David Diaz Interview: The Warrior Who Went To War With Pacquiao And Morales

09/06/2020 James Slater

“I’d never seen anything like Pacquiao before. I’d block one shot and he’d hit me with another one as I … continue

On This Day In 2005 – Magnificent Morales Too Good For Pacquiao

03/19/2020 James Slater

Rewind fifteen years and Mexican great Erik Morales had just lost his third and final fight with fierce rival and … continue

It Was 20 Years Ago Today – The Classic Barrera-Morales War And The Beginning Of An Epic Trilogy

02/21/202002/20/2020 James Slater

Right now, fight fans in Las Vegas are buzzing over the upcoming big fight between the big men, Deontay Wilder … continue

Boxing Legends Predict Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman

07/20/201907/19/2019 Fox Sports

All-time boxing greats Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera and Winky Wright, plus WBC Welterweight World Champion Shawn Porter, previewed the … continue

Erik Morales Lists His Ten Greatest-Ever Mexican Fighters, Says We Must Wait Until Canelo’s Career Is Over Before Ranking Him

12/12/2018 James Slater

The folks over at ESPN.com have asked the question: is Canelo Alvarez deserving of being ranked in the Top-10 Greatest … continue

Erik Morales, Vitali Klitschko, and Winky Wright were Inducted into the IBHOF

06/13/201806/12/2018 James Stillerman

Erik Morales, Vitali Klitschko, and Winky Wright were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, … continue

18 years ago today: Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales fight the first of their three great wars

02/19/2018 James Slater

Las Vegas, February 19, 2000. Mexican warriors Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales collided for the first of three epic ring wars. Morales at the time was the new star of the 122 pound weight class and he was undefeated. He was the favorite in the match-up with Barrera for a number of reasons: one of these being the fact that Barrera has twice been beaten, by Junior Jones; who has actually stopped Barrera in their first fight. These defeats remained vivid in the minds of fight fans, and Morales of Tijuana was expected to dispatch his rival who hailed from Mexico City.

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Erik Morales, Ronald “Winky” Wright, Vitali Klitschko elected into Boxing Hall of Fame

12/05/2017 James Slater

It has been confirmed how modern day greats Erik Morales, Ronald “Winky” Wright and Vitali Klitschko have been voted into the 2018 Hall of Fame. This year proved to be an especially tough year for those people privileged enough to vote, as just three greats from the modern category (last bout no earlier than the year 1989) would be put through to receive immortality at Canastota.

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Ricky Hatton, Vitali Klitschko, Ivan Calderon, Erik Morales, Winky Wright all added to Hall Of Fame ballot for 2018

10/06/2017 James Slater

The ballot sheets are out for the 2018 Hall of Fame, with voters having to make the agonising decision of picking just five fighters from the list of 32 – with just three of these fighters going through.

This, as ESPN writer Dan Rafael explains, means two of the above new additions on the ballot – Hatton, Klitshko, Calderon, Morales, Wright – will be left out. Each of the above five fighters is absolutely deserving of being enshrined at Canastota, and as Rafael says in a tweet, it will be “brutal” making his decision this year.

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Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales, once bitter ring enemies, make peace with one another

10/24/201610/23/2016 James Slater

In the 2000s, they engaged in one of the most fierce, genuinely hate-filled rivalries in lower weight boxing history. Super-bantamweights/ featherweights /super-featherweights Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales went to war three times – the first battle, from February of 2000 being recognised as one of the greatest fights in modern day boxing history – and they came to blows outside of the ring also. Simply put, these two did not like each other.

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