

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Who has a better resume, Erik Morales or Marco Antonio Barrera?

Poll closed Mar 21, 2023.
  1. Erik Morales

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  2. Marco Antonio Barrera

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  1. Boxingiq2020

    Boxingiq2020 Member Full Member

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    What do you guys think?
     
  2. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Live as if you were to die tomorrow Full Member

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    Morales has Pac close this ***** down
     
  3. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    When I was younger I preferred barrera.
    Now that I'm old I prefer morales.
    :nusenuse:

    I'm an absolute fan of both of them.
     
  4. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Erik Morales is a 4 weight champion and has victories over prime Barrera and prime Pac. There is a strong argument to be made that Morales is the 3rd greatest fighter of the 21st century.
     
  5. Guerra

    Guerra Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Erik el teribleee Moralessss!
     
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  6. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member Full Member

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  7. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    MAB beat Morales in the first fight :stirrpot
     
  8. navigator

    navigator "Billy Graham? He's my man." banned Full Member

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    If the consensus of opinion greatly favors Barrera in their first encounter, it also quite widely favors Morales in their second. Erik seemed flat in the rubber match and Barrera claimed a legitimate (close but clear) victory.

    It's not the finely poised H2H encounters that seperate them for me, though, but Erik's victories over guys that Barrera couldn't find a way to beat.
     
  9. GGGfans

    GGGfans Active Member Full Member

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    Very close.
    - Morales has one more weight class
    - Morales has Pacquiao, Barrera and Junior Jones
    - Barrera has Morales 2x, Hamed and McKinney.
     
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  10. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  11. Ted Spoon

    Ted Spoon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A real close one. A bit of what you like. Barrera edged the trilogy and beat Hamed. Morales beat Pacquiao and Jones.

    I'd like to add that I don't (as some do) see Marquez as a level above. They're all interchangeable. Yes Dinamita's career finished stronger but it also took much longer to get going.
     
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  12. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Too close honestly. Take your pick, no wrong answer.

    Erik Morales: Pacquiao, MAB, Daniel Zaragoza, Junior Jones, Wayne McCullough, Guty Espadas Jr x2, In-Jin Chi, Jesus Chavez, Paulie Ayala, Kevin Kelley

    Marco Antonio Barrera: Morales x2, Naseem Hamed, Johnny Tapia, Kennedy McKinney, Rocky Juarez x2, Paulie Ayala, Kevin Kelley
     
    Last edited: Nov 21, 2022
  13. BrainyBoxer

    BrainyBoxer Active Member Full Member

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    Morales but it's very close.
     
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  14. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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  15. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Morales. But MAB is greater.
     
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