Erik Morales boxing news
Wayne McCullough just might have had the sturdiest chin in lower weight boxing in the 1990s and 2000s. In fact, you could go further than that and suggest the Irishman had one of the greatest chins of all time.
“I’d never seen anything like Pacquiao before. I’d block one shot and he’d hit me with another one as I was trying to parry still another one!”
Rewind fifteen years and Mexican great Erik Morales had just lost his third and final fight with fierce rival and countryman Marco Antonio Barrera.
Right now, fight fans in Las Vegas are buzzing over the upcoming big fight between the big men, Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury, who will, of course, rumble in their rematch on Saturday.
All-time boxing greats Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera and Winky Wright, plus WBC Welterweight World Champion Shawn Porter, previewed the Manny Pacquiao vs.
The folks over at ESPN.com have asked the question: is Canelo Alvarez deserving of being ranked in the Top-10 Greatest Ever Mexican Fighters?
Erik Morales, Vitali Klitschko, and Winky Wright were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, all in their first-year of eligibility.
Las Vegas, February 19, 2000. Mexican warriors Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales collided for the first of three epic ring wars.
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.
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.