Maidana-Morales

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) is interested in taking on Erik Morales should he get by Lucas Matthysse in his fight with him on September 17th for the vacant WBC light welterweight title.

By Jim Dower: Newly crowned WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) says he’s ready and willing to give a rematch with 34-year-old three-time world champion Erik Morales if he wants the fight. Maidana recently defeated Morales by a 12 round majority decision in a somewhat close fight. Morales, and many of [...]

By Joe Ramos: Ever since the Marcos Maidana vs. Erik Morales fight was announced, all of the articles I read on the internet talked about how Maidana was going to totally destroy Morales in their April 9th fight at the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Everyone knew that this was going to be [...]

By Mark Hepplestall: In the eyes of many Erik Morales shocked the world turning back the hands of time and pulled off the upset of the century. This can be verified as the fight was not even supposed to be competitive, never mind have Morales the winner, but Morales showed that speed and movement may [...]

By Gerardo Granados: Last Saturday 4th, brawler Marcos Maidana defeated boxing great Erik Morales by MD 12 rounds, but what did he really win? He was supposed to utterly defeat Morales, he was supposed to not only knock out Morales before the final round but to hurt him so bad, most of boxing writers gave [...]

By Mark Hepplestall: After reading the article with the above title I picked out the key selling line to this article, which was “Maidana landed more punches and threw the harder shots. That’s how you win” when looking at this statement that is not totally true, boxing is the sweet science, it is the sport [...]

By Dan Ambrose: IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) saw last Saturday’s fight between Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s), and feels that Morales should have won the fight, not Morales. Judah, 33, now wants to fight Maidana next and feels that he can beat him. Judah [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With both Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao out of the picture, WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) is very possibly HBO’s number #1 fighter in terms of bringing excitement to boxing fans around the United States. Heck, even with Mayweather and Pacquiao still around, Maidana may be [...]

By Dave Mackfoid:In a recent post a writer suggested that 34-year-old Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) lost a decision to Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) due to not landing enough power shots, even though Morales clearly landed the better quality shots and more eye catching flurries. Firstly the article this is based on is just [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The newly crowned WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) was impressed with the fighting ability of 34-year-old Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) after beating him by a 12 round majority decision on Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada. So impressed was Maidana that he compared Morales favorably with [...]

By Eric Thomas: Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) says he isn’t sure if he’ll fight a rematch with Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) after beating Morales by a 12 round majority decision on Saturday night a the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Maidana says he wants to fight all of the top contenders and [...]

By William Mackay: It was inspiring to watch a seemingly over-the-hill Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) stand and fight Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) in 12 rounds of toe-to-toe action without running around the ring looking to not get hit. To be sure, Morales lost the fight by a 12 round majority decision, but he [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: For all the boxing fans out there who felt that 34-year-old Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) should have been given the decision over Argentinian knockout artist Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, I say no way. The right fighter was given the [...]

By Mark Hepplestall: In what was billed as the biggest mismatch of 2011 Living Legend Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) lost the closest of fights to Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s), but has every right to feel aggrieved. At the beginning of the match Morales was a 6/1 underdog to win the fight by any [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former three time world champion Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) came up short on Saturday night in trying to capture the interim WBA light welterweight crown against knockout artist Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Morales, 34, ended up losing by a majority decision to [...]

By Jim Dower: Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) had to battle hard on Saturday night to defeat 34-year-old Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were: 114-114, 116-112, 116-112. With this win Maidana captures the WBA interim light welterweight [...]

By Eric Thomas: Even though 34-year-old Erik Morales is likely going to get torn apart and obliterated tonight by knockout artist Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s), Morales will be getting a nice little payday according to Dan Rafael due to the Mexican television money and pay-per-view upside.

By Jim Dower: Tonight knockout artist Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) will be facing 34-year-old Erik Morales in a battel for the WBC interim light welterweight title at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. For Morales, this could be his last shot at fame. If he gets beaten up and taken out by Maidana [...]

By Eric Thomas: It’s kind of sad that 34-yer-old Erik Morales had to pick Marcos Maidana out as the fighter that he wanted to step up against after facing three second tier fighters during his comeback. Morales, after a great career, retired in 2007 following four consecutive defeats.

By Gerardo Granados: Marcos “Chino” Maidana (T31-W29(27)-L2(0)-D0), is a strong young fighter, has good power but his defensive skills are quite average, is one dimensional fighter that has been promoted as a powerful puncher but even the suspected chin of Amir Khan was strong enough to resist the most clean shots from Maidana.

By William Mackay: In looking at some of the recent photos of light welterweights Erik Morales and Marcos Maidana ahead of their clash this Saturday night, it’s hard to miss the fact the Maidana looks incredibly thin, and almost skeletal in appearance.

By Eric Thomas: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is reportedly worried about 34-year-old Erik Morales’ wellbeing for his fight this Saturday night against puncher Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arum used to be Morales’ promoter years ago, but became concerned with his health after his loss to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s) isn’t intimidated in the least by the power of the hard-hitting Argentinean knockout artist Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s), who the 34-year-old Morales will be facing on Saturday night in an HBO pay-per-view fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Dan Ambrose: If you look at some of the recent interviews by Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s), he seems to have a ton of excuses for his poor performances and losses in the past. Morales’ number one excuse seems to be that he had to take off too much weight for some of his [...]

By Jason Kim: Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s) is giving himself an excellent chance of beating knockout artist Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) on April 9th in their fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. One of the things that Morales is looking at to suggest that he’ll win is Maidana’s power. Morales [...]

Kelly Swanson Thanks everybody for joining us. We are but almost a week away leading up to a terrific show. That, of course, is Érik Morales versus Marcos Maidana in the main event of the April 9th Action Heroes HBO pay-per-view and presented by Golden Boy Promotions. As you saw from your press conference call [...]

By Isobel Castillion: Multi weight World Champion Eric Morales (El Terrible) with fifty seven fights behind him is facing the knock out artist Marcos Rene Maidana (Chino) on the 9th April in Las Vegas Nevada for the interim WBA World light welterweight title.

By Dan Ambrose: The last person you would think would have the style to beat the slugger Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) is 34-year-old Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s), a smaller, fading slugger himself. Morales is like the super bantamweight division’s version of Maidana, except that Morales’ time at the top was from 1997 to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It’s sad that former three time world champion Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s) is very likely on the verge of being ground up into hamburger by the heavy hitting Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) on April 9th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Sean McDaniel: Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) says he has a lot of respect for his April 9th opponent 34-year-old Erik Morales, whom he fights on April 9th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, Maidana is unashamedly looking past Morales and is hoping to get a big fight against Timothy Bradley, [...]