By Travis Bell: Former three division world champion Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s) narrowly defeated little known 39-year-old Francisco Lorenzo (35-9, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Caliente Racetrack, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The final judges’ scores were 116-111, 114-113 and 115-112. The win keeps alive the dream Morales has of fighting Juan Manuel Marquez in what could be a good money fight.
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Erik Morales to fight 39-year-old Francisco Lorenzo this Saturday
By Jim Dower: Former three division world champion Erik Morales (50-6, 35 KO’s) will be fighting 39-yer-old replacement opponent Francisco Lorenzo (35-8, 16 KO’s) this Saturday night, according to Fightnews.com. Morales, 34, who in his prime fought at featherweight, is now fighting at light welterweight and looks like a shell of his former self.
Erik Morales vs. Jorge Rodrigo Barrios: Which one of these guys is more shot than the other?
By Dan Ambrose: Former three division world champion Erik Morales (50-6, 35 KO’s) will be defending his obscure WBC Silver light welterweight title against 34-year-old Jorge Rodrigo Barrios (50-4-1, 35 KO’s) on December 18th at the Caliente Racetrack, in Tijuana, Mexico. This is one of those fights which match two fighters that are on the steep decline in their careers and the only question is which fighter is more shot than other. Morales, 34, has looked horrid in his two-fight comeback in 2010.
Erik Morales vs. Jorge Barrios on December 18th
By Jason Kim: Former three division world champion Erik Morales (50-6, 35 KO’s) will continue his comeback on December 18th against former World Boxing Organization super featherweight champion Jorge Barrios (50-4-1, 35 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the Caliente Racetrack, in Tijuana, Mexico. Morales, 34, will be defending his obscure WBC Silver light welterweight title against Barrios, and this is a fight where Barrios would have to move up in weight from the lightweight division to fight Morales for his WBC Silver light welterweight title. Morales has looked awful in his two fights back since coming off of a two year retirement.
Erik Morales fighting on December 18th, hoping to get Juan Manuel Marquez in 2011
By Jason Kim: Former three division world champion Erik Morales (50-6, 36 KO’s) will see action once again coming up on December 18th against a still to be determined opponent at the Caliente Racetrack, in Tijuana, Mexico. The fight will likely be shown on Showtime in a split event card with the WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins. Morales, 34, then, if successful in the 12/18 fight, would like to fight WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez in 2011. The World Boxing Council currently has Morales ranked at number #2 in the light welterweight division, which an incredibly good ranking given that Morales has looked positively horrible in his two fights since coming off of a three year retirement in 2010.
Limond says Erik Morales offered him a rematch
By Sean McDaniel: Willie Limond (33-3, 8 KO’s) has reportedly been offered a rematch by Erik Morales (50-6, 35 KO’s) after losing to the former Mexican champion by a 6th round TKO last Saturday night at the Monumental Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Morales dropped Limond three times in the 6th round with left hooks to the body to get the stoppage win. According to Sport.sev.tv, Limond said he had problems breathing from the 4th round on due not being fully acclimated to fighting to the location of the fight.
Erik Morales stops Limond in 6th, but looks totally shot
By Dan Ambrose: Former three division world champion Erik Morales (50-6, 35 KO’s) picked up his second win in his comeback by stopping 2nd tier fighter Willie Limond (33-3, 8 KO’s) in the 6th round on Saturday night at the Monumental Plaza de Toros, Mexico. Morales, 34, dropped the 31-year-old Limond three times in the 6th round to get the stoppage at 2:46 of the round. Referee Jay Nady stepped in and stopped the bout after Limond took a knee for the third time in the round.
Morales-Limond: Is Willie good enough to end Erik’s comeback?
By Peter Wells: Mexican fighters have high expectations of themselves and most can’t get rid of that hunger to succeed. They may already be legends but fighting can never stop for them. Erik Morales (49-6, 34 KO’s) believes he can come back and still be a world champion. But after 3 years out the ring and only 1 fight since then against an easy Jose Alfaro, it’s more likely he’s got worse since retiring. If that is the case then it isn’t good news more Morales. He ended his career with 4 straight defeats against Zahir Raheem, Manny Pacquiao twice and David Diaz. Both the Pacquiao fights ended early. His other two defeats were both to Marco Antonio Barrera both on points.
Erik Morales looks weight drained as he prepares for Limond bout this Saturday
By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBC super featherweight champion Erik Morales (49-6, 34 KO’s) faces Scotland’s Willie Limond (33-2, 8 KO’s) this Saturday in a 12 round bout for the vacant WBC Continental Americas light welterweight title. Morales has fought only once in the past three years and has lost five of his last seven fights. In his recent training video, Morales looks badly emaciated like he’s had to take off too much weight in too short of a time.
Schaefer says Khan or Katsidis are next for Marquez and then maybe Erik Morales
By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says that either World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) or WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) are going to be next for WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KO’s), according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Schaefer says “The two most logical opponents [for Marquez] are Khan or Katsidis. It depends on the weight he [Marquez] wants to fight at.” Marquez, 36, would be asking a lot of himself to move up to 140 and face the lanky 5’10” Khan.