Barrera and Morales: Friends!
by Scott Christ on Apr 6, 2010 4:37 PM EDT
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With great boxing rivalries, sometimes you wind up with bitter enemies who stay that way forever. Sometimes you wind up with a couple of guys who become friends, whose careers are so intertwined that they can't escape the name of the other man, and respect (hard-earned though it may be) comes to the forefront.
It looks like Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera have gotten to that point. Last week, the two were face-to-face accepting awards in Mexico.
Said Morales:
"Things happen but we are friends. Time heals all wounds."
Added Barrera:
"All of the wounds have been healed. The truth is, everything has been forgotten. As with all young people there are certain things that happen, but now we are mature individuals. I respect Erik Morales and as I said earlier, he is my friend."
I've said frequently that Erik Morales is one of my all-time favorite fighters, a guy who basically every time out could get my blood pumping. Barrera, on the other hand, was never a personal favorite, but another guy who I would tune in to see every single time out, because like Morales, he was just that kind of fighter. You never knew when you might get a classic with either of them, and you were all but guaranteed one if they were fighting each other.
There was also some minor talk of a fourth fight between the two faded legends, but Barrera indicated that Morales' run as a welterweight likely makes that impossible. Barrera hasn't officially re-announced a retirement, but he also hasn't fought or been rumored to fight since his all-around despicable loss to Amir Khan in March 2009, a fight that still bugs me.
I hope they don't fight again, but I figure it's more of a possibility than this lets on. Morales could make 140 if he wanted to. Barrera could move up to 140 because it's not like he'll be any worse there than he is at 135, and Morales isn't going to be very good either. But it'd be a total money grab, even more so now that we know they don't hate each others' guts with the fire of a thousand suns anymore.
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rated up there with me and I hope that there’s no fourth fight.
The wars they had would seem likely to lead to respect sooner or later. Great competitors.
They had three fights (and two wars)
That’s enough. I would hate for them to do a Roy Jones/Barnard Hopkins. Two great fighters. Leave it like that.
by Phill on Apr 6, 2010 4:50 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Morales is friends with pacquaio too
Check out this video, its awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGpB_sIdbwU
For some reason this seems like a really heartwarming story. MAB is top on my list of favorites. I wouldn’t mind if these guys got it on again. They seem to be at a similar place and would put on a better show than Hopkins/Jones.
The most awesome part
is Freddie Roach managing to get a freaking beer commercial. WTF?
by The Boxer Rebellion on Apr 6, 2010 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
holy shit el terrible can speak some good english. granted he only said like 5 words (for me, this is the best beer!), but he sounded a lot better than pacman
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Apr 7, 2010 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Some thing tells me Morales is just fucking with Barrera. He’s setting him up for the perfect opportunity to pay him back for that cheap shot Barrera hit him with way back before there first fight. That retaliation punch from Morales will most likely spark Morales-Barrera 4.
If a man ain't found something worth dying for. He ain't fit to live.
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