By Dan Ambrose: World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman is deeply concerned with the punishment that 36-year-old Erik Morales (52-9, 36 KO’s) took in getting stopped in the 4th round last Saturday night by WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s) at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York.
Morales told the WBC at suljos.com “Erik is a very deep friend of mind and that is why I want him to take a MRI before deciding to fight another bout or not.”
By Gerardo Granados: After seen several news reports and read sports columns that state that it was regrettable or even sad to see how Erik Morales was knocked out, I could do nothing else but to disagree. How can there be shame when losing against a fighter that most sports writers consider to be the best light welterweight?
In a Boxing era in which most of the organization champions avoid the top contenders and instead cherry pick their opponents picking the ones who are tailor made for them in order to look good, I can only thank Erik Morales for having the stones to face dangerous fighters through his entire boxing career. How can it be important that he was knocked out in his last fight when he gave fans so many epic battles, let´s not forget that it was Morales who gave the first title shot to Danny Garcia.
(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Allan Fox: Erik Morales (52-9, 36 KO’s) took yet another loss last Saturday night in losing to WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s) by an embarrassing 4th round knockout at the Barclay’s Center, in Brooklyn, New York. The loss was the third in the last four fights for Morales and it’s now more than ever clear that the 36-year-old former four division world champion needs to hang up his gloves so that he doesn’t taint his legacy further.
Morales reportedly will be fighting once before he retires. Morales wants to end his career with a final fight in Mexico. It’s unclear who he’ll be fighting, but it’s pretty obvious that he needs to fight some a little lower ranked than the guys he’s been fighting recently. Morales has now lost twice to Danny Garcia and once to Marcos Maidana. Morales did do a good job of beating Pablo Cesar Cano last year, but he still took an awful lot of punishment in winning that fight.
By Gareth Rees: One day before his rematch with Danny Garcia (24-0) for the WBC and WBA Light Welterweight tiles, it has been reported Erik Morales (52-8) has failed a drugs test. Morales the former four-weight world champion was hoping to avenge his unanimous decision loss to Garcia back in March this year, on Saturday night at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn.
The early reports have suggested that Morales’ ‘A’ sample tested positive for clenbuterol, a drug that is commonly used by asthma sufferers but can be used as a performance enhancing drug. ESPN has reported that the fight is likely to still go ahead as the ‘B’ sample is currently being tested and the results will not be available until after Saturday night.
(Photo credit: Casino/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: 36-year-old Erik Morale’s USADA drug test has picked up “Irregularities” according to Chris Mannix from Sports Illustrated. Mannix says Morales’ fight against WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia is still on for now.
By William Mackay: Erik Morales (52-8, 36 KO’s) says he prefers to try and get a rematch against WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KO’s) next. Garcia, 24, defeated the 35-year-old Morales by a 12 round unanimous decision last March in a fight where Morales looked out of shape and not really prepared for the fight.
By Allan Fox: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley was impressed with what he saw of 35-year-old Erik Morales in his 12 round decision loss against unbeaten Danny Garcia last weekend. Bradley thinks Morales has a little left in the tank and he thought he did a good job of busting up the 23-year-old Garcia. Bradley thought Morales would have beaten Garcia had he been a little bit younger.
By Jason Kim: Former four division world champion Erik Morales (52-8, 36 KO’s) didn’t look in good shape last weekend in losing a 12 round unanimous decision to Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KO’s) in their fight in Houston, Texas.
By Dan Ambrose: After losing by a 12 round unanimous decision to 24-year-old Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KO’s) last Saturday night, 35-year-old Erik Morales (52-8, 36 KO’s) was second guessing his fight strategy in the losing effort, wondering if the outcome would have been somehow different had he let his hands go a little more to try and win rounds.
By Jason Kim: 35-year-old Erik Morales (52-8, 36 KO’s) gave it his best shot on Saturday night but was overcome by the youth, speed, energy and power of the 24-year-old Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KO’s) in a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision loss at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas.