It would need to rank as THE best ever all-Mexican trilogy within the historical past of our beloved sport. Heck, it would rank as THE best trilogy in all of boxing no matter the place the 2 warriors have been born and which nation they passionately represented as they fought like hell.
It was, as absolutely so many followers don’t have to be reminded, 25 lengthy years in the past at the moment when Mexican greats Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales first went to conflict, to hell and again. Into the file books. It was in Las Vegas (as soon as the primary spot for the large, massive fights – the classics) the place Marco and Erik first locked horns. And what a scorching, intoxicating battle for the ages the 2 super-bantamweight kings engaged in.
Two fighters, each on the peak of their appreciable powers, each greater than keen to place all of it on the road by combating one another!
And this was just the start.
Ultimately, over the course of 36 rounds of motion, loads of it savage, brutal and sick, these two born fighters served to raise the game massive time. The primary struggle, usually thought of the very best of the three scorchers “The Child Confronted Murderer” and “El Horrible” went by means of and fortunately got here out the opposite aspect, despatched boxing followers right into a frenzy. The rematch needed to come, and Barrera, who most felt deserved the choice that went the way in which of his adversary, certain wished it.
The rematch got here in June 2002, and this time, each males, little question nonetheless feeling the bodily ache the primary conflict had inflicted, fought a cagey affair. It was a struggle that was on the time thought of a let-down, this after the sheer ferocity of fight-one, however trying again, the sequel was no dud. And fairly satirically, this time, the commonly perceived winner, Morales, misplaced the choice. It was now 1 and 1.
It might be nearly two-and-a-half years earlier than the rubber match performed out. However it certain proved to be definitely worth the wait. The truth is, some sage observers say fight-III deserves to be ranked as the very best struggle on this explicit rivalry. Possibly. Wanting again all these years later, we all know we had three excellent fights, fights all of us acknowledge as being very, very particular.
In the long run, Barrera edged the collection 2-1, with all three fights/wars/slugfests/life-changing battles being determined by the three clever males at ringside. Nonetheless, on the subject of who ranks because the higher general fighter – Barrera or Morales. Properly, that’s fairly a debate, one worthy of an article.
However rewind to today in 2000, and Barrera and Morales served up one thing fairly unforgettable. One thing that needed to have a part-2, after which, because it turned out, a part-3.
Of those three nice fights – fought at 122 kilos, at 126, and at 130 – which is YOUR fave?
