Morales for me. Morales may have lost two out of three with Barrera but if you scratch the surface...... 1. Morales twice beat two fighters whom beat MAB, Junior Jones and Pacquaio. 2. Morales won titles at three different divisions. Granted MAB did but Morales beat recognised champions and was the one to take the risk against a naturally larger opponent. Also i though he beat David Diaz. 3. Morales didnt shy away from rematches like MAB did with the Pac rematch. 4. Morales consistently fought the better opposition over the years than Barrera. 5. Also Morales never gave anything less than 100%, a true warrior. Thats justmy two pennys worth.
This such an easy question, Erik "El Terrible" Morales of course. Its close, but there's no doubt who is better.
I picked Barrera because he was the first choice. Honeslty its like Magic and Bird, there names will always be linked with each other
Morales for me. Although MAB got him in the trilogy it wasn't by a lot and the fight could've gone either way. Really the deciding factor between this rivalry is one individual -- Pacman. MAB got destroyed by Pac and in the second fight fought passively and dominated. Morales on the other hand, dominated Pac in the first fight -- beat him in a very impressive manner. That was the highlight of his great boxing career. This is something that no one else really did while Pac was in his prime. And he fought him 2 other times -- true warrior.
Tough one... you cannot have an objective winner here, it's so close that subjective opinion decides... I'd say that based on winning the trilogy (and losing the one via controversial decision) and ranking the Hamed win higher overall than Erik's PacMan victory (avenged 2x brutally), I'd say Barrera... both Morales and Barrera were over the hill in their last few fights and still, Barrera made it very close vs. P4P-er Marquez, managed to go 12 vs. PacMan while Morales, controversial loss or not, lost to the C+ level Diaz, KOd brutally by PacMan twice and schooled by Raheem... I consider Morales the better super-bantamweight, Barrera the better featherweight and even at 130 (Morales' win over Pac vs. MAB's win over Erik and the unification).
Barrera for sure, he dominated Hamed and not to mention got the better of the trilogy with Morales, what else needs to be said? He wouldn't have beat a prime Morales twice if he wasnt better.